Abstinence funding restored in federal budget

January 5, 2012

WASHINGTON — Funding for abstinence education has returned to the federal budget in the spending bill passed by Congress and signed by President Obama. The

Cullman County schools prep for intense bully awareness training

January 5, 2012

A teenager committing suicide because of bullying made headlines in Alabama more than once in 2011. Each time, community members would cry out that something

‘Courageous’ becomes Sherwood’s top-grossing film

January 5, 2012

ALBANY, Ga. — The church-made film “Courageous” has become the top-grossing film by Sherwood Baptist Church, passing its previous top film, “Fireproof.” “Courageous” passed Fireproof

AFA rates ‘naughty and nice’ Christmas retailers

December 22, 2011

Don’t let the strains of “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” over the store’s audio system fool you. Barnes & Noble is “against” Christmas. So

Pro-Islamic party attacks Assyrian Christian businesses

December 22, 2011

ZAKHO, Iraq — Attacks against Christian Assyrian businesses in northern Iraq in early December, which local sources said were organized by a pro-Islamic political party,

Prescription required for ‘morning-after’ pill for minors

December 22, 2011

WASHINGTON — The head of the federal health department has rebuffed a plan by a subsidiary to permit the sale on store shelves of a

Typhoon response mounted in Philippines

December 22, 2011

More than 1,000 people are dead and hundreds of thousands struggling in the aftermath of a typhoon that slammed the southern Philippines Dec. 17. Southern