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News to Know: Top 10 news stories as of 9/20

According to CNN, Pope Francis said, “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?”

According to CNN, Pope Francis said, “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?”
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Syrian President Bashar Assad said that the Syrian government has nothing to do with the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Wikimedia Commons  |  The Daily Cougar

Syrian President Bashar Assad said the Syrian government has nothing to do with the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
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Top 10 things to know for this week:

10. Nina Davaluri, Miss America 2014, is the first woman of Indian descent to hold that title.

9. Pope Francis said the church shouldn’t interfere in the personal lives of gays. “The people of God want pastors,” Francis said, according to CNN, “not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.”

8. The U.N. is citing human rights violations in North Korea. As reported by CNN, as a way of crushing political dissent, approximately 200,000 people have been imprisoned in a network of camps in North Korea.

7. Mount Sinabung, an 8,530-foot volcano in Indonesia, erupted on Sunday and Tuesday after being dormant for three years. According to MSN, more than 15,000 residents fled the area.

6. Syrian President Bashar Assad denied that his government used chemical weapons. “The whole story doesn’t even hold together,” Assad said, according to MSN. “It’s not realistic. … We didn’t use any chemical weapons in Ghouta.”

5. According to MSN, former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was acquitted of money laundering and conspiracy. The acquittal was based on insufficient evidence.

4. The House of Representatives passed a bill to cut $40 billion from the food stamp assistance program. “I think most Americans don’t think you should be getting something for free, especially for the able-bodied adults,” said Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., according to Fox News.

3. According to Fox News, the U.S. deficit is lower than it’s been since 2009, at $98.9 billion.

2. According to MSN, convicted kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro committed suicide in his jail cell.

1. Storms in La Pintada, Mexico, led to 97 deaths as of Thursday, according to Fox News.

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