Archive for January, 2007
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
On This Day
St. John Bosco (RC and Anglican) 314 - St. Silvester I begins reign as Catholic Pope 1596 - Catholic League disjoins 1606 - Guy Fawkes executed for plotting against Parliament and James I of England. 1752 - Sister St. Martha Turpin first American-born woman to become a nun in the Catholic Church
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Snow complicates life for Alaska’s moose
A moose calf and its mother eat crab apples and branches from a tree at an Anchorage, Alaska home Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007. Deep mountain snow usually drives moose to seek lower ground in Anchorage each winter but the snow in town this year is too deep even for the stilt-legged animals. So they’re going […]
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Today in Anchorage
Tonight: Partly cloudy skies. Low 31F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy skies. High 37F. Winds light and variable.
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Must Do? Must Do? So Much For Supporting Our Troops
Equipment For Added Troops Is Lacking New Iraq Forces Must Make Do, Officials Say By Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, January 30, 2007; A12 Boosting U.S. troop levels in Iraq by 21,500 would create major logistical hurdles for the Army and Marine Corps, which are short thousands of vehicles, armor kits and […]
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Feast of Aldegund
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Feast of Charles Stuart
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Feast of Hyacintha of Mariscotti
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
On This Day
Hyacintha of Mariscotti (RC) Charles (Anglican) 1077 - Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Henry IV 1349 - Jews of Freilsburg Germany massacred
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Depts of Justice, Homeland Security Receive Religion Training
By Katherine Boyle Religion News Service WASHINGTON — The departments of Justice and Homeland Security have begun training employees to better understand and protect the civil liberties of American Muslims, Sikhs and other minority ethnic and religious groups in the wake of Sept. 11. They also are attempting to involve Muslims and Sikhs in the […]
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Monday, January 29th, 2007
Ashura
Muslim Ashura Commemorates the martyrdom of the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.