VAN BUREN, Ark. (BP)–By a narrow margin, messengers to the Arkansas Baptist State Convention annual meeting Nov. 6-7 rejected a proposed change to its articles of incorporation which would have eliminated the following statement: “The Baptist Faith and Message shall not be interpreted as to permit open communion and/or alien immersion.”Ark. messengers reject amendment (BPNews.net)

Keith Leslie THE CANADIAN PRESS Chinta Puxley Brazen, media-savvy Michael Bryant will head up a more activist Aboriginal Affairs ministry and make some noise to help the Ontario government manage a growing tide of First Nations unrest, sources said Monday as Premier Dalton McGuintys new Liberal cabinet began taking shape.Duncan to be new finance minister: Sources (Toronto Star)