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Burning rubber … screaming fans … ear–drum bursting engines … Friday night at the Madison International Speedway was everything you’d ever expect. Except for some of the drivers…Madison area pastors.Read more at NBC15.
HOLLYWOOD, CA (ANS) — CARS wins hands down the checkered flag for a great premiere at the Number One NASCAR speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina, and for even better interviews with the cast, the crew and the executives involved in this really family-friendly movie. Read more.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA (ANS) — "The Lutheran men’s softball team lost two games last week. So now they’re two wins, two losses, which is a good place for Lutherans to be. Undefeated is somewhat uncomfortable."That was from a recent monologue about Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor during his "Prairie Home Companion" radio show. Lutherans, from the land of 10,000 Lakes (Minnesota), are among his favorite targets and have been for more than 30 years of his hit show — you betcha. So I couldn’t resist asking Keillor during a news conference in Beverly Hills, California, on Thursday, June 1, whether…
MADISON — Bishop Robert C. Morlino, head of the Diocese of Madison, expressed his disappointment at the vote taken June 7 failing to approve Senate Joint Resolution 1, the Marriage Protection Amendment.Read the rest of the story at www.madisoncatholicherald.org
News ReleaseVote in US Senate on Federal Marriage Protection Amendment shows disregard for best interests of children and will of the people
Well after 10 p.m. one night in late April, the Rev. Rob Bell is sitting patiently in a tall director’s chair on the platform of the Lake Street subway station in downtown Chicago. Story in the Chicago Sun Times.
For more information about the national debate over ‘gay marriage’, click here.WASHINGTON (BP)–The United States Senate yesterday rejected an attempt to amend the Constitution to protect marriage, with supporters gaining only one vote in the nearly two years since their most recent effort.
LA MIRADA, CALIFORNIA (ANS) — He learned the soft drink business around the family dinner table and went on to head L.A. Coke. After an early retirement, he used his faith, business acumen, and networking skills to launch a business mentoring program for MBA students at Biola University. More from ASSIST NEWS.
DES MOINES, Iowa (BP)–A federal judge has ruled that Prison Fellowship’s InnerChange Freedom Initiative violates the First Amendment’s clause barring government from the establishment of religion and has ordered the program at an Iowa correctional facility be closed within 60 days and $1.5 million in state funds be repaid.
by DOUG ERICKSON At Madison Christian Community, 10 percent of the building’s energy comes from solar panels, and the garden tractor is being converted to run on vegetable oil from nearby Pasqual’s restaurant. Wisconsin State Journal story.