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Among the 117 churches of the Mountain Lakes District, which includes Etowah, Marshall and St. Clair counties, 22 have voted to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church.
After reportedly being caught forcing his six-year-old son to run on a treadmill for "being too fat," a New Jersey father has been charged with murder in connection with his kid's death.