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U.S. Newswire 22 Jan 15:00 2,600 Pro-Life Crosses Stolen from OSU College Republicans To: National Desk Contact: Web site: http://www.osugop.org CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In a petty attempt to squash and censor free speech, unknown individuals early Wednesday morning stole more than 2,600 small wooden crosses from the OSU College Republicans just hours before the crosses were to be displayed Wednesday in a planned "Cemetery to the Unborn." The wooden crosses were stolen from the bed of OSU College Republican President Chad Robinson's pick-up truck parked outside his Corvallis residence sometime between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m....

About 20 Irish journalists have been spending a couple of days in Brussels this week at the invitation of the European Commission and Parliament. With Ireland's crucial vote on the EU's Nice Treaty coming up in a fortnight, they have been treated to the best on offer in the "capital of Europe" - mussels and beer, and liberal helpings of pro-Europe propaganda. This would not have worked on an Irish journalist of my acquaintance. Rather, she would have been offended by the idea that they think she could be bribed. I suspect the Irish as a whole feel the same...

Rep. J.D. Hayworth, R-Az., condemned the U.S. Senate Wednesday morning for failing to hold scandal-scarred Sen. Robert Torricelli, D-NJ, to the same standards the House applied to Rep. James Traficant, D-Ohio, who began serving an eight year jail sentence on corruption charges on Tuesday after being expelled from the House last week. "Our action stands in stark contrast to the other body's kid glove treatment of Torricelli," Hayworth told radio host Don Imus. "My goodness, what are they thinking over there?" On Tuesday the Senate Ethics Committee announced it was sending Torricelli a letter of "admonishment" for "the appearance of...

<p>Miller and Solot met in an anthropology class at Brown University nearly 10 years ago. As bisexuals, both became activists for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender rights. They've been together since college and say they have a monogomous relationship.</p> <p>He does the dishes and she does the laundry. She balances their shared checkbooks and he pays the rent. They have been completing each other's sentences for almost a decade. But don't mistake Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller for husband and wife.</p>