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Voice of experience for kids – The Decatur Daily

Alabama Notes — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:09:05 +0000

Voice of experience for kids The Decatur Daily By day, the Decatur woman works as a school crossing guard. She says it pays the bills. By night, she ministers to drug addicts, the homeless and runaways as part of the Women of Competition ministry she …

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‘It Gets Better’ founder sorry for expletive-laden comments

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:44:00 +0000

The founder of the anti-bullying campaign “It Gets Better” has apologized for using an expletive after Christian journalism students walked out of his speech, but not for the message behind the remark.

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Christian youth event focuses on dealing with post-tornado emotions

Alabama Notes — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:33:13 +0000

TUSCALOOSA | Lionel Grant, youth pastor of Cornerstone Full Gospel Baptist Church, looks to the Bible verse Numbers 23:20 as inspiration for a citywide Christian youth event called “Reverse.”

Cottage Hill senior Reid Stauter overcomes knee injury, wins Bryant-Jordan

Alabama Notes — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:23:52 +0000

MOBILE, Alabama — Sprinting down the sideline, with the football tucked under one arm, Cottage Hill Christian’s Reid Stauter prepared to juke a defender. But as he planted his right foot to make the move, another opponent knocked him to the ground from behind. He immediately knew he’d injured his

Oakland mourns victims of deadly campus shooting

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:39:00 +0000

Civic and religious leaders pleaded for an end to violence in Oakland after seven people were gunned down at a small Christian college by a suspect who police say was angry about being expelled and teased for his poor…

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Gunman lined up, shot students execution-style

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:31:00 +0000

A man lined students up in classroom and shot them execution-style during a rampage at Christian college, killing seven.

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Man kills 7, wounds 3 at Oikos University

Alabama Notes — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:58:45 +0000

A 43-year-old former student of a small Christian university in California opened fire at the school Monday, killing at least seven people and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended with his capture at a nearby shopping center, authorities said.

Update: 6 dead in California Christian school shooting

Alabama Notes — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:21:07 +0000

OAKLAND, California — A gunman opened fire at a Christian university in California Monday, killing at least six people and wounding three more, authorities said. Police say they have a suspect in custody. Read more from The Birmingham News

Police release mughots of accused drug gang members

Alabama Notes — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:38:16 +0000

Police on Wednesday released mugshots of 15 people accused of running a nearly decade-long drug smuggling ring headquartered in Madison County. In a sealed federal indictment filed last December, the following were accused of involvement in smuggling and distributing millions …

BREAKING: Fifteen busted in long-running Madison County drug trafficking ring

Alabama Notes — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:19:16 +0000

(From release) Federal and local law enforcement officials have arrested 15 people in connection with a drug-trafficking ring that operated in Madison County for at least nine years, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Patrick J. Maley and…