• President Obama, Billy Graham, Others Call for Release of Pastor Saeed Abedini from Iranian Prison

  President Obama, Billy Graham and Rev. Patrick Mahoney are the latest in a chorus of voices calling for the release of Pastor Saeed Abedini from a brutal Iranian prison, according to USA Today.President Obama called for the release Pastor Saeed in a recent phone conversation with Iranian President Rouhani.

  

• Miley Cyrus' New Song 'Drive' Written About Lian Hemsworth on Valentine's Day Before Split

  Valentine's Day is usually a day for celebrating love with a significant other -- but not for Miley Cyrus, who said that was the day she knew she and former fiancé Liam Hemsworth were done. Cyrus spoke with Fashion Magazine for its November issue, which hits newsstands Oct. 7, and said her new song “Drive” was written about Hemsworth in February, months before their split in September, according to ABC News.

  

• Persecuted Pastor Saeed Abedini Leads 30 to Christ in Iranian Prison

  The wife of the American pastor imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith says her husband remains bold for Jesus Christ in prison, Charisma News reports. Pastor Saeed Abedini's wife, Naghmeh, recently spoke to students at Liberty University about her family's plight. She said in spite of being tortured and asked to deny his faith in Christ and return to Islam, Pastor Saeed has been a light for Jesus in Evin Prison, one of the worst in the world.

  

• Kenya and New York Mall Shootings: Killers Choose Two Malls This Week for Deadly Rampages

  Authorities in Nassau County on Long Island said they’re looking for a suspect after two people were shot Wednesday morning near a mall in East Garden City, according to CBS New York. And questions linger after the recent attack on shoppers at Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya.

• Jeremy Lin’s ‘Linsanity’ Sheds Light on Enigmatic Figure

  The magic of the documentary “Linsanity” isn’t so much that it captures the stranger-than-fiction rise of Jeremy Lin from basketball nobody to NBA stardom. It’s that it makes you feel as if you could be watching someone you know -- a brother, cousin, best friend -- and that the moments being captured are as authentic as the New York Knicks jersey hanging from Lin’s shoulders.