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An eighth-grade teacher has accused her students of committing a "hate crime" and being "cruel" because they left a Bible on her desk and a Christmas card with the word "Christ" underlined. Melissa Hussain, an Apex, N.C., science teacher at West Lake Middle School, is suspended with pay and may lose her job after she purportedly clashed with students on the subject of religion and sent students to the school office when they asked about the role of God in creation during a lesson about evolution. Hussain wrote on her then-public Facebook page that it was a "hate crime" when...

A tape said to be from Osama Bin Laden says al-Qaeda was responsible for a Christmas plot to blow up a plane. In the newly released audio tape aired on al-Jazeera, Bin Laden also warns the US there will be more attacks if it continues to support Israel. "If it was possible to carry our messages to you by words we wouldn't have carried them to you by planes," the tape says. The authenticity of the tape has not been verified. It says: "The message sent to you with the attempt by the hero Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is a...

Suspects In Christmas Attack That Killed 7 In Southern Egypt Will Be Tried In Terrorism Court CAIRO (AP) - The suspects in a drive-by shooting that killed seven people outside an Egyptian church on Coptic Christmas Eve will be tried in an emergency state security court. Prosecutor General Abdel-Maguid Mahmoud on Saturday referred the three suspects to trial on murder charges.

January 10, 2010                                   The Baptism of the Lord       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading IIs 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is  40:1-5, 9-11Thus says the LORD:Here is my servant whom I uphold,my chosen one with whom I am pleased,upon whom I have put my spirit;he shall bring forth justice to the nations,not crying out, not shouting,not making his voice heard in the street.a bruised reed he shall not break,and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,until he establishes justice on the earth;the coastlands will wait for his teaching. I, the LORD,...

On the first day of Christmas, we were attacked. On the second day of Christmas, the enemy combatant who had been dispatched from Yemen to attack us—who boarded a plane to Detroit with a valid multiple-entry visa despite our having been warned about him by his father, despite his having spent months with an al Qaeda leader in Yemen who was closely monitored by U.S. intelligence, and despite his buying a one-way ticket with cash and boarding without luggage—was arraigned before a judge, provided with a lawyer, and informed of his right to remain silent. The Transportation Security Administration ordered...