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Penang bumi contractors secure 100% tender projectsFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:34PMGEORGE TOWN: Under the state government’s open tender system, Penang bumiputra contractors have secured 100% of the projects carried out by the Public Works (PWD) and the Drainage and Irrigation (DID) departments.

Ford: Helping the homeless here and in HaitiFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:34PMDEARBORN -- Thousands of miles apart and struggling to survive in one of the world's richest countries or one of the poorest, homeless people share a similar need for the basics in personal and medical care. The Ford Volunteer Corps is teaming up with World Medical Relief to provide assistance to people in both areas as part of a Ford Accelerated Action Day on March 4..

Ed Kilgore: Jesus At the Tea PartyFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:33PMAs you may have heard, Glenn Beck has gotten himself into some serious hot water by suggesting that people (or more specificially, Christians) leave their...

State board continues to debate curriculumFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:31PMAUSTIN — The March meeting of the State Board of Education replayed themes that have been on the table since January. But the debate was amplified this time after the issue received national attention in the New York Times and on Fox News and gained the attention of several activists groups.

Christian right leaders deeply troubled by the growing Tea Party movementFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:28PMIs the Tea Party insurgency fueling discontent on the evangelical right? The small-government grass-roots movement, determined to halt tax cuts and health care reform, is increasingly at odds with the family-values flank of the GOP, which stresses hot-button cultural issues such as abortion and gay marriage. As Politico's Ben Smith reported Friday, evangelical leaders on the right are dismayed ...

Texas ed board adopts social studies standardsFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:26PMThe Texas State Board of Education agreed to new social studies standards on Friday after the far-right faction wielded its power to shape the lessons that will be taught to millions of students on American history, the U.S. free enterprise system, religion and other topics.

Clear Creek theater presents ‘Biloxi Blues’Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:22PMClear Creek Community Theatre in Nassau Bay presents Neil Simon’s “Biloxi Blues” the next two weekends.

Canada Visit of Minister Implicated in 1984 Anti-Sikh Violence Unacceptable: WSOFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:22PMOTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) is gravely concerned to learn that Mr. Kamal Nath, Indian Minister of Road Transport and Highways, who has been implicated in leading the November 1984 anti-Sikh violence in New Delhi, has been invited to speak by the Canada-India Business Council on March 23, 2010 in Toronto. Anti-Sikh violence across ...

For young adults, belief stronger than belongingFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:21PMA quarter of young American adults have no religious affiliation — a higher rate than when previous generations of Americans were their age — but high numbers of them retain beliefs in God, angels and the afterlife.