ROME, SEPT. 9, 2010 ( Zenit.org ).- I must have looked pretty bizarre on the beach this summer with "Pope Benedict XVI and the Sex Abuse Crisis" in hand.
THE U.S. CONGRESS: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION By Donald A. Ritchie Oxford University Press, $11.95, 146 pages "I am going to Texas, and you can go to hell," was the kiss-off line Rep. Davy Crockett had for his Tennessee constituents after they failed to re-elect him in 1834. Crockett's post-congressional ...
Writing about Mexican painter David Alfaro Siqueiros' famously censored 1932 mural "America Tropical" a while ago, I noted that a talented team from the Getty Conservation Institute was in the process of helping to restore a critically important piece of...
Two-time All-American BreLynn Nasypany (Herkimer) has gotten her senior soccer season at William Smith College off to an award-winning start.
Rosanna Warren, the daughter of Robert Penn Warren and writer Eleanor Clark, is a highly acclaimed poet in her own right.
"Tony Blair, un viaggio.
MIAMI -- Arthur J. Furia, a prominent international business lawyer, has joined Shutts & Bowen L...
LAKE PLACID- The Lake Placid Center for the Arts recently announced the dates for the Fall 2010 registration for the Lake Placid School of Ballet. Registration dates are Sept. 14, 15 and 16 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Arts Center Dance Studio.
One of the most famous people born in Rensselaer County came into the world in the middle of the 1800s with more than three strikes against her.
ROME, SEPT. 7, 2010 ( Zenit.org ).- Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum university.
Pittsburgh hosts a one-time Bob Marley celebration on Sept. 23 with pretty much every Marley participating except Ziggy. Even Rita will be there. Two national acts also pull into area clubs: Blackfoot at Sandbar and Tantric at Sherlock's. See below for details.
FLORA -- William A. "Bill" Schenck, 79, of Flora, died unexpectedly at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at Clarian Arnett Hospital in Lafayette.
The Vatican condemned a Florida pastor’s plan to burn Korans on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said burning the Islamic holy book is a “disgraceful plan.”
ATLANTA - Governor Sonny Perdue announced today the following executive appointments. Brief biogra...
Pressure continues to mount for a preacher who wants to burn copies of the Quran and as the day of the planned burning nears, international attention remains focused on this small church tucked between pastures and subdivisions in the north part of Gainesville.
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