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A Catholic priest has been reprimanded ...Father Thomas McHale, the priest at Our Blessed Lady Immaculate in Blackhill, Consett, County Durham, took to the pulpit as normal on Good Friday.

Another survivor from New Life Christian Church and World Outreach in Warsaw, Indiana, released a statement less than 24 hours after the church’s pastor, John Lowe II, confessed to an adulteress relationship 20 years ago—a confession that seconds later was corrected by the woman he sexually abused. Survivor Jessi Kline posted the statement on Facebook, sharing that Lowe’s son, Jeremy, molested her when he babysat for her and her brother when they were “young, prepubescent children.”

Previously undisclosed text messages obtained by The Associated Press and additional interviews show that the relationship extended beyond suggestive texts to an intimate encounter as recently as July.

King Arthur Flour gets on the BLM band wagon and donates $200,000 to far left radical Southern Poverty Law Center. And $200,000 to 'Equal Justice Initiative' Going the way of Penzeys spices we see...

Kevin J. Lacy, a traffic engineer who works for NCDOT. When David N. Cox was exercising his right to petition the government, and submitted an 8 page document to support the North Raleigh Coalition of Homeowners' Associations case for more traffic lights to go with some new roadwork, Kevin Lacy whined to the NC Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors to investigate David Cox. Though Cox never claimed, nor has he been accused of claiming he is an engineer, Lacy thought the report "appears to be engineering-level work" by a non licensed person. So, in other words, the report...

Come out, stay out and help out! Book a reservation at a participating hotel as part of our OUT in DC package, and we'll donate a portion of every booking to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), an organization dedicated to eliminating discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Where else but Marriott can a good time also do well for others? Our package includes: • Overnight accommodations • Destination DC's Pride in DC: Official GLBT Travelers Guide to Washington, DC • Breakfast for two adults and kids 12 years old and under eat free • Five...

The Orange County sheriff's office released today a copy of a report alleging a "domestic between spouses and larceny of wallet" on Oct. 10, 2008, at the home of John and Elizabeth Edwards. In the report, Elizabeth Edwards describes how John Edwards came to the home to eat dinner with his children after a sports event, Mark Johnson reports. She told him they were dining with the babysitter, and he had no business being there, according to the report. Moments later, John Edwards challenged his wife’s comment and said the house was his, as well. Then Elizabeth Edwards said she...

A Gannett New Jersey study finds the number of government employees with two or more public jobs that paid more than $100,000 together swelled by 20 percent last year. Those multiple job holders had a collective salary of $107.8 million. My colleague James W. Prado Roberts reports there were 6,271 multiple job holders including one woman who had 12 jobs. Sen. Stephen Sweeney asks "Is it really right for part-time workers to be in the pension system?" Does the question really have to be asked? To take a look at the double-dippers click here.... http://php.app.com/NJpublicemployees/results2.php

State Sens. Wayne R. Bryant and Sharpe James. Assemblymen Mims Hackett Jr., Alfred E. Steele and Anthony Impreveduto. The parade in criminal court of New Jersey kingmakers, lawmakers and backwater politicians has become a constant sight in the last four years. More than 40 public officials have been sent to prison. Many others face trial. Some have lost jobs, elections and allies. For the rest of us, the criminal probes hint at a much-needed ebb tide in New Jersey's sea of corruption. New Jersey's nascent ethics revolution secured its first foothold in 2003 after publication of the Asbury Park Press'...

Melissa Bean (D-Ill) hates the deficit but loves spending your money on cool stuff for herself I guess her share of the national debt just went up a few grand Melissa Bean is a self-styled "Blue-dog Democrat." She is (ostensibly) fiscally conservative, among other "conservative" traits. She is very vocally anti-national debt and deficit, and supposedly wants you and the government to be more responsible with your money. But, of course, that's a lot easier to pay lip service to than to actually do. You see, when the taxpayers are writing you virtually blank checks, it's a whole lot harder...

