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The religion News Service<\/a>\u00a0has its own version of \u201cMarch Madness\u201d with what it calls the \u201cSweet Sixteen.\u201d Their \u201cSweet 16\u201d is their best guess who will emerge as top contenders from each continent. You can go the site here<\/a> and actually vote on who you think will move on to the next round. The Religion News Service says that first-round voting will end on Friday, March 2nd.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"