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McCain’s straight talk on D.C. schools
I n the course of a bold speech to the NAACP last week, presidential candidate John McCain strongly endorsed the District of Columbia’s Opportunity Scholarship Program. McCain has no chance of winning D.C.’s three electors in November, so it was especially heartening that he is paying serious attention to the District’s education problems.
Louisiana asks court to reopen child rape case
Louisiana prosecutors asked the Supreme Court on Monday to revisit its recent decision outlawing the death penalty for people convicted of raping children.  Beijing begins massive Olympic shutdownBeijing's Olympic shutdown begins Sunday, a drastic plan to lift the Chinese capital's gray shroud of pollution just three weeks ahead of the games.
As priesthood shrinks, Catholic deacons multiply
After resisting the idea for more than three decades, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis has ordained its first class of deacons, taking some pressure off overworked priests and giving a new role to men who keep one foot in the church and the other in the outside world.
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After resisting the idea for more than three decades, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis has ordained its first class of deacons, taking some pressure off overworked priests and giving a new role to men who keep one foot in the church and the other in the outside world.
Diocese: Vatican recommended indicted developer
The Follieri Group's first call to Camden Roman Catholic Bishop Joseph A. Galante back in 2004 went unreturned.
The 3-minute interview: Dr. Makarand Paranjape
Dr. Makarand Paranjape, associate professor of physics at Georgetown University, is the co-investigator of a glucose sensor project that could all but eliminate painful finger-pricking for diabetics. Georgetown recently entered into a partnership with Gentag Inc. and Science Applications International Corp. to make a blood-glucose testing product available to the public in the near future.  NYPD now has own scholar to help review threatsHe was a flight surgeon with the Navy and a CIA officer in Pakistan. He has also earned a doctorate in sociology and written two books.
Three war veterans view the presidential campaign
Views of the 2008 presidential campaign from two recent Army veterans and an injured Marine:
First American named to head Vatican high court
An archbishop who tussled with singer Sheryl Crow, college basketball coach Rick Majerus, and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry over their support for abortion rights has been named as the first American to lead the Vatican supreme court. |
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