VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI appealed Sunday for governments to protect the traditional family structure, in remarks before a visit to Spain to attend a Roman Catholic Church conference on families. “I ask your prayer for all families, that they will live in accordance with their God-given vocation and …
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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A Franciscan priest from Altoona and a prison inmate he had sex with have settled a lawsuit. William Victor sued 67-year-old Rev. Gerard Connolly in November 2007, seeking more than $3 million. Settlement terms were sealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Johnstown. Connolly was sentenced to …
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MOSCOW – Russian authorities launched an operation Tuesday to recover the flight recorders from an Armenian passenger plane that crashed in the Black Sea, sending a robotic device with a hydraulic arm to the sea floor in an attempt to bring up the “black boxes.” Authorities hope the recorders will …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Gunmen seized a diplomat from the United Arab Emirates late Tuesday after shooting a security guard, police said. Police Lt. Thair Mohammed said the diplomat was abducted in the city’s Mansour district about 10 p.m. He added that a Sudanese security guard, Bedawi Ahmed Ibrahim, was shot …
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This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” June 7, 2006, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: I have been really looking forward to a chat with this lady. Well, forget the War on Terror and forget the economy. What if I told you illegal …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned Sunday that oil shipments from the Gulf region would be disrupted if the United States attacked his nation, but his threat was dismissed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Khamenei also insisted in a speech broadcast live on state-run radio …
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ATLANTA – Civil rights advocates urged Congress on Monday to quickly renew provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, saying the “heart and soul” of the act is under attack by Southern Republicans. “Martin Luther King’s bones must be rattling in his grave that in 2006, these Dixiecrats are …
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RENO, Nev. – Judge Chuck Weller was told weeks ago that the man now suspected of shooting him had launched a campaign to ruin the judge’s career, a spokesman for Weller said. Police focused on Northern California Wednesday as they searched for Darren Mack, a wealthy Reno pawn shop owner …
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HOUSTON – A woman facing charges she drowned her children sobbed as prosecutors played a crime-scene videotape in court Tuesday showing her 7-year-old son floating dead in a bathtub and the bodies of her four younger children laid out on a bed. The video also showed toys in the yard …
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NEW YORK – The search for a missing show dog that got loose at Kennedy International Airport was called off Thursday, but officers in the area will continue to “keep their eyes open” for the wayward whippet, officials said. In the past 24 hours, “the searchers covered the entire airport …
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