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For a five-month period that ends this week, every single elected Republican in Congress was a white Christian. Let me repeat that: every elected GOP Member of the House and Senate was a white Christian.

Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - An international celebration of homosexuality will take place as scheduled in Jerusalem next month, but organizers of the WorldPride event now say they've postponed a planned LGBT parade through the streets of Jerusalem. A WorldPride organizer said Jerusalem police had informed his group that with Israel fighting a war on two fronts and the security situation very tense, police could not provide a safe environment for the march. "Therefore, we feel it would be neither responsible nor appropriate to hold the march until such time that circumstances allow for a safe and peaceful gathering for all," said...

The scene may seem familiar to Californians: a Republican governor warning that fiscal meltdown is imminent unless voters approve new rules on how much money the state can spend each year. But Colorado Gov. Bill Owens isn't looking for the kind of budget cap that California Republicans want voters to approve next month. That was imposed 13 years ago. Now he is pleading with voters to lift it. The problem: Colorado's spending controls appear to have worked too well. Now some of the most strident fiscal conservatives in Colorado — long viewed as a model for others considering such restraints...

<p>Stewart witness says she may have thought statement she attributed to Martha.</p> <p>NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Martha Stewart's lawyers Friday got a prosecution witness to cast doubt on a damaging statement she had attributed to Stewart in her testimony only a day before in the federal case revolving around Stewart's sale of ImClone stock.</p>

Martha is begging for mercy. Martha Stewart sent her lawyers for a personal sitdown with Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jim Comey this week to ask him not to file criminal charges against her, the Daily News has learned. The private face-to-face meeting took place Thursday in Comey's downtown Manhattan offices overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Two sources said Stewart's hired guns, including high-profile lawyer Robert Morvillo, made the last-ditch move after federal securities regulators warned Stewart they were ready to file civil charges against her. Punished enough The lawyers tried to convince Comey that...