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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, DEC. 24-25 - In this Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016 photo, Christian Buchanan shows off his kicks as he works out with Bill Taylor in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Being blind and physically challenged hasn't stopped 5-year-old Christian Buchanan from doing just about anything other kids his age can do, including karate. (Helen Comer/The Daily News Journal via AP)

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In this Dec. 9, 2016 photo, Alex Freshman, his wife Amanda, and their family participate in one of the activities, where people were asked to do "the paper plate challenge" - a blind drawing game, where they drew a Christmas tree, presents, a fireplace and stockings on a plate placed on top of their head at Sunday Assembly in Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake City atheist group is offering non-believers a church-like service that offers music, readings and community for those who don't belong to the state's dominant religion, Mormonism, or other faith groups. (Scott Sommerdorf/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP).

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In this Dec. 9, 2016 photo, one of the activities at Sunday Assembly, people were asked to do "the paper plate challenge" - a blind drawing game, where they drew a Christmas tree, presents, a fireplace and stockings on a plate placed on top of their heads at Sunday Assembly in Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake City atheist group is offering non-believers a church-like service that offers music, readings and community for those who don't belong to the state's dominant religion, Mormonism, or other faith groups. (Scott Sommerdorf/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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In this Dec. 9, 2016 photo, Sunday Assembly Vice Chairman Brian Worley speaks about the science behind the way snowflakes form during Sunday Assembly in Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake City atheist group is offering non-believers a church-like service that offers music, readings and community for those who don't belong to the state's dominant religion, Mormonism, or other faith groups. (Scott Sommerdorf/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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CORRECTS DETAILS ABOUT THE ABBEY In this Dec. 6, 2016 photo Sister Apollonia walks in front of a closed door of the library in the abbey in Altomuenster, Germany.The impending dissolution of a 15th-century monastery in Bavaria is pitting scholars against Catholic church officials. The library in Altomuenster Abbey, accessible only to the monastery’s nuns for more than five centuries, contains precious illuminated manuscripts and other treasures. Scholars worry the “holy grail” for Bridgettine Order research could be damaged, broken up or sold off before it can be catalogued and studied. (AP Photo/David Rising)

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CORRECTS DETAILS ABOUT THE ABBEY In this Dec. 6, 2016 photo Sister Apollonia walks through the abbey in Altomuenster, Germany. The impending dissolution of a 15th-century monastery in Bavaria is pitting scholars against Catholic church officials. The library in Altomuenster Abbey, accessible only to the monastery’s nuns for more than five centuries, contains precious illuminated manuscripts and other treasures. Scholars worry the “holy grail” for Bridgettine Order research could be damaged, broken up or sold off before it can be catalogued and studied. (AP Photo/David Rising)

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CORRECTS DETAILS ABOUT THE ABBEY In this Dec. 6, 2016 photo Sister Apollonia gestures at a shelf where once stood a statue the abbey in Altomuenster, Germany. The impending dissolution of a 15th-century monastery in Bavaria is pitting scholars against Catholic church officials. The library in Altomuenster Abbey, accessible only to the monastery’s nuns for more than five centuries, contains precious illuminated manuscripts and other treasures. Scholars worry the “holy grail” for Bridgettine Order research could be damaged, broken up or sold off before it can be catalogued and studied. (AP Photo/David Rising)

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CORRECTS DETAILS ABOUT THE ABBEY In this Dec. 6, 2016 photo Sister Apollonia, right, and Postulant Claudia Schwarz kneel in front of the altar of the chapel of the abbey in Altomuenster, Germany. The impending dissolution of a 15th-century monastery in Bavaria is pitting scholars against Catholic church officials. The library in Altomuenster Abbey, accessible only to the monastery’s nuns for more than five centuries, contains precious illuminated manuscripts and other treasures. Scholars worry the “holy grail” for Bridgettine Order research could be damaged, broken up or sold off before it can be catalogued and studied. (AP Photo/David Rising)

