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Pope to lead 'midnight' Christmas Mass at 10 p.m.

Pope Benedict XVI will break with tradition this year and celebrate Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at 10 p.m. instead of midnight, the Vatican said Monday. Full story

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Russian court rules against Jehovah's Witnesses

L.A. Episcopalians elect gay assistant bishop

Church selling Tiffany window to survive

Blessed are conservative in Bible translation

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‘It's horrible out there’; storm batters Midwest
A fierce winter storm was leaving dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds in its wake as it slogged eastward early Wednesday.

Senate Dems near health care agreement

NYT: Climate deal likely to cost trillions of dollars

Geithner: TARP funding extended to October

Details sketchy on bin Laden's whereabouts

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Uganda be kidding me…
Dec. 4: Rachel Maddow and a Friday night panel discuss the American legislators with ties to an anti-homosexuality bill introduced in Uganda.

Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill

Woman sees Jesus in iron

Swiss voters approve minaret ban

Warren on Obama, abortion

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