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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

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  • Afghan aid workers were 'unwavering,' Mercer says
    by Erin Roach, posted Tuesday, August 10, 2010 (14 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Heather Mercer, who along with Dayna Curry was held captive by the Taliban for 105 days nine years ago, said the aid workers who were killed recently in Afghanistan were an example of what it means to love a forgotten people.

          Mercer told Baptist Press she learned that 10 aid workers had been murdered in the mountains of Afghanistan, possibly by the Taliban, when she saw news of the tragedy ... Read More

  • Likely voters support 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
    by Michael Foust, posted Tuesday, August 10, 2010 (14 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP)--Nearly 50 percent of likely voters back the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on open homosexual military service, according to a new poll that conflicts with other surveys showing far lower support. Read More

  • Liberty prof & son killed in crash
    by Staff, posted Tuesday, August 10, 2010 (14 years ago)

    LYNCHBURG, Va. (BP)--Jill Jones, associate professor of graduate education in Liberty University's school of education, and her 16-year-old son Nicholas ("Niko") were killed in a three-car crash Aug. 8 in Roanoke County, Va. Read More

  • Cal Baptist coach killed in crash
    by Staff, posted Tuesday, August 10, 2010 (14 years ago)

    RIVERSIDE, Calif. (BP)--The cheerleading coach of California Baptist University was killed and a dozen cross country team members were injured Aug. 9 in a three-vehicle multiple-fatality accident on California Highway 395 ... Read More

  • Johnny Hunt, wife extend leave of absence
    by Joe Westbury, posted Tuesday, August 10, 2010 (14 years ago)

    WOODSTOCK, Ga. (BP)--Johnny Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Ga., and immediate past president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has extended his leave of absence from the church through mid-September, citing physical and emotional exhaustion.

    Hunt had been expected to return to the Woodstock pulpit Aug. 8 following his annual July sabbatical. However, Jim Law, senior associate pastor and administrator of the church, announced Hunt and Hunt's wife, Janet, will extend the... Read More