Three Calif. Congregations Leave Presbyterian Church (USA)
Three congregations in California are breaking with the Presbyterian Church (USA) because of disagreements over the Bible and homosexuality. Fowler Presbyterian Church, Trinity Presbyterian Church in Clovis, and First Presbyterian Church in Fresno all decided this month to join the conservative Evangelical Presbyterian Church. A similar break of conser- vative Episcopal congregations from the national church has sparked property and financial disputes. But local leaders of the PCUSA say this split has been amicable. MORE

Bill Wilson: White House to Force Americans into Partnership with Darkness
The man who occupies the Oval Office has announced that American taxpayers will foot the bill of up to $150 million for Muslim majority countries to have a "transformational impact in these regions such as technology, education, telecom, media, business services and financial technology and clean-tech." The White House says that this fulfills a promise... MORE

American Thinker: Losing Israel
When America entered the war in Vietnam, Ho Chi Min said that it would be a long war and that the communists would win by using propaganda in the media and the universities. He was correct. It is time to take stock in the war between Israelis and the Palestinians and deal with some forbidden subjects. Israel is losing the propaganda war, hasbarah, and for a very good reason. MORE

Beware of Swine Flu Scams
Air "sterilizers." A photon machine. Supplement pills to boost the immune system. Protective shampoos and face masks. Even fake Tamiflu. These and other products making bogus claims to prevent or treat swine flu are flooding the Internet as scam artists prey on the public's fears while the vaccine is delayed and real Tamiflu, made by Switzerland's Roche Group, is rationed. Every problem,t Meetings Causes Controversy
A federal judge will soon rule in a North Carolina case on prayer in government meetings. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit against Forsyth County, North Carolina, two years ago for opening Commissioner meetings with prayer. Greensboro television station WFMY spoke with Katy Parker of the North Carolina ACLU, who points the suit to one incident. Of this specific prayer, Parker says, "It was in Jesus' [name]. They talked about the virgin birth. They talked about Jesus dying for all of us on the cross on Calvary." Parker says, "It was sectarian throughout the entire prayer." One of the plaintiffs in the suit, Janet Joyner, finds that offering prayers in a sectarian manner "denies the individual the right to pray to whomever they want to pray or to however they address their transcendent understandings." MORE

Jury Selection Begins In First Polygamist Trial
More than 150 potential jurors, including 10 women in prairie dresses and braids, crammed into a makeshift courtroom Monday as jury selection began in the first criminal trial stemming from the raid of a polygamist sect's ranch last year. Raymond Jessop, 38, is charged with sexual assault of a child, stemming from... MORE