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Worshipers Kicked Out Of N.Y. School On Principle

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Parishioner James Hall of Grace Fellowship Church, which meets at PS-150 in Queens, N.Y.

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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 10:03 am

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For years, small churches have been meeting in New York City public schools. Some want cheap rental space, and others are part of a "church planting" movement. The idea is to "plant" congregations, often in unconventional settings, to attract the unaffiliated.

A federal court last year ruled that these school gatherings violate the separation of church and state. The congregations now have one week left to vacate.

5:10 am

Sun February 5, 2012

For Reporter, Cruise Ship Disaster Is A Local Story

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The Costa Concordia cruise ship remains half-submerged three weeks after it crashed. It continues to be a source of anger for local residents.

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With the cruise ship wrecked so close to the island of Giglio, many visitors are coming to the port. One cab driver calls it "disaster tourism."

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A salvage company diagram shows how experts plan to pump out a half-million gallons of fuel onboard the Costa Concordia cruise ship.

By Sylvia Poggioli

Originally published on Sun February 5, 2012 5:49 pm

It rarely happens to a reporter that a major story breaks in her own neighborhood. And well, it's not really a neighborhood, but the Tuscan archipelago, where a cruise ship crashed last month. It's an area I know very well.

I spend summers there, and just last August I was boating a few yards from Le Scole, a rocky reef near Giglio island that is the scene of the disaster.

For the past three weeks, the half-submerged Costa Concordia has dominated the landscape of Giglio and looms ominously over the island's future as a haven for nature lovers and scuba divers.

5:09 am

Sun February 5, 2012

Romney Vows To Take Nev.'s Vote To Washington

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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney won the Nevada caucus Saturday, maintaining strong front-runner status in the race to the nomination.

By Ari Shapiro

There was no 11th-hour surprise in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night. The first state in the West to vote in the Republican presidential race chose Mitt Romney, who won with support from a broad base and left his rivals trailing behind.

No Thanks To You, Mr. President

Nevada has been Romney country since at least 2008. That year, he took about half the vote in the caucuses but lost the Republican nomination to John McCain.

This year, he has his sights set higher.

5:08 am

Sun February 5, 2012

Employed But Not Paid, Some Greeks Voice Protest

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ALTER's newsroom no longer operates as part of the strike. Instead, the unpaid staff is broadcasting messages demanding their pay and accusing the company's owner of defrauding them.

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Dimitris Perakis, foreign news editor at ALTER, is owed more than $22,000. He's worked at the company for 14 years.

By Joanna Kakissis

The number of Greeks who are out of work has doubled in the last two years, as Greece has suffered its worst debt crisis in recent memory and a crippling recession. But the economy is so bad that even Greeks with jobs haven't been paid for months. It's a widespread problem that's left thousands in a desperate limbo.

One is Dimitris Perakis, the foreign news editor at ALTER Channel, a small private television station in Athens. He's 37 and has worked at the station for 15 years — his entire career in journalism.

1:00 am

Sun February 5, 2012

Move Over, Iowa, Nevada Has A Caucus Problem Too

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Jan White, left, Brenda Robertson, center, and Janet Freixas, right, count paper ballots at the headquarters of the Douglas County Republican Party Saturday in Minden, Nev., following county-wide Nevada caucus meetings.

By Ron Elving

Originally published on Mon February 6, 2012 7:35 am

Imagine this: You're the Super Bowl host city, and you've gone to a lot of trouble to get the big game in your town. Now everyone's watching as the game comes to an end, and you can't get the scoreboard to work. Suddenly no one's sure who's ahead or how much time is left to play.

That nightmare scenario probably could not happen. But we have seen some highly improbable events lately that embarrassed the host states in the presidential nominating process.

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