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SCHWARZENEGGER HIRES CATHOLIC FOE Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican candidate for Governor of California, has hired Warren Buffett as his financial advisor. Catholic League president William Donohue expressed his concerns about this appointment today: “Warren Buffett is one of the most lavish donors to the nation’s most anti-Catholic organization, Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC). Led by Frances Kissling, CFFC has twice been denounced as a fraud by the U.S. Catholic bishops. For many years, Kissling has worked tirelessly to downgrade the Vatican’s status at the U.N. Her non-stop attempts to discredit the teachings of Catholicism are known all over the world....

As National Guard members and reservists make their final preparations to fight the war in Iraq, a lawsuit by a Navy reservist is focusing attention on the rights of workers who are called up when it comes to their full-time jobs.Reservist Erik Balodis of Tucson filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired illegally from auto parts retailer Pep Boys in June because his military commitments were keeping him away from work. Balodis, 36, claims the firing forced his family of four into bankruptcy and to sell their home. Philadelphia-based Pep Boys denies the allegations. The lawsuit claims that for months,...