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I need help finding objective information on the Catholic faith in comparison to Christianity. My boyfriend, a devout Catholic, and I, a Christian, are in the beginnings of a discussion on our faiths and how we can continue in our relationship. I'm having a difficult time finding resources that don't try to sell you on one or the other. Any help would be appreciated!

Longtime Providence, R.I., Mayor Convicted in Corruption Case By Brian Carovillano Associated Press Writer Published: Jun 24, 2002 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci Jr. was convicted of corruption Monday in a blow for the irrepressible politician who was accused of turning City Hall into a den of thieves even as he revitalized Rhode Island's biggest city. Cianci, 61, was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, but he was acquitted of nine other charges, including racketeering. The jurors said they were hung up on two charges related to allegations that Cianci extorted a free lifetime membership to a health...

For the best part of a century, public safety in England and Wales has been based on the theory that fewer guns would mean less crime, that weapons in the hands of men and women, however law-abiding, posed a danger; disarming them would lessen the chance of arming criminals. The Police Review, an independent magazine for Britain's police, summed up the matter 20 years ago: "There is an easily identifiable police attitude towards the possession of guns by members of the public. Every possible difficulty should be put in their way. No documentation can be too rigid, no security requirement...

Webster's defines weasel as any of a worldwide group of agile, flesh-eating mammals with short legs and a bushy tail, the base of the word being weis, which in reference to the rank odor emitted by an animal means to flow out. They could save some ink by defining weasel as Chris Lehane, press secretary to Al Gore during the 2000 election. Lehane crawled out of his timeshare beneath Maine Avenue this week to reveal that, in his opinion, the sneak attack disclosure that George W. Bush had been arrested for DUI gave the popular vote to Gore in the...

<p>Detectives investigating the disappearance of 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart have been questioning a handyman who they say confessed to burglarizing the Smart home last year.</p> <p>The man, Richard Albert Ricci, was arrested on an unrelated parole violation June 14, police spokesman Fred Louis said. That was nine days after Elizabeth was reportedly taken at gunpoint from her bedroom in an affluent Salt Lake City neighborhood.</p>

NEW YORK–US officials are searching the Internet for the reappearance of a website that they believe has been used by al-Qaeda to deliver messages, including possible instructions for its next attacks, to its operatives around the world. The Arabic website, recently known as ‘alneda.com’, is a ‘’mouthpiece for al-Qaeda in exile’’ and one of the terrorist group’s main instruments in its effort to regroup, senior US law enforcement officials told USA Today, in Islamabad. The site, which is registered in Singapore, appeared on web servers in Malaysia and Texas this month before it was taken off at the request of...

Few areas of left wing perversion have been more successful than the conscious manipulation of language for ideological purposes. Many egregious examples are familiar. Equal employment opportunity really means mandated inequality and arbitrary quotas. Government investment really means gluttonous coercive consumption of capital. Public education really means the systematic deconstruction of learning. And so on.The conscious inversion of the what words mean was predicted by George Orwell in his classic dystopian novel 1984. The Ministry of Truth existed to dissemble. The Ministry of Love tortured the innocent. The Ministry of Peace insured war. The Ministry of Plenty manufactured poverty. All...

Many of the 2,900 white farmers in Zimbabwe affected by a ban on farming their land, which comes into force at midnight on Monday, are carrying on work as usual. The Commercial Farmers' Union says that most of its members appear to have ignored the legislation which requires them to stop working and then give up their land. A spokeswoman for the union said her impression was that most of the CFU members subject to the law do not intend going anywhere. A farmers' representative in the central province of Masvingo said he and his colleagues are aware of the...

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that an IDF officer be released from military jail despite completing only 13 days of a 35-day sentence for refusing to serve in the territories. The move came after justices Aharon Barak, Dorit Beinisch and Ayala Procaccia decided to postpone a ruling on Zonshein's appeal to stand trial before a military tribunal. First Lieutenant David Zonshein, 29, co-founder of the Courage to Refuse group, was jailed June 13 after he disobeyed a call-up notice ordering him to serve in the territories. He was given a brief disciplinary hearing by his commanding officer, without...

