Archive for November, 2005
Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
Sex-Abuse Victims Want Apology From Pope
Associated Press Vatican City, Nov. 28 - Victims of sexual abuse by a former California priest brought a letter to the Vatican on Monday asking Pope Benedict XVI to apologize to all victims of clergy abuse and dismiss any official involved in covering up the scandal. The Rev. Thomas Doyle, a Dominican priest, lawyer and […]
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
Jurors’ Religion Issue in Moussaoui Trial
Associated Press Washington, Nov. 28 - Federal prosecutors want to know the religious beliefs and practices of potential jurors who will decide whether the only person charged in the United States in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks receives the death penalty or life in prison. In a court filing Monday, the prosecutors listed 89 […]
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Monday, November 28th, 2005
Captain Carrot???
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Monday, November 28th, 2005
My Kind Of Truck
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Monday, November 28th, 2005
I Love These!!!!
Star’s End Advanced optics reveals sharp details of the planetary nebula M2-9, a result of gas outflows from a dying star. Astronomers used the Altair adaptive optics system on the Gemini North telescope of the Gemini Observatory to build this view of the M2-9 nebula, which sits about 2,100 light-years from Earth. Gemini North’s Altair […]
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Monday, November 28th, 2005
Veterans’ Groups say Programs Need Cash
Atlanta Journal-Constitution | November 28, 2005 Washington - Even as President Bush and Congress heap praise and promises of support on troops in Iraq and veterans at home, veterans’ groups say the federal government is failing them by woefully underfunding programs on which vets rely. Their complaint seems to contradict the evidence: The Bush administration, […]
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Monday, November 28th, 2005
What I Learned Today
The plastic windows on a Jeep Wrangler convertable become brittle as they age [mine are six years old], and break when it is very cold, if the driver attempts to lower the window. It was an expensive lesson, though insurance will cover half.
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Monday, November 28th, 2005
Our Family Was Like This
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Monday, November 28th, 2005
From “News Of The Weird”
Adam Turgeon, 27, and Lisa Wagner, 26, were arrested in October for vandalizing the Annunciation of the Lord Catholic Church in Decatur, Ala., which they both said they were moved to do by Jesus Christ himself. Turgeon explained that the couple, independently, had experienced visions of Jesus, and when they found themselves in services on […]
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Monday, November 28th, 2005
U.N. Says 90M Girls Not Getting Education
By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER, Associated Press WriterFri Nov 25, 9:13 PM ET Some 90 million girls are being excluded from primary schools around the world for reasons that include outdated stereotypes defining a female’s place as in the home and social pressures for early marriage, the United Nations said Friday. The U.N. Children’s Fund said […]