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Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
The half-dozen men gathered at an outdoor picnic table with Chaplain Len Maselli bow their heads and share Bibles to follow along with a reading. There's nothing to tell them apart from any group of devout Christians — aside from their yellow jumpsuits and flimsy plastic sandals.
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Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
According to recent surveys, two-thirds to 80 percent of college students report losing their faith during their undergraduate years. Why? The answers are numerous: They're away from home and their parents' influence. Many are experiencing new things — alcohol, sex, late nights, freedom — and they like to sleep in on Sunday mornings.
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Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
CHARLOTTE — On Sept. 2, as many as 750 pastors and church workers are expected to crowd into the sanctuary at Calvary Church in south Charlotte, some of them driving in from as far as 60 miles away. They're coming not to sing, pray or hear sermons, but to watch a movie.
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Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
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Editor's note: This is one in an occasional series of articles exploring the ethical issues people face as they seek medical care over the course of their lives. SANTEE — Looking ready for anything, LeRoy Hampton sat down at the screening table and extended his arm for the tourniquet.
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Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
When it comes to health disparities in the United States, the problems start at birth and end at death. Infant mortality rates for blacks are about double those of whites. And differences in hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and other maladies are profound and troubling.
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Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
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When Shereen Sabet made the decision to become a more devout Muslim, she was ready to adhere to the religion's modest dress code: A woman must wear clothing to cover her entire body, except for her face, hands and feet, in public.
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Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
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The Palmetto Annual Conference, the first and biggest of six conferences of the AME Church's 7th District, convenes its 98th session Monday in Hemingway. The weeklong meeting brings church clergy and laity from the Mount Pleasant, Kingstree and Georgetown districts together, representing a total membership of about 50,000, according to church officials.
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Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008
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Michael Kinney approaches the man in the plaid shirt with tattoos up and down his arms.
"Man, I'm all wet!" Kinney says.
"What is it?"
"Sweat, man, sweat from the outside."
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Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008
New York — Even before we stepped foot in Central Park the pull could be felt, an indiscriminate allure impossible to pinpoint. We were drawn inexorably northward and westward along the East Side of Manhattan, past the Lipstick Building on Third Avenue, past the overpriced delis and new bus shelters, past the recently restored Plaza Hotel and horse-drawn carriages offering visitors a chance to see the vertical borough's best saving grace — this vast, varied green space — slowly, from a perch above the tall wagon wheels.
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Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008
Healing Farm Ministries will offer its annual Caregiver Retreat Sept. 19-20 at Camp St. Christopher on Seabrook Island. The retreat will feature video teachings by noted author Beth Moore.
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Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008
CHICAGO — In the seclusion of nightfall just days before her wedding, Leah Cohn stepped into the soothing, lukewarm waters of a mikvah, drew in a deep breath and plunged into her new life.
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Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008
DETROIT — Madonna is on Jennifer Zablocki's iPod. So is "The Madonna."
The Detroit-area 12th-grade teacher works up a sweat to the pop diva's music as well as songs honoring Mary, the mother of Jesus.
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Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008
Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008
Sally Hughes Smith, author of "The Circle: A Walk With Dementia," will discuss her experiences 6-7 p.m. Tuesday in a lecture and workshop at Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1605 Harbor View Road.
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Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008
Faith & Values: An article about the After-School Arts Program that appeared on Page 1E of Sunday's editions misstated the change in the Charleston County School District's 2008-09 budget.
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