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An Agnostic Manifesto
By Ron Rosenbaum
June 29, 2010
Print: Slate
A truly embarrassing attack on the “New Atheism.”
Transcript of Faisal Shahzad Guilty Plea
Court Transcript
June 28, 2010
Print: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
The former Elizabeth Arden account analyst testifies to being a “Muslim soldier” intent upon punishing the West for attacking “Muslim lands.”
Pope Lashes Out at Belgium After Raid on Church
By RACHEL DONADIO
June 27, 2010
Print: New York Times
In a sign of sharply rising tensions between the Vatican and Belgium, Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday criticized as “surprising and deplorable” a raid on church property last week by Belgian police investigating sex abuse by clerics.
Vatican Criticizes Raid on Belgian Church Offices
By STEPHEN CASTLE and NICHOLAS KULISH
June 25, 2010
Print: New York Times
The church expressed “shock” after clerics were detained as part of an inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse.
17 websites blocked for blasphemous content
June 25, 2010
Print: The International News (Pakistan)
Lahore High Court has ordered 17 websites blocked for carrying blasphemous content.
Judge tosses creationists’ effort to offer master’s degrees
By MELISSA LUDWIG
June 25, 2010
Print: Houston Chronicle
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by a creationism think tank and school that attempted to force the state of Texas to allow it to offer master’s degrees in science education.
Rebuilding ‘team America’
Katherine Tyler Scott
June 24, 2010
Print: Washington Post
This opinion piece carried by the Washington Post says that General McChrystal’s downfall was caused by a “functional atheism” which gave him megalomania and infected his team.
Fin to limb evolution clue found
By Victoria Gill
June 23, 2010
Print: BBC News
A study has shed light on a key genetic step in the evolution of animals’ limbs from the fins of fish, scientists say.
Richard Dawkins among academics calling for compulsory evolution teaching at primary school
June 21, 2010
Print: Telegraph
A group of scientists, including Richard Dawkins, have called upon the U.K.‘s new government to make it compulsory to teach evolution in school.
Ultra-Orthodox Protest in Israel
By CHARLES LEVINSON
June 17, 2010
Print: Wall Street Journal
Ultra-orthodox Jews protested in Israel against an order by the government to desegregate their schools, which previously had different sections for Ashkenazi Jews and Sephardic Jews.
Smarter Than You Think: What Is I.B.M.’s Watson?
By CLIVE THOMPSON
June 17, 2010
Print: New York Times
IBM, the company that designed the first computer to beat a world chess champion, has designed a computer that can regularly beat people in Jeopardy.
6-story Jesus statue in Ohio struck by lightning
June 15, 2010
Print: Associated Press
Six-story-tall Statue of Jesus Christ was struck by lightning and burned to the ground in Ohio.
No kids allowed
By Joe Childs and Thomas C. Tobin
June 14, 2010
Print: St. Petersburg Times
Dozens claim the Church of Scientology pressured them to have abortions. (Part of a larger special report on Scientology.)
