David Beckham stands with his sons, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.

David Beckham celebrates family expansion

Family |  Seven months after welcoming baby girl Harper, celebrity dad David Beckham confessed he and his wife would love to have a fifth baby.   “We might have…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/david_beckham_celebrates_family_expansion]

Sen. Patrick Leahy

Immigration reform deal-breaker

Immigration |  Republican lawmakers may soon have to battle attempts to affirm same-sex “marriage” as part of the proposed immigration reform package. Media reports and…

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Megan Phelps-Roper in March 2011

From protester to penitent

Religion |  Fred Phelps' granddaughter abandons Westboro picket lines, embraces grace

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A man hands out free condoms as part of an AIDS Healthcare Foundation event.

Prevention efforts exacerbate STD spread

Healthcare |  The number of Americans living with a sexually transmitted disease is on the rise and so is the cost of treatment, according to a new report from the Centers…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/prevention_efforts_exacerbate_std_spread]

Lil' Wayne

Lil’ Wayne sets new lyrical low

Music |  Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., better known by his stage name “Lil’ Wayne,” is under fire for song lyrics that compare a violent sexual encounter to the…

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Two mommies, one daddy, lots of confusion

Two mommies, one daddy, lots of confusion

Family |  A Florida judge ruled earlier this month that a little girl conceived through artificial insemination can have three parents listed on her birth…

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Jeana Bonner, left, of Utah, and Rebecca Preece, of Idaho, sit with their adopted children at a hotel in Moscow, Russia, shortly after the country approved a ban on American adoptions.

Adoption agencies abandon families

Adoption |  Christian World Adoption Agency (CWA) closed its doors last week, filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and ending the adoption process for 15 families without…

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TobyMac

God's Grammys

Music |  Matt Redman, TobyMac, and Lecrae Moore were among several Gospel artists who won awards during an untelevised segment of the 55th Grammy Awards ceremony on…

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Plans to expand a failed program

Plans to expand a failed program

Education |  Last week, liberal think tank Center for American Progress released a plan to expand federal school-readiness programs like Head Start. The initiative, which…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/plans_to_expand_a_failed_program]

British Prime Minister David Cameron

England endorses marriage 'equality'

Marriage |  British lawmakers voted in favor of a bill to legalize same-sex “marriage” on Tuesday. Supporters celebrate the bill as a step towards “equality,” but…

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Family Research Council President Tony Perkins gestures during a news conference shortly after the August shooting.

FRC shooter pleads guilty

Crime |  The man who planned a shooting spree at the headquarters of Family Research Council (FRC) in August, pleaded guilty this morning to three charges, including…

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The Rev. Robert Jeffress, of First Baptist Dallas

Softening rhetoric on homosexuality

Religion |  Engaging a younger generation about the biblical teachings on homosexuality may be today’s greatest challenge for the evangelical church.  In a 2011…

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