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WASHINGTON (BP)–The federal government has approved the abortion drug RU 486, ending a controversial effort that required nearly all eight years of the Clinton administration to complete.

WASHINGTON (BP)–The latest congressional attempt to block RU 486 from approval by the federal government did not even get out of the House of Representatives.

On Wednesday night Carlos Santana walked away with 9 Grammy’s and eleven nominations at the American Music Awards. With top honors, album and record of the year, Santana’s Supernatural album (1999, Arista) tied the record set by Michael Jackson in 1983 for most trophies in a single night.

WASHINGTON (BP)–Congress’ annual review of China’s human rights record before granting the Beijing government favored trade status came to an end Sept. 19 when the Senate resoundingly approved permanent relations with the communist giant.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)–North American Mission Board (NAMB) officials have announced plans next year to conclude a series of talks with representatives of the Roman Catholic Church about the Bible’s role in the Christian faith.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–Just as Olympic athletes are at war with their bodies, so in the spiritual realm “life is war” for Christians, a prominent evangelical author and minister told students at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, N.C., during the annual Carver-Barnes Lectures, Sept. 24-25.

CINCINNATI (BP)–The Sixth U.S. Court of Appeals ruled April 25 that Ohio’s state motto, “With God, all things are possible,” violates the U.S. Constitution and must be thrown out.

WASHINGTON (BP)–The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide the constitutionality of a federal law that bans child pornography depicting computer-generated images that appear to be of actual children.

WASHINGTON (BP)–The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower-court decision preventing a Christian club for children from meeting after hours at a New York public school.

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Declining to intervene in the gray area between free-speech rights and the Constitution’s ban on establishment of religion, the U.S. Supreme Court has turned down the appeal of a high-school student barred from giving a graduation speech deemed too religious by a California school district.

WASHINGTON (BP)–The U.S. Supreme Court wrestled March 29 with whether student-led, student-initiated prayers at public-school football games are permissible under the First Amendment.

(Washington, DC) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today a decision by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declaring Ohio’s motto “With God, all things are possible” constitutional is both encouraging and constitutionally sound.

WASHINGTON (BP)–The U.S. Supreme Court expressed skepticism a state ban on partial-birth abortion would prohibit only that grisly procedure in oral arguments before the justices April 25.

WASHINGTON (BP)–The U.S. House of Representatives again voted overwhelmingly to prohibit a gruesome procedure known as partial-birth abortion, but a third, and final, veto from President Clinton apparently awaits.

WASHINGTON (BP)–The U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in striking down Nebraska’s ban on partial-birth abortion removed all doubt whether the court, with its current membership, will permit any meaningful limit on an abortion technique, no matter how vile.

LOUISVILLE — With the U.S. presidential campaign in full swing, both major-party candidates are talking about the most potent foreign-policy question in domestic politics: Israel. While Republican candidate George W. Bush has said more so far, Al Gore, the Democrat, has a track record that is widely considered downright “hawkish” on Israel.

Appearing on the GAYBC Radio Network (www.gaybc.com) on Saturday, former senator and presidential hopeful Bill Bradley criticized Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s stand on homosexuality.

WASHINGTON (BP)–The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation Sept. 26 to provide legal protection to all newly born infants, including those who survive abortions.

WASHINGTON (BP)–Both houses of Congress adopted legislation July 27 to provide protection for religious liberty in two arenas where discrimination has been a particular problem in recent years.

“The United States will sponsor the creation of hemispheric centers for teacher excellence. These centers will provide teacher training for improving literacy and basic education, both in person and over the Internet.”[1] President George W. Bush, remarks at Summit of the Americas, Working Session, Quebec City, Canada (April 21, 2001).