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30K Throng White House Easter Egg Roll

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:59:52 CDT

In an annual family-friendly rite of spring, President Barack Obama and wife Michelle kicked off the White House Easter Egg Roll today, joining tens of thousands of youngsters and their parents in a day of racing, reading, sports, and crafts on a breezy, sun-splashed South Lawn. "We are so thrilled...

Boy Finds Live Grenade at Easter Egg Hunt

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:36:34 CDT

Sometimes Easter's not all it's cracked up to be. Ask the parents of a 3-year-old British boy who ended up standing on a live grenade at an Easter egg hunt. "It was brown and about four inches high. It looked like an Easter egg, but it was a hand grenade,...

Child Killed in Easter Church Collapse

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:27:53 CDT

A 6-year-old child was killed and 32 people were injured when the first floor of a building in France used as a church popular with the Haitian community collapsed during an Easter celebration north of Paris. Some 100 worshipers were evacuated after the tragedy in the middle of an afternoon...

Nigeria Bomb Toll Hits 38

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:12:24 CDT

A car bomb exploded along a busy roadway this morning in a central Nigeria city, killing at least 38 people in the latest attack on a region beset by religious, ethnic, and political violence, an official said. The blast struck Kaduna, leaving charred motorcycles and debris strewn across a major...

Nigeria Bomb Kills at Least 5

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:23:09 CDT

A car bomb killed at least five people today in a central Nigerian city that has seen hundreds die in religious and ethnic violence in recent years, amid warnings by diplomats of possible terrorist attacks during the Easter holiday, officials said. The blast struck Kaduna, the capital of Kaduna state,...

Pope Warns of Technology Without God

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:26:23 CDT

Pope Benedict XVI, carrying a tall, lit candle, ushered in Christianity's most joyous celebration with an Easter vigil service tonight, but voiced fears that mankind is groping in darkness, unable to distinguish good from evil. "Life is stronger than death," he said. "Good is stronger than evil. Love is stronger...

Eggs-treme Parents Force Easter Hunt Cancellation

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:15:00 CDT

How aggressive were the parents at last year's Colorado Springs Easter egg hunt (which, yes, is a hunt designed for their kids)? Well, the event has been canceled this year. The scene last April: Parents jumped a rope early to nudge their children toward plastic eggs filled with candy. The...

Where Did the Easter Bunny Come From?

Kate Schwartz — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:18:05 CDT

Take a break from the Cadbury Cream Eggs and study up on a little Easter trivia. Namely: Why is there an Easter Bunny? And why does said bunny hide eggs? The San Jose Mercury News takes a look at the furry creature's fuzzy origins. Some say he hopped on to...

China Detains Christians at Easter Service

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 07:18:05 CDT

Chinese police detained at least 30 Christians belonging to an unregistered Beijing church as the congregation gathered today for an Easter service, a church member says. Police stopped the worshippers from the unregistered Shouwang church as they gathered near a public plaza in the city's university district, then bused them...