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By Christopher Dela Cruz c. 2007 Religion News Service EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. — As David Magid studied for his bar mitzvah, his instructor directed him to an important blessing the 12-year-old would have to recite at the ceremony. “Barchu et Adonai ha-m’vorach” (Bless the Lord, who is to be blessed), David said, speaking into the…

Associated Press – November 20, 2007 NEW YORK – Scientists have made ordinary human skin cells take on the chameleon-like powers of embryonic stem cells, a startling breakthrough that might someday deliver the medical payoffs of embryo cloning without the controversy. Laboratory teams on two continents report success in a pair of landmark papers released…

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – November 21, 2007 Running into the fire. That is how the Rev. D.E. Paulk describes returning 15 months ago to take the helm of his family-run, scandal-plagued Cathedral at Chapel Hill in Decatur. He knew the rumor was floating around that he was born of an adulterous liaison between his mother…

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service When Pentecostal power couple Randy and Paula White recently announced they were headed to divorce court, the most remarkable part of the reaction was that there wasn’t much reaction at all. For increasing numbers of clergy, a divorce no longer generates the kind of career-killing hue and cry…
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