Bush Pushes Immigration Reform

President Bush on Monday visited a Border Patrol station in Yuma, Ariz., to issue tough talk about border control, an effort to win support for comprehensive immigration reform among conservative members of his own party. “We need a comprehensive bill, and...

Church Arsonists Sentenced to Prison

A federal judge in Birmingham on Monday sentenced three former college students to prison for setting fire to nine rural Alabama churches in 2006. According to the Birmingham News U.S. District Judge David Proctor sentenced Matthew Cloyd and Benjamin Moseley to eight...

Baptist Professor Accused of Fraud

A trusted and well-known economics professor at a Baptist university in South Carolina stands accused of swindling an estimated 300 individuals and companies out of $134 million in an investment scheme. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday filed...

Gingrich Clarifies ‘Ghetto’ Remark–en Espanol

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich went on YouTube to say–in both Spanish and English–he didn’t mean to offend Latinos with his recent remarks criticizing “language of the ghetto.” “This past weekend I made some comments that I...

Minister Accused of Sex Abuse Commits Suicide

A bi-vocational Southern Baptist pastor charged last week with molesting an 11-year-old girl in Alabama died Tuesday in an apparent suicide. Authorities in Gainesville, Ga., meanwhile, said they had arrested a former youth minister at a Southern Baptist church on...