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2:57 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

From Minister To Atheist: A Story Of Losing Faith

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Teresa MacBain pauses while talking about her ongoing job search. She has been out of work since leaving her position as a Methodist pastor earlier this year.
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Teresa MacBain walks her dog, Gracie, at a park near her Tallahassee, Fla., home. After a lifetime in the church, MacBain came out as an atheist at an American Atheists' convention in Bethesda, Md.
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Teresa MacBain's husband, Ray MacBain, says he still believes in God but defends his wife's right not to.
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Teresa MacBain makes breakfast for her son David, 22, while he is home on leave from serving in the Army. MacBain says she is still adjusting to life outside the church.
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Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 7:33 pm

This is the first in a series of stories on losing faith.

Teresa MacBain has a secret, one she's terrified to reveal.

"I'm currently an active pastor and I'm also an atheist," she says. "I live a double life. I feel pretty good on Monday, but by Thursday — when Sunday's right around the corner — I start having stomachaches, headaches, just knowing that I got to stand up and say things that I no longer believe in and portray myself in a way that's totally false."

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The Salt
2:46 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

Farmers Cheer Administration's About-Face On Limiting Teen Farm Work

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Farmers saw the administration's proposal as a threat to their way of life
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Originally published on Tue May 1, 2012 7:41 am

When the Obama administration proposed new restrictions on teens working on farms last year, labor leaders and child welfare advocates cheered.

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It's All Politics
2:35 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

Romney Campaign Tries To Reopen Obama-Clinton Primary Fight Wounds

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President Obama and former President Bill Clinton golf together in September 2011. The former president is campaigning for Obama, four years after the two men exchanged harsh words during the Democratic primary battle between Obama and then-Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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By Arnie Seipel

Throughout the Republican primary campaign, opponents of Mitt Romney have handed President Obama lots of potential general-election fodder in their attacks on the front-runner.

And now that Romney is the presumptive GOP nominee, he's dipping back four years to the 2008 Democratic primary battle for some ammunition of his own.

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Europe
2:27 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

Peace, Justice Elude Rape Victims Of Bosnian War

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Bosnian Muslim women hold posters with the names of the missing during a protest at the U.N. office in Sarajevo in 2008. Hundreds of wartime rape victims were protesting the decision of the U.N. war crimes tribunal to reject the prosecution's request for rape charges to be added against two Bosnian Serbs who were on trial for other war crimes.
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The city lined up 11,541 red chairs in 825 rows representing the 11,541 Sarajevans who were killed during the siege of Sarajevo.
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Sarajevans placed toys and flowers on the chairs, which remained empty through memorial ceremonies.
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Red chairs fill a main street in Sarajevo on April 6, 2012, as the city marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the Bosnian war.
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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 9:50 am

Nearly two decades after the Bosnian War ended, thousands of Bosnian women who were victims of sexual violence are still seeking justice.

Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, commemorated the 20th anniversary of the start of the war this month with a young people's choir performing John Lennon's song "Give Peace a Chance." Row after row of empty red chairs marked the more than 11,500 people who died during the siege of the capital.

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The Two-Way
2:08 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

George Zimmerman's Defense Takes Case To The Web

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George Zimmerman during his bond hearing in a Seminole County, Fla., courtroom on April 20.
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The legal defense team for George Zimmerman, the man accused of second-degree murder in the shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, has created a website, Facebook page and Twitter account to protest his interests.

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