Joseph Perkins

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  Oct 10, 2011

  Latest Jobs Report No Solace for Nation's Unemployed

  The U.S. economy added 103,000 jobs in September, according to the Labor Department’s latest Employment Situation report. However, the jobless rate remained at 9.1 percent, the same as in August.

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  Oct 10, 2011

  Iranian Pastor's Fate May Rest With Ayatollah Khamenei

  The attorney for Youcef Nadarkhani told CNN Monday that the persecuted Iranian pastor was still alive, though it remained uncertain whether the government would actually carry out his execution.

• Oct 8, 2011

  Will Same-Sex Marriage Lead to Legalized Polygamy?

  Joe Darger and his three wives, Alina, Vicki and Valeri, are not seeking the right to marry, like same-sex couples in states throughout the country. The Utah foursome simply wants their polygamous marriage to be decriminalized.

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  Oct 8, 2011

  Bachmann: I Consult the Lord With Prayer on Almost Every Decision

  By the time Michele Bachmann arrived for her speech Friday evening at the sixth annual Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., the atheist group staked out in front of the event hotel had departed.

• Oct 7, 2011

  Oklahoma Law Restricting Abortion-Inducing Drugs Challenged

  A New York-based abortion rights group filed a legal challenge this week to an Oklahoma law that would set certain parameters on how physicians in the Sooner State prescribe and treat women with abortion-inducing drugs.

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  Oct 7, 2011

  Could Solyndra Scandal Sink Obama’s Presidency?

  Jonathan Silver stepped down Thursday as head of the U.S. Energy Department’s scandalized loan program. It was he who approved the restructuring of debt owed the federal government by California solar panel manufacturer Solyndra.

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  Oct 6, 2011

  Should End-of-Life Patients Be Discouraged From Surgery?

  A new medical study published Wednesday in The Lancet reveals that surgery is fairly common among older people during the latter stages of their lives.

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  Oct 5, 2011

  GOP Would Ban Abortion, Set Back Women’s Health, Obama's HHS Secretary Says

  President Obama’s Secretary of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that Republicans not only want to curb abortion rights, but also to set women’s health back 50 years.

• Oct 5, 2011

  Group Claims 28 Atheists in Congress; 27 Closeted

  Are there really 28 atheists in Congress? The Secular Coalition of America, an atheist group based in Washington, D.C., says there are.

• Oct 4, 2011

  Joel Osteen on CNN; Speaks Out on Hot Button Issues

  The senior pastor of America’s largest Christian church said Tuesday that he not only would have no problem voting for a Mormon presidential candidate, like Republican Mitt Romney, he also would not rule out the possibility of some day voting for a Jewish or even Muslim candidate for the nation’s highest office.