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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

The past month has seen major breakthroughs in adult stem cell research and yet we barely heard a word about it in the press. Why not?

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

A growing Facebook trend known as "planking" is being blamed for the death of a 20 year-old Australian man and has prompted calls from officials to put an end to the bizarre fad.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A blockbuster new study by Oxford University has found that religion comes naturally, even instinctively, to human beings, a finding that could have a profound implications for religious freedom worldwide.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

In the wake of the Navy's aborted to attempt to authorize their chaplains to perform same-sex marriages, the chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower has introduced a new amendment that will prohibit the unions from taking  place on military bases.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

An Australian woman diagnosed as being hopelessly "brain dead" after suffering a massive stroke unexpectedly awoke, prompting doctors to call her case a "miracle."

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Homosexual activists forced Olympic Gold Medalist Peter Vidmar to resign his position as the U.S. chef de mission for the 2012 Olympic Games after it was discovered that he donated $2,000 to Proposition 8, California's ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Late yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Navy responded to pressure from dozens of House members by abruptly suspending implementation of a decision that would have allowed chaplains to perform same-sex unions when the Pentagon approves the repeal of the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy later this year.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

With the end of the U.S. military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy, which prohibited homosexuals from serving openly in the armed forces, the Office of the Chief of Navy Chaplains has sent out instructions that will allow chaplains to perform same-sex marriages in states where it is legal.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Two girl scouts have started a new blog in which they give detailed information about the not-so-wholesome relationship between the Girls Scouts of America (GSA) and Planned Parenthood, radical feminists and communists.

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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalit

Time Magazine celebrates just how out-of-touch it is with the American public by publishing a bizarre list of the top 10 best mothers in popular culture, which includes the imaginary Mother Earth goddess known as Gaia and Marge Simpson but neglects to include the "glory of Jerusalem" and the "highest honor of our race" - the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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