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Fast Forward Tennessee May Make Bible the State Book
Tennessee state legislators on Wednesday advanced a bill to make the Bible the official state book, a measure the state attorney general said would be unconstitutional and Republican Governor Bill Haslam has called disrespectful. The Republican-controlled state House of Representatives voted 55-38 to approve the Bible as state book. A companion bill could be considered…
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Fast Forward Shelly Sterling Wins $2.8M Suit Against ‘Conniving’ Mistress
A judge ruled on Tuesday that the wife of former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is owed $2.6 million from the woman he lavished with gifts and was behind his downfall, the wife’s lawyer said. Shelly Sterling said in her lawsuit that V. Stiviano, who recorded the racist remarks by Donald Sterling that led…
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Fast Forward Iran Insists Congress Won’t Derail Nuclear Deal
Iran said on Wednesday it would only accept a deal over its contested nuclear program if world powers simultaneously lifted all sanctions imposed on it. The comments by President Hassan Rouhani came the day after U.S. President Barack Obama was forced to give Congress a say in any future accord – including the right to…
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Fast Forward Israel Happy With Congress Push To Get Vote on Iran Nuclear Deal
Israel is pleased at a compromise deal on Iran achieved between the United States Congress and the administration of President Barack Obama, Israeli Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz said on Wednesday. In what was seen as a setback for Obama, the U.S. president agreed on Tuesday that Congress should have the power to review a nuclear…
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News Hit-and-Run Driver Gets Life for Killing Orthodox Family
A New York City man was sentenced to a prison term of 25 years to life on Monday over a fatal 2013 hit-and-run car crash that killed a young Orthodox Jewish family, prosecutors said. Julio Acevedo, 46, was convicted over the collision that killed Raizy and Nachman Glauber, 21, and their premature infant, the Brooklyn…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Plans To Plead With Congress To Give Iran Nuclear Diplomacy a Chance
Secretary of State John Kerry will make the case this week to skeptical Republicans and Democrats that the U.S. Congress should give him another two and a half months to secure a final nuclear deal with Iran. In closed briefings with the full House of Representatives scheduled for 5 p.m. (2100 GMT) on Monday and…
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Fast Forward Israel and Iran Experts Cooperate on Nuclear Test Panel
Iran and Israel have been cooperating under the auspices of an international body set up to monitor a ban on nuclear bomb tests, its director said on Monday. Negotiated in the 1990s, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty enjoys wide global support but must be ratified by eight more nuclear technology states – among them…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Stands By Account of Iran Deal
Secretary of State John Kerry defended on Sunday his presentation of a framework agreement on Iran’s nuclear program after a different interpretation was offered by Iran’s supreme leader, and a prominent U.S. senator said Kerry was “delusional.” “I will stand by every fact that I have said,” Kerry told ABC’s “This Week.” Iran’s Supreme Leader…
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