October 29 – November 4

Here are your top 5 interesting, must-know news articles from the past week. Enjoy!

"It is thought that celebrities hold the power in our American society. Elsewhere, it can well be with the outsiders and the rebels. Whoever it may be, one thing that remains constant is that power succeeds with unwavering determination. This week brings you a load of 'odd news' in entertainment, the world, and life—Bieber fever and celibacy included."

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// American Idol Finalist Transitions to Christian Charts

Jason Castro, an American Idol season 7 finalist, is releasing a new album titled, “Who I Am,” which will be released to the Christian audience. While his initial break into stardom was through secular pop music, he felt that it was time to reveal the “one little secrete about [him] and God.” The album is set to release on November 9. Original article.

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// Bieber promotes his book, talks music, God, hair

Justin Bieber promoted his autobiography, “First Step 2 Forever: My Store” at a Barnes & Noble bookstore this week.  During a Q&A, Bieber explained that this book gives him the opportunity to tell people his story.  Bieber reveals that he is a Christian, and has a relationship with God.  Even though, he explains, there are a lot of bad things in Hollywood, God is the reason for his success and stardom. Original article.

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// 'Christian Osama bin Laden' admits to posting bomb-making info on Facebook

A self-proclaimed Extremist, Radical, Fundamentalist man from North Carolina will please guilty to charges regarding instructions on creating bombs to attack abortion clinics that he had posted on Facebook. Justin Carl Moose also refers to himself as the “Christian counterpart of Osama Bin Laden,” making it his mission to “Save a life, shoot an abortionist.” Original article.

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// Fate of Iraqi Christians will worsen, Catholic experts fear

Fifty-two hostages and police were killed on Sunday, October 31, when Al-Qaeda linked gunmen raided a church.  Catholic experts on the Middle East fear that this bloodshed just shows that the fate of the minority Christian community will only worsen.  Al-Quaeda group, Islamic State of Iraq, declared Christians as “legitimate targets” wherever they are.  They ridiculed the pope and warned that Christians will be “extirpated and dispersed” from Iraq. Original article.

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// A Season of Celibacy

Statistics show that 80% of Americans will eventually married, yet many single men and women remain anxious. Writer Jenny Schroedel wishes that she had proclaimed a state of celibacy in your singleness so that she could have better enjoyed the blessings that singleness had to offer. “Singleness is a circumstance, but celibacy is a choice,” she points out. And even in marriage, there is still a void that God alone can fill. Original article.

Special thanks to contributing writer, Grace Kwon.

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