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Will there be an awakening of fundamental Christian principles in America? Obama represents those that exercise in the perversion of Christianity, what with this "Gay" Episcopal Bishop giving the invocation without the Bible, Obama sends a clear message of secularism being more important than religious freedom. Tim Tebow, on the other hand, is all things Obama can never be. Strong Christian background, raised in the Bible belt of Florida, homeschooled throughout his youth, he represents those of us that never allowed "nuance" to enter our social religious conscience. Tim Tebow may become America's hero, for reasons only God wants. He...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose above $60 on Friday to their highest level in more than two weeks as refinery fires in the United States revived fears of tight supplies. U.S. light sweet crude for September delivery was up 45 cents to $60.39 a barrel in Asian trade, off an earlier high of $60.42 triggered by news of a fire at BP's giant Texas City refinery, the country's third-largest. Prices were just 2.7 percent below record-highs of $62.10. London Brent crude was up 50 cents to $59.26 a barrel. BP said the fire at a 60,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) residual...