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Hospitals, universities study the link between prayer and patient recovery

MARTINEZ - Carla Dodd was 43 and pregnant with her second child when two rapid-fire brain hemorrhages threatened to end her life.

Region's Nativity presentations bring history and tradition to new audiences

There's a cure for the anxiety of the season - the hectic shopping, messy baking and the rush, rush, rush to get everything finished by Christmas Eve.

Christmas `star' may have been 3 planets

It's long been a puzzle for Christian astronomers, and now a professor from the University of Notre Dame thinks he has it figured out - almost, anyway.

Religion briefs

SCANNING RELIGION

New Fed proposal on mortgage lending depends on states

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve's proposals last week to address deception and fraud in mortgage lending will all be for naught unless the states, the Fed and other federal agencies tighten their enforcement of the lending rules.

FCC loosening of rule on dual media ownership is debated

WASHINGTON - The Republican chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is disputing Democratic claims that the rule loosening restrictions on media ownership is full of loopholes and will lead to a wave of mergers and fewer choices for consumers.

The One Laptop Per Child program is broadening lives of children in rural Peru

ARAHUAY, Peru - Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporated as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the One Laptop Per Child project six months ago.

Controversial liquor back after a 95-year absinthe

ALAMEDA - Absinthe can make the heart grow fonder - at least that's the hope at St. George Spirits Inc., which has released 3,600 bottles of St. George Absinthe Verte for sale.

It's time for a little catch-up

There won't be any new movies coming out until Jan.4. What a relief! So many have been released recently that my head is still spinning at the thought of trying to see most of them.

Boeing finalizes 787 deal

Boeing Co. said Thursday it finalized a deal with British Airways, notching 790 orders for its long-awaited 787 Dreamliner plane during the past three years.