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The long-awaited Windsort Report, the result of the year-long Eames Commission study on "unity" within the Anglican Communion after the Episcopal Church (USA) ordained an openly-gay, non-celibate bishop, has be released. From the Windsor Report: 134. Mindful of the hurt and offence that have resulted from recent events [ordination of Gene Robinson], and yet also of the imperatives of communion - the repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation enjoined on us by Christ - we have debated long and hard how all sides may be brought together. We recommend that: the Episcopal Church (USA) be invited to express its regret that the...

Was President Bush literally channeling Karl Rove in his first debate with John Kerry? That's the latest rumor flooding the Internet, unleashed last week in the wake of an image caught by a television camera during the Miami debate. The image shows a large solid object between Bush's shoulder blades as he leans over the lectern and faces moderator Jim Lehrer. More (if you can stand it) at: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/08/bulge/

Gordon Cooper, one of the nation's first astronauts on the Mercury and Gemini missions, has died, NASA confirms.

DENVER (AP) - Air Force Reserve officials here, as well as staffers at the White House, were struggling to explain the sudden appearance of a 1974 document in which George W. Bush submitted his resignation from the Reserve, saying he had "inadequate time" to fulfill his duty obligations. The White House found the document yesterday and contacted the Air Reserve Personnel Center in Denver, where Bush was serving at the time he wrote the letter. Bush had ordered the release of all of his service records in February. Reserve Center public affairs spokesman Lt. Col. Tom Deall said he sent...