Off the Bench: Treating athletes like family key for UFC

Off the Bench: Treating athletes like family key for UFC
UFC President Dana White, as the face of the organization, gets a lot of credit for bringing the sport to where it is today. He should also get credit for his management style, which is to put certain values ahead of just making money.
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Presbyterian Church of Johnstown slates VBS
“A Wild Celebration of God’s Unconditional Love” is the theme of this year’s Vacation Bible School at Presbyterian Church of Johnstown.
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Charlie Rangel Invokes Jesus, Moses, Allah to Support Raising the Debt Ceiling
COMMENTARY | Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., whose ethical problems has been the subject of much ink and band width, has decided to get very sanctimonious indeed about the debt ceiling crises. He addressed a plea to religious leaders.
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NBC Hates God [Video]

NBC Hates God [Video]
# television Patriotic Americans everywhere rushed home from church yesterday afternoon in order to tune into the “U.S. Open” golf tournament, knowing that god, in his infinite beneficence, would understand that enthusiasm for the “U.S. Open” is part and parcel of doing His work. Imagine their shock, then, when the NBC broadcasting network failed to include the words “under god” in their …
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‘Under God” Cut from Pledge of Allegiance in NBC U.S. Open Montage | WATCH VIDEO
NEW YORK — In a pre-edited video montage featuring the “Pledge of Allegiance,” part of its Sunday evening U.S. Open tournament montage, NBC Sports lopped out the words “under God.”
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Tree of Life review / Susan Granger

Tree of Life review / Susan Granger
“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth…When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” While Malick delves into the celestial creation of the universe and its chaotic evolution, including dinosaurs near a riverbed, his earth-bound narrative, set in 1950s Texas, revolves around stern, pious, domineering Mr. O’Brien ( Brad Pitt ), his spiritual …
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Riveting New Book Teaches the Seven Life Savers for Success
Readers will learn God is the answer to their most perplexing questions
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Bahrain sentences 10 Shi’ites to life in prison
Bahrain sentenced 10 prominent Shi’ite activists and opposition leaders to life in prison on Wednesday on charges of plotting a coup during protests in the Gulf island kingdom earlier this year.
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Spielberg’s “Falling Skies” Not So Original

Spielberg’s “Falling Skies” Not So Original
TNT hopes that Spielberg’s extra-terrestrial magic will have Americans believing that surviving an a
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Today the Church celebrates God’s revelation of Himself to us. This is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. The readings begin with the revelation of God to Moses. This is found in chapters 33 and 34 of the Book of Exodus.
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Laugh Lines

Laugh Lines
Jokes from TV comedy show monologues.
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At Ur, experts stress conservation over excavation
Standing before the imposing ziggurat which was once part of a temple complex at the Sumerian capital of Ur, Iraqi archaeologist Abdelamir Hamdani worried about the natural elements that are eating away at one of the wonders of Mesopotamia.
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Fatherhood is both gift and responsibility—prelate
NAGA City, June 18, 2011―Paying tribute to fathers on Father’s Day, Caceres Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi, OP said fatherhood is both a gift and a responsibility because it includes “the power to bring forth life, [and] a participation in the creative act of God.” read more
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Talented British actress Lucy Punch packs a wallop
Lucy Punch was born for this. Starting with that name – yes, it’s real – how fortunate for the rising comic actress she didn’t choose to become a grief counselor or anger-management therapist. “I remember I had a…
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Fire evacuation order lifted on 2 large Arizona towns as threat from huge blaze wanes

Fire evacuation order lifted on 2 large Arizona towns as threat from huge blaze wanes
SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. — Firefighters on Sunday expressed the first real sense of hope that they were making progress in their battle against a huge eastern Arizona wildfire burning since May, and officials began allowing roughly 7,000 residents to return home to two towns threatened for days by the blaze. To guard against flare-ups, fire crews remained in Springerville and the nearby town of …
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‘All clear’ for some in Ariz. fire, but not others
Optimism that two towns had been saved from Arizona’s massive wildfire was tempered Monday by the fact that 2,714 residences and 473 commercial properties are still considered threatened.
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Column: You can’t reconcile Ayn Rand and Jesus
Idolatry of the conservative icon should lead to some GOP soul-searching, as Christian morality has no place in an ‘Atlas Shrugged’ world.
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Former SF Firefighter’s Story Of Recovery
Former San Francisco firefighter Melanie Stapper is lucky to be alive and she knows it. “I remember saying oh my God I’m actually dying,” she told CBS 5 on Friday.
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06/01/2011 15:38 VATICAN God always gives sinners a chance to become “righteous”, pope says
» As he continues his reflection on praying, Benedict XVI describes Moses as “a man of prayers”. There “is a constant temptation on the path of faith, whereby we try to avoid the divine mystery by building a God that we can understand, one who corresponds to our own designs and plans.”
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Carell shines in buoyant ‘Almighty’

Carell shines in buoyant ‘Almighty’
If one were to endure 40 days and 40 nights aboard a ship full of smelly animals, it would probably be good to have a funny man like Steve Carell on board. And, according to ‘Evan Almighty,’ God is in agreement.
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Sharon Saved Ozzy’s Life Recap
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne is more about Ozzy the man than Ozzy the larger-than-life rocker
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When a Nation Turns Its Back on God

When a Nation Turns Its Back on God
2 Chronicles 33:1-25
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King James Bible a staple for preaching word of God
There are few hotter acts in the entertainment world right now than singers Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga. Yet both were briefly eclipsed on Facebook last month by something that’s been around for 400 years, the King James Version of the Bible.
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Oath Keepers to Protest Killing of Jose Guerena
Via Radley Balko, the Oath Keepers – a group of law enforcement officials who have taken an oath to only follow constitutional orders – are planning a memorial rally on May 30th for slain ex-marine Jose Guerena. Guerena was killed by a SWAT team in Arizona earlier this month, while
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Column: Life can be more enjoyable if we walk with God

Column: Life can be more enjoyable if we walk with God
A column by The Rev. Kevin Zufall, pastor of the Church of Hope.
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Revival services with evangelist Patricia Roach are slated for 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Sunset Church of God in Christ, 1603 Lee St. “Come and join us for two nights of renewal and deliverance,” said spokeswoman Helen Robi…
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