
Jul 28 - By Gregg Rosenthal, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Sometime during Jay Cutler’s tumultuous offseason, his image as a petulant superstar overwhelmed his reputation as a franchise quarterback.
Jun 15 - By William McCall, Associated Press Writer
A judge on Monday rejected defense arguments that claimed selective and vindictive prosecution in the manslaughter trial of a couple whose 15-month-old daughter died of pneumonia while they prayed for her recovery.
Apr 27 - By Paul Schemm, Associated Press Writer
An influential Islamic group branded an online video game depicting religious figures fighting each other as offensive to Muslims and Christians and successfully demanded Tuesday that it be taken offline.
Mar 14 - By Rachel Zoll, Associated Press Writers
Metropolitan Baptist Church was bursting out of its home.

Mar 12 - By Eric Gorski, AP Religion Writer
Conservative evangelical and Catholic leaders who went out on a political limb by aligning themselves with the Obama administration are expressing feelings ranging from disappointment to optimism in their reaction to the president's decisions so far on culture war issues.
Jan 29 - By Jennifer Loven, AP White House Correspondent
President Barack Obama has chosen Joshua DuBois to lead his White House-based effort to steer federal social service dollars to religious charities and get them more involved in government anti-poverty efforts.

Dec 21 - By Gary Peach, Associated Press Writer
Mikhail Fadkin claims he can cure a long list of disorders — pancreatitis, bronchitis, digestive problems, even infertility — by using his hands to manipulate what he describes as a person's "bio-energy field."
Nov 6 - By Rina Raphael, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
One night in 2004, Tara and Dirk Lindsey decided to go out for a celebratory dinner with their three children, Rachel, 10, Madelyn 6 and baby Yates, 5 weeks old, to commemorate their plans to start a sheep farm in Seminole, Texas. But fate had other plans in store for them: A drunk driver, three times over the legal drinking limit, struck the driver's side of their car, seriously injuring the couple, and killing all three children.
Sep 4 - By Eric Gorski, AP Religion Writer
Sarah Palin often identifies herself simply as Christian.
Aug 28 - By Eric Gorski, AP Religion Writer
Call it getting out the God vote.

Aug 27 - By Eric Gorski, AP Religion Writer
Religious leaders and people of faith who've been invited to the table at this week's Democratic National Convention are not sitting quietly with their hands in their laps.

Aug 24 - By Eric Gorski, AP Religion Writer
At the first official event Sunday of the Democratic National Convention, a choir belted out a gospel song and was followed by a rabbi reciting a Torah reading about forgiveness and the future.

Jul 1 - By Jennifer Loven, AP White House Correspondent
Taking a page from President Bush, Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday he wants to expand White House efforts to steer social service dollars to religious groups, risking protests in his own party with his latest aggressive reach for voters who usually vote Republican.

Jul 1 - By Jennifer Loven, AP White House Correspondent
Reaching out to religious voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama called for expanding President Bush's program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and — in a move sure to cause controversy — supported some ability to hire and fire based on faith.

May 3 - By Associated Press
The children of a hit country music songwriter have dropped a wrongful death lawsuit accusing their evangelist aunt of promising to use her healing powers to cure the cancer that killed their father and then stealing an inheritance that could be worth millions.
Mar 27 - By Rachel Zoll, Associated Press Writers
Religion is supposed to be Barack Obama's strength.

Feb 9 - By Ryan Lenz, Associated Press Writer
On the way to this storm-ravaged community, a billboard bubbling with fresh paste rises over a rural road with a message from the Gospel of Matthew: "Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted."

Jul 28 - By Jim Heintz, Associated Press Writer
A Hindu monastery in a quiet corner of Wales seems an unlikely locale for dissent. But the seizure of Shambo the bull from Skanda Vale and his subsequent slaughter underlined the difficulties Britain faces in accommodating its wide array of religions.

Nov 7 - By Associated Press
Faith Hill insists she's no Kanye West. The country music superstar says she was just joking when cameras showed her screaming "WHAT?" in apparent anger when she lost the female vocalist of the year award to newcomer Carrie Underwood at the Country Music Association Awards on Monday night in Nashville.
Feb 20 - By Associated Press
Heather Veitch is not your typical evangelical Christian.

Feb 7 - By Alisa Tang, Associated Press Writer
A music distributor recalled two Thai rap CDs from stores Tuesday after Muslims complained the tracks insult their faith.