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Church Forgives, Offers Funeral To Homeless Man Who Killed Himself After Murdering Priest

AP | DAVID DISHNEAU | Posted 05.09.2012

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ELLICOTT CITY, Md. -- The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland is offering forgiveness and a funeral service for a homeless man who killed himself after fata...

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Ringleader In Amish Attacks Is Flush With Cash

AP | Posted 04.30.2012

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CLEVELAND — Prosecutors and defense attorneys are sparring over whether father-and-son suspects in beard- and hair-cutting attacks against fello...

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Amish Beard Attacks: The Fight Enters Court

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 04.19.2012

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CLEVELAND — Sixteen men and women pleaded not guilty Thursday in beard- and hair-cutting attacks against fellow Amish in Ohio. The 10 men and s...

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New Haircut And Clothes On 'Amish: Out of Order' Series Premiere

Posted 04.18.2012

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“Amish: Out of Order” (Tue., 10 pm. ET on National Geographic) is a new 10-part series that follows the lives of people who have left the Amish co...

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Should Young Farmers Be Exempt From a National Draft?

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Organic Farming, Farming, Military Draft, Amish, Organic Food, Peak Oil, Green News

Would you be willing to grow or raise your own food in a time of national emergency such as war? Do you even know how?

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Unusual Rule Eased On Amish Buggies

AP | Posted 04.11.2012

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FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Amish people in Kentucky will no longer have to use a bright orange reflective triangle on their horse-drawn buggies. Gov. Steve Be...

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Amish Buggy Legislation Wins Final Passage In Kentucky

AP | Posted 03.28.2012

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The Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – One vote remains before lawmakers allow the Amish to forgo a longstanding traffic safety measure in th...

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Alleged Ringleader In Amish Beard Cutting Trial Must Pay For Lawyer

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 03.21.2012

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CLEVELAND -- The alleged ringleader in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio cannot rely on taxpayers to pay his legal bills, a federal judge ...

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Amish Man Pleads Guilty To Swindling Fellow Amish

AP | Posted 03.17.2012

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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- As members of his community watched quietly in court, an Ohio man admitted Thursday that he defrauded fellow Amish in 29 states ou...

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Is That All There Is? Rugged Indvidualism

Dimitri Hamlin | Posted 05.14.2012

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It's a good thing that, when push comes to shove, we're really not rugged individualists. I'm thinking that it's almost time for us to accept who we are.

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Amish Youth Arrested For Horse-Drawn Buggy Drag Racing, Drinking

Reuters | Posted 05.12.2012

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* Amish drag racing horse and carriages on rural road- police * Town in western New York home to large Amish community ...

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Amish Men Accused Of Boozing On Buggy After Crashing Into Cop Car

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.12.2012

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Friends don't let friends drink and buggy. Cops in western New York arrested four young Amish adults on Sunday and slapped them with underage alcoh...

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Amish, OK. Catholics, No.

Sister Mary Ann Walsh | Posted 05.09.2012

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The Amish are exempt from the entire health care reform law. Yet, when the Catholic Church asks for a religious exemption from just one regulation issued under the law, the Administration balks.

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How An Amish Business Competes In The 21st Century

The Huffington Post | Geoff Williams | Posted 03.02.2012

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It's easy to romanticize Amish entrepreneurs, imagining them running a business by candlelight. Actually, many Amish businesses do have power -- they ...

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Ponzi Scheme Allegations Roil Amish Town

nytimes.com | Posted 02.26.2012

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In the Amish and Mennonite communities of rural Sugarcreek, Ohio, Monroe Beachy was a respected financial figure for decades. He is now accused of run...

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The Secret Life Of Hasidic Sexuality

Rabbi Adam Jacobs | Posted 04.22.2012

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To the average observant Jew, sex is not something mundane and titillating, but, rather, holy and sacred. From this perspective, it is the puerile obsessions of the secular world which are bizarre.

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Time for a Peace Industry and a Super PAC to Support It

Michael Shank | Posted 04.01.2012

I'm talking about the majority of businesses that perform better when poverty and violence is not prevalent. If financial incentives motivate politicos, then put some numbers on those dividends available from reducing violence.

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HHS "ABC" Rule: Anybody But Catholics Has Religion Freedom

Sister Mary Ann Walsh | Posted 03.26.2012

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This egregious violation of religious freedom marks the first time in our history that the federal government is forcing religious people and groups to ante up for services that violate their consciences.

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Amish Detainee Says Home Electricity OK If It Gets Him Out Of Jail

Posted 01.20.2012

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By Pat Galbincea Religion News Service CLEVELAND (RNS) The leader of an Amish splinter sect who is being held in jail on federal hate crime charge...

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Amish Children Escape Injury When Buggy Is Hit

AP | Posted 01.17.2012

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MAYFIELD, Ky. -- A buggy carrying five Amish children was hit by a sport utility vehicle in western Kentucky and the buggy driver was cited for not di...

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Amish Men Jailed For Defying Buggy Safety Rules

Posted 01.13.2012

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By DYLAN LOVAN (Associated Press) MAYFIELD, Ky. -- A group of Amish men were sent to jail in western Kentucky Thursday for refusing to pay fines fo...

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Amish Defendants Plead Not Guilty To Beard-Cutting Attacks

Reuters | Posted 03.12.2012

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By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Twelve members of an Amish splinter group in Ohio pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to char...

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What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)

Michael Shank | Posted 03.10.2012

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Despite overwhelming data, policymakers are not in hot pursuit of the very policies that would increase the peacefulness, improve economic productivity, and cut costs across the board as we concurrently cut violence levels in this country.

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Amish Girl Shot Dead In Buggy By Man Cleaning Gun: Sheriff

AP | Posted 12.21.2011

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FREDERICKSBURG, Ohio -- A man cleaning his muzzle-loading rifle shot the gun into the air, accidentally killing a 15-year-old Amish girl driving a hor...

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Amish Beard Cuttings Were Hate Crimes, Prosecutors Allege

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 02.20.2012

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CLEVELAND — Twelve members of a breakaway Amish group were charged with federal hate crimes in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in eastern ...

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