A provision requiring payment of back taxes had been in the initial version of a bill proposed by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat. But the administration called for the provision to be removed due to concern that it would be too difficult to figure out which illegal immigrants owed back taxes… Laura Capps, a spokeswoman for Kennedy, said a provision for requiring back taxes was in Kennedy’s original bill and that [DHS Secretary Michael] Chertoff called for it to be removed. “Chertoff thought it would be too challenging to accurately determine the amount of an applicant’s back taxes,”...

James E. McGreevey, who resigned the governorship under a cloud of scandal, has a new job teaching law, ethics and leadership at one of New Jersey's public colleges. McGreevey is now an "executive in residence" -- a combination teaching and consulting post -- at Kean University in Union, where he is earning $17,500. The former governor came on board without any announcement on Nov. 1, Kean officials said, and the university makes no mention of his role on its Web site or faculty directory.

A growing shortfall in the public employee pension system is "one of the greatest challenges" facing New Jersey, Governor Corzine said last week. Here's a look at what's happening, how things got this way, who is affected, and possible solutions. What exactly is the shortfall? It's how much more money should be in the state-administered pension funds right now to pay the benefits promised to employees and retirees of state, county and local government agencies and schools. As of June 30, 2006, the market value of the pension funds was $77.7 billion, while the total liability, or the state's estimate...

Durham — In a letter to the North Carolina State Bar, the embattled former prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse case complains about how grassroots groups are trying to run him out of office. The Dec. 28 letter is an attachment to Mike Nifong's written response filed Wednesday to an ethics complaint filed by the North Carolina State Bar....

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Governor Corzine will spell out a detailed plan next week to change the way government services are paid for in New Jersey, but warns that wholesale property tax reform could take years. The governor will address the Legislature on Friday, the start of a special session dedicated to property tax reform. "I think we can do something in the short run, but the real work is about changing the long-term structures," Corzine said Friday in an interview with The Record. "Some of that doesn't have short-term gratification. It will take a number of years to come back with real dividends....

"State shutdown simply 'puzzles' many in North Jersey" (but no doubt causes death by last Friday in a Republican Administration) Listen to the tone of this puff piece from this shameless simpleton on the NJ Gov't shutdown. The poor would have been dying in the streets last friday if the Republicans controlled the Gov't. It took all weekend but they close with a 'blame republicans' soundbite for the sheeple to parrot. From the Meadowlands to the malls, New Jerseyans were perplexed and conflicted Sunday by Governor Corzine's decision to shut down many state services in a bid to end a...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The mysterious death of a third soldier with North Carolina ties is raising questions. All three died from flu-like symptoms after returning from overseas deployments. Clay Garton Sgt. Clay Garton's family says the Army veteran exhibited flu-like symptoms after returning from overseas deployments.

RATHER STAYS HOME; EXECUTIVES SPLIT; MOONVES LOOKS TOWARDS FUTURE *Exclusive** CBSNEWS veteran Don Hewitt called Dan Rather's disappearance from Monday's Evening News "really stupid" during a damage control meeting on Monday, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT. One top source inside the CBS Broadcast Center claimed Rather was told to stay off the air on Monday, as a form of punishment! Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer was called in to anchor the damaged ship. CBS staffers were shocked Monday when CBS president Les Moonves suddenly tied Rather's upcoming resignation to the phony document flap, a departure from CBS's official storyline. Moonves...

"Hostile, hateful" - From Washington Times / Inside Politics PBS reporter Rachel Buchman has resigned from affiliate WHYY-FM in Philadelphia after a voice mail she left with a conservative activist group was made public. "You're evil, horrible people. You're awful people. You represent horrible ideas. God hates you and He wants to kill your children. You should all burn," she said in a breezy phone message to Virginia-based www.Laptoplobbyist.com over Thanksgiving. The group posted an audio clip of her message at their Web site www.laptoplobbyist.com/rachel.mp3, prompting both reporter and radio station to issue apologies Tuesday.