Nov 9 - By Associated Press
A 16th century Hebrew Bible looted by the Nazis six decades ago was returned to Vienna's Jewish community Monday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials turned over the two-volume Bible to two Austrian emissaries during a repatriation ceremony at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan.

Nov 2 - By Ree Hines, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Looks like there’s one less “Melrose Place” mystery. Sure, fans are still scratching their heads about that whole “who killed Sydney Andrews?” thing, but at least those wondering why Ashlee Simpson-Wentz recently got the axe have their answer. According to on-set sources, the sometimes-singer-sometimes-actress was just plain awful as the show’s not-so-naïve Violet Foster.
Oct 2 - By Dorie Turner, Associated Press Writer
The Warriors of Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High took the field on Friday night without any Bible verses written on the cheerleaders' banner.
Sep 14 - By Associated Press
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is publishing its own edition of a Spanish-language Bible.
Sep 1 - By Associated Press
A public charter school is suing Idaho officials, saying the state illegally barred use of the Bible as an instructional text.
Sep 1 - By Eric Gorski, AP Religion Writer
The top-selling Bible in North America will undergo its first revision in 25 years, modernizing the language in some sections and promising to reopen a contentious debate about changing gender terms in the sacred text. The New International Version, the Bible of choice for conservative evangelicals, will be revised to reflect changes in English usage and advances in Biblical scholarship, it was announced Tuesday. The revision is scheduled to be completed late next year and published in 2011.
Aug 27 - By Associated Press
In a story Aug. 27, The Associated Press reported that the family of a student who said a science teacher burned a cross on his arm settled a federal lawsuit with the school district. Their attorney, Doug Mansfield, described it as an effort by the family to move past the incident.

Jul 5 - By Nardine Saad, Associated Press Writer
The surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible have been reunited — digitally. The early work known as the Codex Sinaiticus has been housed in four separate locations across the world for more than 150 years. But starting Monday, it became available for perusal on the Web at so scholars and other readers can get a closer look at what the British Library calls a "unique treasure."

Jun 19 - By Associated Press
President Barack Obama said Friday the biblical command to "love thy neighbor as thyself" is as pertinent now as ever.
Jun 16 - By Associated Press
A bomb squad used a disrupter gun to blast a suspicious package left on the counter of the Leavenworth post office, but only a Bible was found inside. Police said the person who left the package on Friday night took off in a hurry and probably didn't put enough stamps on it to get it delivered.
Jun 10 - By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press Writer
An Ohio school teacher fired over accusations that he preached Christianity in class says in a $1 million lawsuit that his free speech and civil rights were violated.
Jun 1 - By Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press Writer
A U.S. court says a kindergartner's mother cannot read Scripture during show and tell, even if the Bible is the boy's favorite book.
May 22 - By Associated Press
A Republican House member wants President Barack Obama to make 2010 the year of the Bible.

Apr 27 - By Dalia Nammari, Associated Press Writer
Muslim calligrapher Yasser Abu Saymeh has dedicated the past two months to Christian art, writing the Gospel of Luke in ornate Arabic script to be presented to Pope Benedict XVI when the Roman Catholic leader visits the Holy Land next month.
Apr 20 - By Michael Graczyk, Associated Press Writer
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge from a Texas death row inmate who claimed his constitutional rights were violated by jurors who consulted a Bible.
Apr 2 - By Associated Press
Police investigators say they found the recipe for making methamphetamine in an odd place: in a Bible on the last page of the Book of Revelation. Officers made discovery as they searched an apartment after arresting two people on methamphetamine possession and manufacturing charges Tuesday night. Police Lt. Ed Windbigler said the recipe was handwritten on the bottom of the page.

Dec 23 - By Associated Press
President-elect Barack Obama will use the same Bible at his inauguration that Abraham Lincoln used for his swearing in.
Oct 6 - By Associated Press
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a murder case in which a jury foreman read passages of the Bible to hold-out jurors who subsequently voted to impose the death penalty.
Sep 30 - By Associated Press
More than 31,000 Americans will have a hand in publishing a new edition of the Bible.
Jul 21 - By Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press Writer
The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, a 4th century version that had its Gospels and epistles spread across the world, is being made whole again — online.

Jul 8 - By Matt Reed, Associated Press Writer
Demonstrations on the town square show how divided people are over the school board's decision to fire a science teacher accused of preaching his Christian beliefs in the classroom and burning crosses on students' arms.

Jun 20 - By Doug Whiteman, Associated Press Writer
The school board of a small central Ohio community voted unanimously Friday to fire a teacher accused of preaching his Christian beliefs despite staff complaints and using a device to burn the image of a cross on students' arms.

Apr 14 - By Jocelyn Noveck, AP National Writer
That woman on the cover of America's best-known pregnancy advice book doesn't have a name — she's only a sketch, after all. But countless women have come to know this expectant mom over the years, with her dowdy clothes and nondescript haircut, staring placidly into space from the safety of a rocking chair.
Apr 10 - By Donna Abu-Nasr, Associated Press Writers
A Saudi blogger has made a short video featuring alleged Christian extremists preaching violence and a Bible passage calling for war, in response to an anti-Quran film that sparked protests across the Muslim world.
Mar 6 - By Associated Press
Both sides in a lawsuit challenging a school district's Bible course claimed victory after they agreed to allow the course to continue but with curriculum developed by a superintendent-appointed committee of local educators.