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Live video Senator Ted Cruz speaks on Religious Liberties at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Iowa traditionally holds the nation’s first presidential caucus. Will have guest speakers http://www.c-span.org 11:00 AM EST

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relatively new Georgia Board of Regents policy regulating the admission of undocumented students and illegal immigrants has prevented a football recruit from gaining admission to the University of Georgia. Chester Brown, a 6-foot-5, 340-pound offensive lineman from Hinesville, committed to the Bulldogs in July, but he confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and several other media outlets late Monday night that he was withdrawing his UGA commitment “for personal reasons,” declining to elaborate However, a variety of people with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed to the AJC on Tuesday that Brown’s change of heart was because his admissions application to...

But as it does occasionally, Christmas Day falls on a Sunday and Bridges’ church, First Baptist of Atlanta, will hold its weekly church services on Saturday — Christmas Eve — instead of Sunday, a practice that is becoming more common here and across the country.

My 1st thread Post: Let me know if anything wrong A few months ago, former President Jimmy Carter was widely denounced for pointing out that racism is an element in the fiery opposition to President Obama’s policies. Carter’s critics included Democratic pollster and pundit James Carville, who insisted that polling showed no such racism. It’s too bad Carville wasn’t on the grounds of the Capitol on Saturday, when tea party protestors hurled the N-word at two black Democrats, U.S. Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.) and U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.). A protestor spat on another black Democrat, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver...