United Press International – August 17, 2009 SEATTLE, Aug 14, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) — Regular yoga practice may help prevent middle-age spread in normal-weight people and overweight people may drop a few pounds, U.S. researchers said. Alan Kristal and colleagues at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle said in an earlier study,…

Associated Press – August 17, 2009 NEW YORK – An association of U.S. Roman Catholic sisters raised questions Monday about why they are the target of, and who is paying for, a Vatican investigation that is shaping up to be a tough review of whether sisters have strayed from church teaching. The Leadership Conference of…

Associated Press – August 16, 2009 OMAHA, Nebraska – Officials at a Grand Island meatpacking plant say they’re taking steps to prevent a repeat of last year when a Muslim prayer dispute set off protests that led to mass firings. With the Muslim holy month of Ramadan beginning Aug. 22, JBS Swift & Co. officials,…

FRIDLEY, Minn. – The Rev. Dave Glesne stood before the members of Redeemer Lutheran Church a few weeks ago and told them there might be some painful decisions in the near future. Glesne is against letting people in same-sex relationships serve as pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, and he says his congregation…

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