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 Pope weathering paedophile slurs
Sacramento News.Net
The Vatican has denounced attempts to involve the pope in scandals surrounding paedophile activity within the Catholic Church.
U.s. Jihadi Blondie Raised Tiny Terror
New York Post
Her conversion was so complete, Paulin-Ramirez changed her son's name from Christian to the Islamic name Walid after enrolling him in a fire-breathing Muslim school in Ireland. The terror mom's stepfa...
O Gives Kick To 'behind'
New York Post
President Obama wants to leave No Child Left Behind behind. The president unveiled yesterday a series of dramatic changes to President George Bush's signature education legislation -- even vowing to d...
How To Cut $9 Billion
New York Post
While revenues are rolling in during good economic times, elected officials spend like drunken sailors. When the economy falters, well, they still spend like drunken sailors.Assorted tax increases fol...
Don't Fail Kids By Cutting Regents
New York Post
Dating back to the 1870s, the Regents set the standard for proficiency in various subjects. Currently, 17 tests are offered to all New York high school students, in everything from algebra to history ...
The Terrorist & The Spy
New York Post
Since Kiriakou first began making such statements three years ago, he’s become a pet of liberal writers and bloggers, but his fast, funny, incisive, insistent and frequently outraged new memoir,...
Protesters Surge Into Bangkok Wanting New Vote
International Herald Tribune
BANGKOK (AP) -- Leaders of tens of thousands of protesters who swarmed into Bangkok from Thailand's rural areas Sunday threatened mass street demonstrations if the government didn't respond to their d...
The Best Sin To Tax
New York Post
Gov. Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg want to tax soda to fight obesity and, more notably, help plug the state’s $9 billion gap. But here’s a better way to raise cash: tax lies.
In My Library: Suzan-lori Parks
New York Post
Libraries are a girl’s best friend. At least they can be if, like Suzan-Lori Parks, you ever needed a peaceful retreat.“My father was in the Army and we moved around a lot, and one of my f...
I Even Fill Jobs In My Free Time
New York Post
Thanks for allowing us to help fill this job. As you know by now I forwarded your note to New York City's social service agency and it sent you four candidates for this job. And you picked a 40-year o...
This Bank Really Does God's Work
New York Post
There's at least one bank in the New York metropolitan area that's doing God's work -- and no, we're not talking about Goldman Sachs. Atlantic Stewardship Bank, based in Bergen County, NJ, donates 10 ...
Top Terrorist Nabbed In Ramallah
Jerusalem Post
In a joint operation combining the forces of the IDF, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and police, member of the Hamas military wing Maher Ouda was arrested overnight Saturday in Ramallah.According t...
Cabinet Vote On Barzilai Postponed
Jerusalem Post
The Cabinet vote on whether to spend NIS 100 million more to change plans for the construction of a fortified emergency room for Ashkelon's Barzilai Medical Center at the demand of Deputy Health Minis...
Berlusconi Probed After Hostile Talk Shows Cut
The Herald
Mr Berlusconi is accused of attempting to influence officials in the state broadcaster RAI to get a number of hostile political talk shows taken off the air. In a much-criticised move, RAI decided to ...
More Slayings In ‘city Of Lost Women’
The Herald
The shooting was the second such attack in two days. On Thursday, gunmen in the border city of Ciudad Juarez shot dead six young men and a woman at a wake held for another shooting victim, and serious...
Obama Seethes As Israel Gives Joe Biden The Finger
The Herald
The strength and political influence of the country’s settler faction became apparent as soon as US Vice-President Joe Biden arrived in Jerusalem to attempt to reopen the stalled peace talks wit...
Fresh Storm Wreaks Havoc In Us
New Zealand Herald
Kennedy International Airport, said Massport spokesman Matthew Brelis. Among the planes diverted because of heavy rain and high wind was the double-decker Airbus A-380, the biggest commercial passenge...
Kissinger Released From South Korea Hospital
CNN
Henry Kissinger discharged from Seoul hospital after overnight stay Former U.S. secretary of state was admitted to hospital after suffering stomach pains Kissinger served under U.S. presidents Nixon, ...
Bangkok Dangerous: Anti-govt Demo Fears
Sky News
As tens of thousands of anti government demonstrators gathered in Bangkok, British holidaymakers in Thailand have been warned that the political situation is increasingly "volatile".
Incoming Drexel President Has Ambitious Plans
Philadelphia Daily News
Two months before former Drexel University president Constantine Papadakis died, he met with John A. Fry, president of Franklin and Marshall College, to discuss starting a Drexel medical school campus...
