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May 31, 2012
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New today from the Century:

    • Andrew Packman on an interfaith choir in Bosnia: 

    • Steve Thorngate remembers Doc Watson

    • Larry Patten on the strangeness of a church funeral for the unchurched

    • "Not by sight," a poem by Tania Runyan

 

In the news:

  • Idaho bans 'Five Wives' vodka over risque label
  • With nomination clinched, focus turns to Romney's Mormon faith
  • Southern Baptist heavyweight Richard Land in the fight of his life

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