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Being a faithful Catholic doesn’t mean you have to be a joyless one. New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan knows that. When Archbishop Dolan was installed to his post in the Big Apple, an enterprising reporter asked the newcomer if there was anything he would like to condemn. Archbishop Dolan responded in the affirmative. “I condemn instant mashed potatoes and light beer,” he deadpanned. A few years ago, when Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl visited a Catholic bookstore, the owner approached him and said, “Oh! You’re looking for a book, Father. You must be a Jesuit!” “No,” Cardinal Wuerl replied, “but I’m...

News 02/17/2006 00:13:06 EST Wax Figures Show 'Real' George Washington By RICHARD PYLE Associated Press Writer NEW YORK - In a former box factory on an old Brooklyn street named for him, half a mile from where his defeated army escaped by night to fight another day, George Washington has all but come back to life. Not just one George Washington, but three - the 19-year-old wilderness surveyor, the 45-year-old Revolutionary War general and the 57-year-old president on his inauguration day in 1789. The trio of life-size wax figures, created by British-born artists Stuart Williamson and Sue Day, is destined...

US Chemical and Biological Weapons Use In Vietnam Name: Afalon CLASS/LABEL [C/L]: HERB (CAUTION) CHEMICAL NAME [CN]: 50% N- (3,4 dichlorophenyl)-N-methoxy mentheusea. USED FOR [UF]: Selective weed control MANUFACTURER [MFG]: USED BETWEEN [UB]: 1967 Australian tests AMOUNT USED [AU]: Under 5 gals Name: AGENT BLUE C/L: HERB (CAUTION) CN: Hydroxydimethylarsine Oxide (cacodylate acid) UF: Rice crop destruction and to kill grass and bamboo MFG: Ansul Company UB: 64-71 AU: 2,166,656 gals Name: AGENT GREEN C/L: HERB (WARNING) CN: n-butyl ester of 2,4,5-T UF: Defoliation of jungle cover MFG: Bayer A G, Dow Chemical, Union Carbide UB: 62-64 AU: 8,2O8 gals...

LAPDANCER won an apology today from a British gossip magazine for falsely reporting that she did not have sex with former Westlife singer Bryan McFadden. McFadden was quoted by Heat in November 2002 as denying he had sex with mother-of-two Amy Barker, one of two lapdancers hired for a stag party before his marriage to former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona. "If it were true, the Westlife boys would never speak to me again," the 24-year-old Irish heart-throb said. But in a published apology today, Heat - one of Britain's most popular showbiz weeklies - said it and McFadden, had...

We Are the Champions! We are the Champions....of the world! Pure domination from the Pistons.

I have a credit card question for the brain trust that is FR.

Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- More than one-third of white, teenaged girls in the U.S. have used a tanning booth, which may age the skin and raise the risk of cancer, and about 30 percent have used the devices at least three times, according to a study. Repeated use increased with age, rising to 47 percent among 18- and 19-year old girls from 11 percent among 13- and 14-yearolds, said study leader Catherine Demko, a cancer epidemiologist at Case Western University School of Medicine in Cleveland. Researchers once thought the dominant form of ultraviolet rays in sunlight, called UV-B, posed more...

In the comming hours the world is going to witness an assualt like never before. Please pray for all the members of the armed forces, our allies and the Iraqi people. Pray for their ability to accomplish their mission, wisdom for their leaders & for their quick return home. God Bless them all. God Bless America. The power of prayer is awesome.

THE USO CANTEEN FREEPER STYLE NEW YEARS COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL DAY! Do you have a favorite team? Least favorite? Who are you rooting for? Against? Any players that we should be watching? Any we shouldn't? Share them all today!! Click On The Logos to find out more information!   Outback Bowl - 11 AM (ESPN, Cable) Teams: Florida Gators (8-4) vs Michigan (9-3) Location: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Cotton Bowl - 11 AM (On local Fox stations) Teams: Texas Longhorns (10-2) vs LSU Tigers (8-4) Location: Cotton Stadium, Dallas Gator Bowl - 12:30 PM (On local NBC stations) Teams: North...

The boardroom was a virtual who’s who of the network's finest and most fertile minds. The programming decisions for the upcoming season would be finalized today. FOX’s 3007 lineup would win the ratings game this year, or Josh Bingstrom would see to it that heads rolled. The room quickly fell silent as Bingstrom stood to address the crowd. “For those of you who aren’t aware,” he began. “Pushing People off of Buildings has been cancelled.” “Oh no!” shouted James Altmoore, the show’s creator. “What about Tying Streetwalkers to Outboard Motors?” “History,” replied Bingstrom. “At least until we’ve settled that lawsuit...