Saturday, May 25 2013 1:25 PM EDT2013-05-25 17:25:23 GMT
A popular Grateful Dead tribute band from Missouri is taking a sabbatical - the result of a 30-month prison sentence for the lead singer.
A popular Grateful Dead tribute band from Missouri is taking a sabbatical - the result of a 30-month prison sentence for the lead singer.
DEXTER, MO (KFVS) -
A Constitutional amendment on the Missouri ballot in August will ask Missourians if they support that school children have the right to pray and acknowledge God voluntarily in their school.
It states: "Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to ensure:
-That the right of Missouri citizens to express their religious beliefs shall not be infringed;
-That school children have the right to pray and acknowledge God voluntarily in their schools; and
-That all public schools shall display the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution."
Dr. Tom Sharp is the superintendent of Dexter schools.
"But it's very difficult to phrase it in such a way that there's absolute clarity as to what is acceptable and what is not," Sharp said. "It doesn't give enough directions. There's not enough clarity in the language itself as to what is an acceptable behavior, what is a protected behavior, and what is not."
Regardless of where voters stand, school officials say if the amendment was put into place now, there would be a lot of different ways to interpret it.
Right now, Dr. Sharp says he's taking a wait-and-see approach.
"An informed voter has to look at the full text of the amendment itself, not just the three bullet summation," Shard said.
After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.
After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.
Saturday, May 25 2013 7:00 AM EDT2013-05-25 11:00:14 GMT
(KTXL/CNN) - A California man scarfed down more than 11 pounds of apple pie ... and somehow lived to tell the tale. Jamie "The Bear" McDonald consumed two giant apple pies in an attempt to break two world
Authorities say they have found a child's body believed to be that of an 18-month-old girl as they continue to investigate a series of Kansas farm deaths.
A body recovered amid an intensive search is believed to be that of a missing 18-month-old girl whose mother was found dead along with two men on a Kansas farm days ago, authorities said Sunday.
Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."
The trucker was hauling drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him....
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