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Police: Missing Mother's Body Found in Church Septic Tank

The body of a missing mother of three has been recovered from an underground septic system behind a rural Ohio church after the woman's mother-in-law told authorities where to find the corpse, according to police. Authorities had been searching for 25-year-old Summer Inman since March 22. She was in an alleyway behind a...

Ohio Church to Give $1,000 Easter Nest Egg to Worshippers

A few Ohio churchgoers may receive something other than Communion and spirituality this Easter: cash! Two lucky worshippers at the Lindenwald Baptist Church in Fairfield will walk away from Easter services $500 richer as part of the congregation's promotional holiday raffle. Pastor Randy Moore says that both the church's...

Archaeologists May Have Found Tomb of Prophet Zechariah

Archaeologists in Israel believe they may have stumbled upon the tomb of the biblical Prophet Zechariah in a newly discovered church. The church, which is more than 1,300 years old, contains massive marble columns as well as exquisite mosaics, the Israel Antiquities Authority said in a statement. Archaeologists believe...

Battle of the IHOPs Ends With Pancakes and Peace

IHOP -- the International House of Pancakes -- was hopping made when it found another group was using its "IHOP" acronym, even in the name of God. But the flapjack-making restaurant chain has dropped its lawsuit against a religious group that calls itself the International House of Prayer. Rather than continue its...

Muslim-Christian Tensions Rising in Egypt

CAIRO (Nov. 13) -- The case of two Egyptian women who fled their priest husbands and supposedly converted to Islam before being forcibly returned to the Coptic Church has gripped the media and fanned the flames of sectarian tension in the Arab world's most populous country. Now, the domestic story appears to have spiraled...