Woman's throat slashed as she read Bible verses A 16-year-old has been charged with slashing the throat of a woman who police said read Bible verses to him as he held a knife to her throat last week in Shelby. The 32-year-old woman underwent surgery and was expected to recover.

Mugger dies after scuffle with ex-wrestler A Newark thief was killed early Saturday after he got into a scuffle with a former high school wrestler while trying to rob the man, according to reports. Cops say Gian Davis, 30, approached two local college kids at around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday and asked them for change, NBC New York reported.

Pair charged in Facebook murder of couple MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. – A father who was upset after a Tennessee couple deleted his adult daughter as a friend on Facebook has been charged in the shooting deaths of the couple, authorities said Wednesday.

Fishermen reel in massive 40-foot whale shark The shark from "Jaws" was not this big – not even close. Fishermen in Pakistan reeled in a massive 40-foot whale shark Tuesday and sold it for a tidy $18,750, The Express Tribune newspaper reports. The largest confirmed whale shark on record was 41 feet long, according to ABCNews.com.

Sentence diagramming unlocks Scripture meaning Folks who want to know more about the Bible and improve their English can do both through a unique study that uses sentence diagramming to unlock biblical understanding. A retired English teacher, Shirley Forsen of Raymore developed Diagramming the Scripture because she believes the art of sentence diagramming is dying. "It's needed, basic and foundational ... [...]

Religious right bashes green evangelicals Religious-right leaders are slamming a green evangelical group for casting support for Environmental Protection Agency rules to cut power plant mercury emissions as a "pro-life" position. In a lengthy statement, religious leaders including Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser, officials with Focus on the Family and other groups that [...]

Lake Vostok drilling team claims breakthrough Russian scientists are reporting success in their quest to drill into Lake Vostok, a huge body of liquid water buried under the Antarctic ice. It is the first time such a breakthrough has been made into one of the more than 300 sub-glacial lakes known to exist on the White Continent. Researchers believe Vostok can give them [...]

Ex-Komen VP slams Planned Parenthood Following her departure from the Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity in the wake of the massive attacks waged on it by Planned Parenthood following news that it would cut its funding, Karen Handel slammed the abortion business. As LifeNews reported Tuesday, Handel, a top Komen official who was said to be instrumental in putting [...]

Irish moonshine on its way to U.S. Kickstarter, a website that helps entrepreneurs raise funds, is helping an ambitious Irish woman to bring the historic Irish liquor poitín (pronounced puh-cheen) to the United States. It?s her dream to have 1661 Poitín as a regular liquor found in US bars. The liquor, made with malted barley grain or potatoes, is very potent. It was [...]

Good Samaritan faces foreclosure Like the biblical good Samaritan, Brian Burns of Pinole stopped to help an injured traveler. He nearly paid for it with his life. More than five years later, the financial and physical toll that ensued from a horrific freeway accident threatens to cost the former water district plumber his home.