Burlco Bridge Commission Has Deep Ties To County Gop
Philadelphia Daily News
As he assumed control of the obscure but powerful Burlington County Bridge Commission three years ago, chairman John Comegno oversaw the launch of a public-relations campaign designed to burnish a bad...
Christie To Take A Giant Step
Philadelphia Daily News
TRENTON - Three months into his term, Gov. Christie is ready to jump off the cliff. For weeks he has referred to the scene in the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in which the bank-robber her...
Students Say Assault Report Is Lacking
Philadelphia Daily News
Duyngoc Truong is a lithe, 16-year-old junior who stands 5-foot-3 and weighs 108 pounds. At dismissal Dec. 3, she was chased through the streets outside South Philadelphia High School until she ran o...
Yemenis: U.s. Terror Suspect Tricked Guard
Philadelphia Daily News
SAN'A, Yemen - An American al-Qaeda suspect detained in Yemen fooled his hospital guards into unshackling him by asking to join them for prayers, security officials said yesterday. He then killed a gu...
Disquiet In Google's Online Library
Philadelphia Daily News
Courtney Mitchel, a librarian participating in the Google Books Library Project, scans an antique Bible in Ann Arbor, Mich., into the database. Google aims to store millions of the world's texts.
Sidestepping To Move Up
Philadelphia Daily News
I don't know about you, but I need a break from workplace malaise, grim jobs reports, bankruptcies, and buyouts. So today I offer a charming bit of counterprogramming. Consider it a reminder that even...
Moorestown Shows Its Muscle
Philadelphia Daily News
Albert Young's football jerseys from (from left) the Minnesota Vikings, Moorestown High, and the University of Iowa are part of the exhibit. Curated by Lenny Wagner, it runs through June.
At Least 3 Snowmobilers Dead In Canadian Avalanche
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Royal Canadian Mounted Police direct traffic at the staging area for avalanche search & rescue operations near Revelstoke, B.C. on Saturday March 13, 2010. Rescuers were scouring Boulder Mountain in t...
Israel Nabs Hamas Leader Behind 2003 Terror Attacks
Haaretz
Israel Defense Forces soldiers late Saturday arrested a top Hamas official in Ramallah, suspected of leading military cells responsible for the murder of more than 70 Israelis over the course of the s...
Jumblatt Formally Apologizes To Assad
Jerusalem Post
After years of alliances with Western-leaning politicians and fierce anti-Syrian rhetoric, Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has issued a formal apology to Syrian President Bashar Assad for controv...
Top Hamas Terrorist Arrested In Ramallah
Jerusalem Post
In a joint operation combining the forces of the IDF, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and police, member of the Hamas military wing Maher Ouda was arrested overnight Saturday in Ramallah.According t...
Paul Holmes: A President Under Attack
New Zealand Herald
Despite his difficulties, President Barack Obama still rates highly as a tremendous communicator. US News has just asked Americans in a poll: who do you think has been the greatest modern presidential...
Colombia Set For Legislative Poll
BBC
Colombians are to vote in legislative elections, seen as a barometer for the presidential election on 30 May.President Alvaro Uribe cannot run for a third term and a court last month closed any possib...
Chinese Pm Rejects Yuan Criticism
BBC
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has rejected criticism that China is keeping its currency undervalued in order to boost exports.He said keeping the yuan stable was "an important contribution" to ...
Runaway Prius Probe Can't Verify Story
CBS News
In Full: Prius Driver's 9-1-1 Call Listen to the 9-1-1 call of the Prius driver whose car sped out of control on a San Diego highway before coming to a stop.
Storm Leaves Half Million Without Power
CBS News
(AP) Strong winds and heavy rain pounded parts of the Northeast on Saturday, knocking out power to more than a half-million homes and businesses and stranding about 500 passengers on a New York-bound ...
Queen Rania: We Need More Educated Girls
CBS News
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan and Katie Couric Saturday at the Women in the World summit, sponsored by The Daily Beast, in New York, March 13, 2010.
China Alleges Diplomatic Snub At Copenhagen Summit
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao reacts as he sits down for his press conference after the closing of the National People's Congress held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sunday, March 14,...
No Pain, All Gain
Jerusalem Post
The possibility of a longer-term local anesthetic that works only on pain is being hailed as one of the most important medical discoveries of all time.
Graffiti Group To Bring Solidarity Message To Sderot
Jerusalem Post
BOMBIN ’, became something of a forum for pro-Israel views.However unlikely, the graffiti community, touched by 9/11 and smarting from increased police cameras that stopped them from freely painting...
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