Mormonism ‘cult’ claim vanishes from Billy Graham site

A Billy Graham Evangelical Association article labeling Mormonism a cult has been removed from the group’s website following the 93-year-old televangelist’s meeting with the Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney last week.

Graham pledged to do “all I can” to help Romney get elected during the meeting

The Citizen-Times at 4:56 p.m. on Thursday captured the article, which said cults are “Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, the Unification Church, Unitarians, Spiritists, Scientologists, and others.”

Full Citizen-Times.com Article

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MLB Authenticated Game-used Base Bar Stool

Handcrafted by metal artisans in California, each of these one-of-a-kind barstools features an actual game-used base from your choice of any of the 30 Major League Baseball teams (subject to availability). Each base is certified under the auspices of the MLB Authentication Program and carries a uniquely numbered hologram that can be used for verification at MLB.com.

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Out of curiosity I wanted to see if a Texas Rangers version was available, but it appears they confused them for the New York Rangers.

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High school soccer team surprises team manager, who has Down syndrome, with start on senior night

The loudest cheers at Dexter’s soccer game Thursday night weren’t for the players who scored the four goals. Or for the defenders who kept the ball out of their own end. Or for the goalie who finished with a shutout.

They were for No. 17, Greg Zenas, who played about half the game, had a few touches, and needed some help from coaches and teammates to know where to stand and where to run.

But some learning curve was expected. This was, after all, his first time playing varsity soccer.

A Dexter senior with Down syndrome, Zenas has spent the last six years as the soccer team’s manager — filling up water bottles, picking up equipment and cheering on his teammates.

Nobody had told Zenas that Thursday night would be any different from the hundred other soccer games he’s been to. But after the senior night ceremony, his coach, Scott Forrester, approached him with a brown paper bag containing cleats and shin guards.

“Get ready, you’re going to be playing,” Forrester told him.

So Zenas, with an ear-to-ear smile, suited up, and found his spot with the rest of the starters for introductions.

Full AnnArbor.com Article

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