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Many religious traditions stress the importance of charity. But Mormons are remarkable for the amount and the precision with which they give to their church.

The district of Baba Amr in the city of Homs had been the heart of the Syrian uprising, where mass protests turned into an armed resistance. Activists say government troops are combing the area, arresting any male over the age of 12.

"I only wish I could have done more," Frank Hall said. I'm not a hero. Just a football coach and a study hall teacher." Three students were killed and two others were wounded. The suspect was a fellow student.

It would be easy not to have known Continental Airlines has been merged with United for two years. That will change Saturday when all operations and branding are combined under just United. Any hiccups could mean delays throughout the airline's system.

After weeks of shelling and sniper fire from Syrian Army forces, the people who remain in the Baba Amr district of the city of Homs may finally get some aid from the outside world today.

Among the reports of more deadly violence in Pakistan today — about 70 people were killed in three incidents — is word that about 20 of the deaths were the result of one militant group attacking another.

It will be appealed, but Ani Chopourian's judgment against a hospital where she worked is thought to be the largest in U.S. history for a single victim.

The animated feature, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, is based on the classic Dr. Seuss environmentally themed children's book and stars the voices of Ed Helms, Danny DeVito and Zac Efron. Critic David Edelstein says the movie is far from the best Seuss adaptation.

Frank Calabrese Jr. has written a memoir about bringing down his father's murderous Chicago crime family. In Operation Family Secrets, Frank details how he helped the FBI convict his father of several murders by wearing a hidden wire and taping his father's conversations.

Lead poisoning in children can be reduced by cleaning up pregnant women's homes, according to a new study. That would be better than waiting until children are exposed to identify the problem, experts say. But the cleanups are expensive, and money is tight.