Depending on your brawn, athleticism or popularity, if you ever went to grade school you remember well your place in the playground game hierarchy. You either desperately dodged the ball or fiercely beaned classmates with it. You were the captain of the team or the last one chosen. Or perhaps out of fear or shyness, you just blended in until the bell saved you. For generations, recess games were considered mere child's play, even if they broke limbs occasionally or, more regularly, hurt feelings. These days, though, some educators have their sights set on some of the more potentially vicious...

This upcoming July 4th holiday weekend Sunday morning, like every Sunday when I’m in town, I’ll attend church. I generally enjoy the service, every Sunday of the year but not on July 4th weekends. This is the one Sunday when the congregation always sings the "Star Spangled Banner." I really want to sing it, just like I always want to sing at ballgames, but I can’t bring myself to do it. I always stand up, trying to look inconspicuous which one can get away with when there are thousands in the bleachers, but you can’t do it at church if...

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TEMPLE TERRACE -- On his Web site, Steven Schurgard called himself "a full-fledged pedophile." He hung out at a local roller skating rink with kids and kept photos of shirtless young boys in his home, police said. The 33-year-old man also used the Internet to boldly defend his sexual preferences. "I am very proud of the fact that I was able to express myself so freely," he wrote on his Web site, which has since been shut down. "I had thoughts inside me that had to be released. . . . I hope I have entertained, educated and encouraged my...

<p>WASHINGTON — Wanted dead or alive: Usama bin Laden.</p> <p>Following new reports that the elusive Sept. 11 mastermind is alive, well and ready to carry out more terror operations, Washington has made it clear that bin Laden's next hiding hole should be a body bag -- and soon.</p>

25,000 RAW Agents Outside India According to an intelligence report, there are 25,000 RAW agents outside India. They have infiltrated into our Gurdwaras and our organizations to sabotage our struggle for freedom. Please be careful. Look around you and identify these agents. Dr. Amarjit Singh has opened the Khalistan Affairs Center in Washington, DC to create confusion, deplete the resources of the Sikh Nation, and to divert the attention of the Sikh Nation from the issue of Khalistan. Last year, Jasvinder Singh Jandi, Bhajan Singh Bhinder, Jasvir Singh, and Gurtej Singh of the Sikh Youth of America told me that...

CBN.com — JACKSON, Mississippi — Sometimes when bad things happen, someone is to blame. So, sometimes people sue. But when too many people sue for higher and higher amounts of money, more bad things start to happen. Businesses take up shop and move away, putting people out of work. And doctors leave, putting people in danger. That is what's happening in at least 12 states, including Mississippi. If you are pregnant and live in Mississippi, don't count on being able to find a doctor to deliver your baby. And if you are in a serious car accident, you might have...

<p>A Pakistani soldier stands guard near Parachinar, bordering Afghanistan, in December.</p> <p>GHULAM KHAN, Pakistan — For $100, the two barbers in this border village will trim a traveler's hair, shave his beard, give him a set of clothes and help him slip pass checkpoints manned by Pakistani police. Since March, all of their customers — an average of 14 a week —have been al-Qaeda fighters, they say. Despite U.S.-led raids to capture them, up to 1,000 al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters have crossed from Afghanistan into Pakistan's tribal areas since the Taliban regime was ousted in November. Here, in a mountainous no-man's land where Pakistan wields little authority, al-Qaeda fighters have reassembled and are planning new attacks against the West, U.S. officials say.</p>

At the cocktail reception in Malibu on Friday evening for NY Governor George Pataki, I finally had the opportunity to meet Tammy Bruce. I introduced myself and she recognized me as a regular caller to talk radio. I told her that one of the great radio moments I ever heard was when she screamed on KFI that "I hate Bill and Hillary Clinton." It was right after Monica was revealed and it was an eye-opening experience for the head of the L.A. NOW chapter. She realized that she had been taken in by the Clintons. Then we started talking about...