A New Jersey church that believes “God’s love delivers” sought to prove that theory literally on Sunday by allowing parishioners to skip donating to the collection basket — and take money out instead.

Leaders of the Liquid Church, which has three branches in New Jersey, gave away the usual Sunday collection of $30,000 cash in unmarked envelopes containing a $10, $20 or $50 bill.

Lead pastor Tim Lucas said the “reverse offering” was meant to teach churchgoers that faith in God — not government — is the only route to recovery in the current financial crisis. He said the event went off without any problems, nor were there hordes of people who just came looking for free money.  READ the Story

A small-town judge in Alabama is giving non-violent offenders a choice at sentencing: go to jail or go to church.

Under a program dubbed “Operation Restore Our Community,” the city judge in Bay Minette lets misdemeanor offenders serve time and pay a fine or go to church every Sunday for a year, according to WKRG.com. read more here

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A new polymer jelly could be the next big step forward for lithium batteries.  The jelly replaces the volatile and hazardous liquid electrolyte currently used in most lithium batteries.  Researchers from the University of Leeds hope their development leads to smaller, cheaper and safer gadgets.  Once on the market, the lithium jelly batteries could allow lighter laptop computers, and more efficient electric cars.  READ MORE

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NASA has stated that space junk could hit earth between September and October of 2011. The old satellite should burn up most of the way prior to landing, Read the story here.

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Enough is enough, how much are we going to burden our children trying to create jobs.  Let capitalism do its thing.  LEAD or GET Out of the Way.  Its like the White House is stuck in a payday loan cycle.   Well here is a tip, if you want to get out of the payday loan cycle, you have got to stop borrowing.  But instead of borrowing from a payday loan company we are borrowing from our future generations.  Anyway here is a link to the story.

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Being obese might up the chance of developing Type 2diabetes, but the true risk factors may lie in how much overweight someone is and how long they’ve been that way.

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http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-diabetes-dose-20110906,0,2544506.story

Tags: how long person is overweight may decide Type 2 diabetes risk, How much

Transgender activist Chaz Bono isn’t fixated on the controversy surrounding his casting on Dancing With the Stars. Read More

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What I say now, I say as a proud former union member and the wife, daughter, and sister of union members. So, as a former card-carrying IBEW sister married to a proud former Laborers, IBEW, and later USW member, please hear me out.

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DEVELOPING: Several people have reportedly been shot at an IHOP restaurant in Carson City, Nev.

The Nevada Appeal reports that at least eight people were shot by a suspect carrying a semi-automatic weapon just before 9:00 a.m. local time.

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