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Last week I was doing some reporting on one of the feature pieces in this issue- an interview with Dr. Daniel Maguire. For anyone not familiar with Maguire, he is a Theology professor here at Marquette who has gained a reputation as quite an outspoken fellow. An ex-Jesuit, Maguire now claims to derive inspiration from a number of world religions and insists Jesus did not come into this world to serve in Christians’ atonement. (Without stealing Maguire’s mantra, I will just say that he and I differ on almost every issue and tangent addressed in the 45-minute interview.) But at...

<p>Students at a Connecticut high school burned a replica of the French flag to protest the refusal of America's oldest ally to support the U.S. invasion of Iraq.</p> <p>"The French actions have been bad so far," said Newtown HS senior Austin McChord.</p>

<p>A crash course in law enforcement wasn’t required for graduation last night from Central Catholic High School, but 11 seniors received passing marks in the subject from Toledo police Chief Michael Navarre and Officer Anthony Duncan.</p> <p>The seniors were eating lunch in the school’s parking lot about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday between practices for their baccalaureate when they sprang into action and helped apprehend an armed bank robbery suspect.</p>