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Einstein letter calls Bible 'pretty childish'

Albert Einstein: arch rationalist or scientist with a spiritual core? A letter being auctioned in London this week adds more fuel to the long-simmering debate about the Nobel Prize-winning physicist's religious views. Full story

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Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens

Pastor to Catholics: 'Great whore' no more

Evangelicals urge pullback from politics

Pope goes digital to better connect with youth

Newsweek: Obama tries to reassure religious voters

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China: Quake left 18,000 buried
The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades.

Racist remarks alarm Obama backers

Blasts kill at least 45 in India

Fla. blazes damage dozens of homes

Golfer Sorenstam to retire

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Gay bishop plans to marry
May 8: Gay Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson speaks with TODAY's Matt Lauer about his support for same-sex marriage and his upcoming plans.

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Whirling dervishes of Turkey

Obama's ex-pastor speaks out

Rocket show for Easter