The story.
I may not have agreed with his theology or his politics, but it’s always sad when someone dies. Take a moment to remember this man and keep his family in your prayers.

I’m behind the times on this one–I don’t watch the news. But I’m completely dumbfounded at the devastation a tornado left in its wake.
I heard this morning that 95% of the town was completely destroyed. You can see more photos of the damage here.
Eleven people were killed. At least, eleven have been found and confirmed dead. That’s [...]

MKH has a post she keeps updating with information on the victims of the shooting two days ago.

I was stunned to see this headline:
Gunman kills 21 on Virginia Tech campus
I can’t believe that people are so cruel. Except…I can believe it. I just don’t understand it.  
A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing 21 people in the deadliest campus shooting rampage in U.S. history. [...]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Steve Irwin, the quirky Australian naturalist
who won worldwide acclaim as TV’s khaki-clad “Crocodile Hunter,” was killed by a
stingray barb through the heart while filming a new documentary on
Monday.
Irwin, 44, tangled with some of the world’s most dangerous animals but
he died in an extremely rare attack by a normally placid sea creature while [...]

The hot topic of the week is Mel Gibson’s recent diatribe against the Jewish community during his DUI arrest. It’s insane how many people have turned their backs on him during this time. He issued a formal apology that was obviously very deep and personal. It show his ownership of his actions and that he [...]

Read the story here.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Non-prescription sales of a “morning-after” contraceptive could be approved for women 18 and older within weeks, U.S. health officials said on Monday in a surprise announcement after years of delays.
Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Plan B pills would be kept behind pharmacy counters and women would need to ask for them, [...]

I think this is pretty cool:
ATLANTA – After the final at-bat of Thursday’s game between the Atlanta Braves and Florida Marlins, the stadium seats will turn into pews.
That’s because it’s “Faith Day” at Atlanta’s Turner Field. No, the hot-dog vendors won’t preach John 3:16. But churchgoing fans – with, promoters hope, their non-Christian friends [...]

A jury found Andrea Yates not guilty by reason of insanity for drowning her five children in June 2001. This was her second trial for the crime–the guilty verdict of the first was overturned because it was based on a false testimony.
Rusty Yates, father of the five children she killed, said that the jury came [...]

It’s amazing what some folks are saying about this veto. Many are comparing this to the war in Iraq. Some are asking how the President can allow the deaths of men, women, and children in Iraq, as well as the deaths of adult American citizens in Iraq, yet he won’t allow embryos to be used [...]