Morning Juice: Community Shocked by Predictable Youth Minister Plotline; Gay Adoption Case on Collision Course With Supreme Court

It's Thanksgiving week. Let's check the headlines:Take a wild guess why a "youth minister" is in the news. (It's the only reason they're ever in the news.) [Sun-Sentinel]As classmates mourn the deaths of the three Coral Springs teens killed last weekend after their car plunged into the canal, police say...

By Thomas Francis

November 23, 2009

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It's Thanksgiving week. Let's check the headlines:

Take a wild guess why a "youth minister" is in the news. (It's the only reason they're ever in the news.) [Sun-Sentinel]
As classmates mourn the deaths of the three Coral Springs teens killed last weekend after their car plunged into the canal, police say it may be weeks before they can gather evidence to reconstruct how the accident occurred. [Sun-Sentinel]
The Heat are looking like a playoff team, especially after last night's rousing victory in the final seconds against Charlotte. Check out Udonis Haslem's game-winning bank shot. [ESPN]

A decision is expected anytime from an appeals court case challenging a ruling that allowed Martin Gill, a 29-year-old North Miami man, to adopt two foster children that he and his partner have become attached to. [Palm Beach Post]
A 20-year-old man, Yashawn Cotrell, was found dead after having been shot inside his Lauderhill home. [WSVN]

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