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Group claims Ball State prof teaching creationism

Ball State University is investigating a complaint that one of its professors is teaching religion rather than science. The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a formal objection to Eric Hedin's teaching with university officials. Foundation attorney Andrew Seidel says in a letter to Ball State President Jo Ann Gora ...

  • Updated: 9:09 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013
President Barack Obama listens as Myanmar's President Thein Sein speaks during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013. Thein Sein is the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Myanmar Muslims jailed for killing Buddhist monk

A Myanmar court sentenced seven Muslims to prison Tuesday — one of them to a life term — in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly sectarian violence that was overwhelmingly directed against minority Muslims but has not led to any criminal trials against members of the country's Buddhist ...

  • Updated: 8:42 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus, 1 death

A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported. His sons were treated and have since recovered but the rest of the family remains under medical observation, the ...

  • Updated: 8:06 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Pope Francis greets the faithful in St. Peter Square at the Vatican, after celebrating a Pentecost mass, Sunday, May 19, 2013.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The pope and the devil: Is Francis an exorcist?

Is Pope Francis an exorcist? The question has been swirling ever since Francis laid his hands Sunday on the head of a young man after celebrating Mass in St. Peter's Square. The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, convulsed and shook, and then slumped in his wheelchair as Francis ...

  • Updated: 7:07 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013

NJ ex-priest arrested after working with kids

A New Jersey priest who resigned after admitting he worked unsupervised with kids despite a legal agreement that barred him from doing so is headed to court. Michael Fugee will appear in court in Hackensack Tuesday after his arrest on charges of contempt of a judicial order. Fugee confessed to ...

  • Updated: 6:54 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny speaks to graduates at Boston College after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during commencement ceremonies at Alumni Stadium in Boston, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Boston cardinal skips event over Irish PM's role

Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement Monday to protest its decision to honor Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who backs legislation to permit abortion, and the cardinal's views were echoed outside the ceremony by a few dozen anti-abortion activists. The protesters gathered at an entrance to the stadium where ...

  • Updated: 10:46 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2013
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, right, is hooded by Boston College President William P. Leahy as he receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during commencement ceremonies at Alumni Stadium in Boston, Monday, May 20, 2013. Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement Monday because of the involvement of Kenny, who supports a bill in his country that would allow abortion. The leader of the Boston Archdiocese traditionally gives the benediction at the college's ceremony. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Boston cardinal skips event over Irish PM's role

Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement Monday to protest its decision to honor Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who backs legislation to permit abortion, and O'Malley's views were echoed outside the ceremony by a few dozen anti-abortion activists. The protesters gathered at an entrance to the stadium where Kenny ...

  • Updated: 10:29 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2013
President Barack Obama gestures toward Myanmar's President Thein Sein during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013. Thein Sein is the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama vows US support as Myanmar leader visits

President Barack Obama on Monday told Myanmar's president during a long-awaited White House meeting that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to lead the country on its sometimes difficult path to democracy and assured him of U.S. support. Obama spoke as he sat in the Oval Office with former general ...

  • Updated: 7:48 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2013
Iraqi security force members inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. Two car bombings in the southern city of Basra, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said. Iraq has seen a spike of attacks, including bombings hitting both Sunni and Shiite civilian targets over the last week. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)

Attacks kill 95 in Iraq, hint of Syrian spillover

Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95 people and brought echoes of past sectarian carnage and fears of a dangerous spillover from Syria's civil war next door. The latest spiral of violence ...

  • Updated: 5:26 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2013
Radical Islamist movement Ansar al-Shariah supporters clash with Tunisian police officers after Tunisia's Interior Ministry on Friday banned their annual conference supposed to be held in Kairouan, in Ettadhamen, near Tunis, Sunday May 19, 2013. Massive numbers of Tunisian police and army surrounded Tunisia's religious center of Kairouan to prevent a conference by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks around the country. (AP Photo/Nawfel)

Tunisian feminist arrested for alleged provocation

A Tunisian feminist who scandalized her country by posting topless photos of herself online has been arrested after allegedly sneaking into Tunisia's holiest city disguised in a veil, then trying to get undressed during a protest. On Sunday, Amina Tyler — a 19-year-old member of the Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN, ...

  • Updated: 5:17 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2013
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