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With the death Thursday of Prince Rogers Nelson, you may see a strange mix on your Facebook feed of sex and religion. That’s because perhaps one of the raunchiest, steamiest pop culture figures in the past quarter-century was a conservative Christian. Religious and spiritual themes ran through a huge amount of his work, including this tiny sampling of lyrics:

Denmark's Princess Mary and her new-born son have made their first public appearance, with the Tasmanian-born princess showing off her baby to the media just 84 hours after birth. The appearance at Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, where Mary delivered the boy at the weekend, was watched by a crowd of several hundred people waving Danish and Australian flags. She said it had been a "truly wonderful" experience. "I am feeling wonderful - it's been a truly wonderful life experience," Mary said. "Words can't describe how happy one feels. "We are very excited by all the messages and well-wishers. "It's really very touching."...

SHE began life as Mary Donaldson of Tasmania. Now she is Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, the wife and mother of the future kings of Europe's oldest royal family. Mary gave birth today to a baby boy, who weighed in at a healthy 3.5kg (7 pounds, 7 ounces) and is 51 centimetres (20 inches) long. The boy, who is expected to be named Christian, is second in line to the throne after his father, Crown Prince Frederik, Queen Margrethe's eldest son. The birth of Mary and Frederik's first child is the latest chapter of a fairytale that began five years...