Wisdom from the mouths of babes

The other day, a friend of mine email me the following letter from a 7-year-old second-grader, Abigal Lily Alder, at Heron Heights Elementary in Broward County, and I want to share it with you, my dear Neighbors in Religion readers:The title: "AUTISM SPEAKS to Me!" "If I could help somebody it would be my brother, Grant, who has autism. People with autism like Grant sometimes...

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Lily Allen Gives Birth to Daughter Marnie Rose

Lily Allen, 27, is a mom again! The British singer welcomed daughter Marnie Rose on Tuesday, January 8, People is reporting.This is Allen's second child with her husband Sam Cooper. Marnie Rose will join older sister Ethel Mary, 1.Related: Lily Allen is Pregnant"Quite overwhelmed by all the well wishing going on. THANKYOU everybody x x x," she tweeted Thursday morning.Allen has been previously open...

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Ferry passengers return to daily - and seated - commute

AFP/Getty ImagesMayor Bloomberg inspects the damage after the commuter ferry slammed into Pier 11. A large hole can be seen in the front of the boat after the crash.Commuters aboard the same ferry service that crashed one day earlier enjoyed a smooth — and seated-at-all-times — sail into Manhattan this morning.Passengers returning to the Highlands-to-New...

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Unemployment claims on the rise in Miami-Dade

Miami-Dade County ended 2012 with more people joining the unemployment rolls than it did last year. The late-year increase in first-time unemployment claims broke a trend of declining applications throughout most of 2012. First-time claims spiked about 15 percent in November and December, with about 17,500 new applications in all over those 60 days. That’s compared to 15,000...

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Mystery fish invades Keys waters from the Pacific

Deep-diving spearfishermen surfaced with a mystery last month south of Pacific Reef Light off North Key Largo."I was shocked when I saw it," Wayne Grammes said. "It’s an ugly-looking fish with a face on it that looks like a tripletail and a tail like a jewfish."The 15-pound, 27-inch fish speared by Greg Caterino of Tavernier turned out to be a humpback grouper — a species...

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Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson to Perform at Inauguration

President Barack Obama will have a Miss Independent and an Independent Women performer helping him celebrate the 57th Presidential Inauguration. Beyonce Knowles and Kelly Clarkson are scheduled to perform along with another music icon.James Taylor will join the ladies on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 21, 2013 for the big event. "Vice President [Joe] Biden and I are honored to have these...

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Hurricane Sandy prevented total number of complaints filed against NYPD cops from rising last year

Hurricane Sandy prevented the total number of complaints filed against NYPD cops with the Civilian Complaint Review Board last year from rising for the first time since 2009, The Post has learned.The total number of CCRB complaints in 2012 dipped just two percent over the previous year’s totals, the fourth time in five years that the total number of complaints...

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4 smartphones with standout features

These days, smartphones are almost all drawing from the same bag of tricks, and it can be hard to tell one from the next. If the average smartphone will do all the basic things you want it to, what does it take to be special? Here are four smartphones with unusual features that really make them stand out. Nokia Lumia 920 Rating: 4 stars out of 5 (Excellent) ...

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Police shoot, kill woman accused of holding knife to her boyfriend

A woman who was holding her boyfriend at knife point as their 3-year-old boy was in their home was shot to death by deputies in Lake Worth Tuesday morning.Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies were called to the home in a duplex about 2:45 a.m. by the boyfriend who was frantic, saying she was going to kill him, sheriff’s spokeswoman Teri Barbera said.“When we arrived she had...

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James Franco and Ashley Benson Parody Justin Bieber Selena Gomez

James Franco and rumored girlfriend Ashley Benson had some fun recently -- though it's at the expense of their Spring Breakers co-star Selena Gomez and her on-again/off-again boyfriend Justin Bieber.In this video that originally appeared on Franco's WhoSay but he has since deleted, the 34-year-old mocks Justin's signature style -- down to the sideways hat, his [formerly] floppy hair and a baggy hoodie...

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