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CORRECTS DETAILS ABOUT THE ABBEY In this Dec. 6, 2016 photo Sister Apollonia the chapel of the abbey in Altomuenster, Germany. The impending dissolution of a 15th-century monastery in Bavaria is pitting scholars against Catholic church officials. The library in Altomuenster Abbey, accessible only to the monastery’s nuns for more than five centuries, contains precious illuminated manuscripts and other treasures. Scholars worry the “holy grail” for Bridgettine Order research could be damaged, broken up or sold off before it can be catalogued and studied. (AP Photo/David Rising)

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CORRECTS DETAILS ABOUT THE ABBEY In this Dec. 6, 2016 photo Postulant Claudia Schwarz holds an old photograph of Bridgetine nuns in the abbey in Altomuenster, Germany. The impending dissolution of a 15th-century monastery in Bavaria is pitting scholars against Catholic church officials. The library in Altomuenster Abbey, accessible only to the monastery’s nuns for more than five centuries, contains precious illuminated manuscripts and other treasures. Scholars worry the “holy grail” for Bridgettine Order research could be damaged, broken up or sold off before it can be catalogued and studied. (AP Photo/David Rising)

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CORRECTS DETAILS ABOUT THE ABBEY In this Dec. 6, 2016 photo Sister Apollonia historian Volker Schier looks at a mural in the abbey in Altomuenster, Germany. The impending dissolution of a 15th-century monastery in Bavaria is pitting scholars against Catholic church officials. The library in Altomuenster Abbey, accessible only to the monastery’s nuns for more than five centuries, contains precious illuminated manuscripts and other treasures. Scholars worry the “holy grail” for Bridgettine Order research could be damaged, broken up or sold off before it can be catalogued and studied. (AP Photo/David Rising)

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CORRECTS DETAILS ABOUT THE ABBEY The undated reproduction shows a song book which was found in library of the abbey in Altomuenster, southern Germany.The impending dissolution of a 15th-century monastery in Bavaria is pitting scholars against Catholic church officials. The library in Altomuenster Abbey, accessible only to the monastery’s nuns for more than five centuries, contains precious illuminated manuscripts and other treasures. Scholars worry the “holy grail” for Bridgettine Order research could be damaged, broken up or sold off before it can be catalogued and studied. (AP Photo)

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In this photo taken on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the unveiling ceremony of a monument to Vladimir the Great, who is credited with making Orthodox Christianity the official faith of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, on the National Unity Day outside the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. When Alexander Zemlianichenko started working as an AP photographer in Moscow, the Soviet Union was nearing its demise. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

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The Old Gray Lady questions Christianity. (Associated Press/File)

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Houston Texans quarterback Tom Savage (3) is sacked by Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Geno Atkins (97) during the first half of an NFL football game Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

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Houston Texans' J.J. Watt, right, and Jonathan Grimes celebrate after beating the Cincinnati Bengals in an NFL football game Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, in Houston. The Texans won 12-10. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

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Cincinnati Bengals running back Jeremy Hill (32) rushes for a gain as Houston Texans cornerback A.J. Bouye (21) defends during the second half of an NFL football game Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

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Houston Texans' Keith Mumphery (12) catches a pass as Cincinnati Bengals' Adam Jones (24) defends during the second half of an NFL football game Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, attends the Christmas Midnight Mass in Saint Catherine's Church at the Church of the Nativity, where Christians believe the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus Christ, in the adjacent Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016. (Musa Al Shaer/Pool Photo via AP)

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Priests lead a Christmas Eve's Mass in the Assyrian Orthodox church of Mart Shmoni, in Bartella, Iraq, Saturday, December 24, 2016. For the 300 Christians who braved rain and wind to attend the mass in their hometown, the ceremony provided them with as much holiday cheer as grim reminders of the war still raging on around their northern Iraqi town and the distant prospect of moving back home. Displaced when the Islamic State seized their town in 2014, they were bused into the town from Irbil, capital of the self-ruled Kurdish region, where they have lived for more than two years. (AP Photo/Cengiz Yar)