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                    [Title] => Even in peaceful communities, Muslims feel more vulnerable
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As Bushra Saqib and her husband watched news reports about the mass killing in San Bernardino, California, they looked at each other with dread and said the same thing: "I hope it wasn't a Muslim."

                    [DatePublished] => 2015-12-05 15:22:34
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                    [Title] => Influence of churches, once dominant, now waning in South
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Prayers said and the closing hymn sung, tea-drinking churchgoers fill Marble City Grill for Sunday lunch. But hard on their heels comes the afternoon crowd: craft beer-drinking, NFL-watching football fans.

                    [DatePublished] => 2015-12-03 10:09:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Jay Reeves
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                    [Title] => Unconventional pastor leads booming NYC megachurch
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Carl Lentz is not your typical pastor.

                    [DatePublished] => 2013-07-19 00:10:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1175068
                    [AuthorName] => Bonny Ghosh
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                    [Title] => Polarized
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The last elections dramatically illustrated how deeply polarized American society has become.

                    [DatePublished] => 2012-11-08 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Alex Magno
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                    [Title] => GOP contenders face 13-state test after brief lull
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A resurgent Rick Santorum hopes to spring his next big surprise in  Michigan. Newt Gingrich looks for a campaign revival in the Bible Belt.  Mitt Romney has his home state of Massachusetts, and the luxury of  picking his spots elsewhere, if not everywhere, as the race for the  Republican presidential nomination roars back to life.
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                    [Title] => US state defeats life-at-fertilization ballot prop
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Mississippi voters Tuesday defeated a ballot initiative that would have declared life begins at fertilization, a proposal that supporters sought in the Bible Belt state as a way to prompt a legal challenge to abortion rights nationwide.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-11-09 16:16:04
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                    [Title] => Of a different feather
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The two musical artists featured today eschew the regular route to commercial success and stardom, sticking to their guns in terms of musical vision and expression, and it has worked! While Diane Birch is a newcomer, Jamie Cullum is a dab hand, someone who has taken musical interpretation and jazz-tinged influences to new heights over the years.
                    [DatePublished] => 2010-04-18 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Philip Cu-Unjieng
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                    [Title] => Fans say they forgive Woods' infidelity
                    [Summary] => AUGUSTA (AP) – Tiger Woods' fans say they forgive him for cheating on his wife and they're glad he's back at the Masters.
                    [DatePublished] => 2010-04-06 12:17:12
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                    [Title] => As straightforward as it gets
                    [Summary] => Brought my sons, aged 14, 11 and six to Stages’ Footloose matinee last Saturday. It was with some trepidation that I brought them, not certain if they would sit through the play and enjoy, or be fidgeting, mumbling under their collective breath that a quick escape was in order. Weaned on action movies, computer games and animé shows, I’ve always pushed for them to develop some kind of appreciation for theater and musical comedy.
                    [DatePublished] => 2005-09-23 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [AuthorName] => Philip Cu-Unjieng
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                    [Title] => ‘Priceless’ gifts of love
                    [Summary] => I was waiting for the traffic light to change at the corner of Roces Avenue and Tomas Morato Ave. in Quezon City the other day when a yellow Porsche zoomed by. I recognized the famous guy behind the wheel so I texted him, "Wow, ang yabang," I teased him. "Ikaw ‘yon, ‘no?"
                    [DatePublished] => 2003-09-01 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1697794
                    [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo
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abtest

Even in peaceful communities, Muslims feel more vulnerable

December 5, 2015 - 3:22pm

As Bushra Saqib and her husband watched news reports about the mass killing in San Bernardino, California, they looked at each other with dread and said the same thing: "I hope it wasn't a Muslim."

World

Influence of churches, once dominant, now waning in South

By Jay Reeves | December 3, 2015 - 10:09am

Prayers said and the closing hymn sung, tea-drinking churchgoers fill Marble City Grill for Sunday lunch. But hard on their...

World

Unconventional pastor leads booming NYC megachurch

By Bonny Ghosh | July 19, 2013 - 12:10am

Carl Lentz is not your typical pastor.

World

Polarized

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | November 8, 2012 - 12:00am

The last elections dramatically illustrated how deeply polarized American society has become.

Opinion

GOP contenders face 13-state test after brief lull

February 19, 2012 - 1:00pm

A resurgent Rick Santorum hopes to spring his next big surprise in Michigan. Newt Gingrich looks for a campaign revival in the Bible Belt. Mitt Romney has his home state of Massachusetts, and the luxury of picking...

US state defeats life-at-fertilization ballot prop

November 9, 2011 - 4:16pm

Mississippi voters Tuesday defeated a ballot initiative that would have declared life begins at fertilization, a proposal that supporters sought in the Bible Belt state as a way to prompt a legal challenge to abortion...

Of a different feather

By Philip Cu-Unjieng | April 18, 2010 - 12:00am

The two musical artists featured today eschew the regular route to commercial success and stardom, sticking to their guns in terms of musical vision and expression, and it has worked! While Diane Birch is a newcomer,...

Entertainment

Fans say they forgive Woods' infidelity

April 6, 2010 - 12:17pm

AUGUSTA (AP) – Tiger Woods' fans say they forgive him for cheating on his wife and they're glad he's back at the Masters.

As straightforward as it gets

By Philip Cu-Unjieng | September 23, 2005 - 12:00am

Brought my sons, aged 14, 11 and six to Stages’ Footloose matinee last Saturday. It was with some trepidation that I brought them, not certain if they would sit through the play and enjoy, or be fidgeting, mumbling...

Entertainment

‘Priceless’ gifts of love

By Ricky Lo | September 1, 2003 - 12:00am

I was waiting for the traffic light to change at the corner of Roces Avenue and Tomas Morato Ave. in Quezon City the other day when a yellow Porsche zoomed by. I recognized the famous guy behind the wheel so I texted...

Entertainment

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