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OF THE SEVEN, only one was positively identified late Monday. Lt. Chris West of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol identified him as Andrew Clements, 35, who worked for the U.S. Army. Clements was said to have been driving from California to Virginia. The identification was made by dental records. His hometown was not immediately available.

Cardinal Law Tells New Priests That Scandal Has Helped Them Understand Duties By Robert O'neill Associated Press Writer Published: May 25, 2002 BOSTON (AP) - Cardinal Bernard Law spoke at an ordination of new priests Saturday, telling the men that the current abuse scandal has strated the church's acute need for godly priests. He asked them to be "holy men." During his address to the five candidates at the annual ordination at Holy Cross Cathedral, Law cited a Biblical verse in James: "Count it pure joy when you are involved in every sort of trial." "It was as though James...

05/25/2002 - Updated 08:57 AM ET China Airlines flight to Hong Kong crashes PENGHU, Taiwan (AP) — A China Airlines flight from Taipei to Hong Kong crashed Saturday in the Taiwan Strait with 225 people on board. There were no immediate reports of survivors. The aging Boeing 747-200 took off in clear weather from Taipei's international airport and was reported missing about 3:30 p.m. (3:30 a.m. ET), about 50 minutes after takeoff, Chang Chia-chu, a vice transportation minister, told reporters. The plane went down near the Penghu island group, about 30 miles off Taiwan's western coast, he said. Chang said...

ATLANTA -- What a brilliant performance from Indiana, beating an outstanding Oklahoma team 73-64 in Saturday's first semifinal game. Once again we found out why they play the games, baby! Indiana's Jeff Newton, blocking a shot by Oklahoma's Jason Detrick, led the Hoosiers with 19 points. In the past there have been surprises and shocks in the march to the national championship. Think back to 1983 when my late buddy, Jimmy Valvano, cut the nets down in dramatic fashion when no one gave N.C. State a chance. Think of 1985 when Rollie Massimino pitched a perfect game with Villanova against...

Saturday March 30, 6:29 AM For the first time in his 23 years as pontiff, a weakened Pope John Paul II did not follow on foot the Stations of the Cross, the Catholic Church's most solemn ceremony marking Christ's crucifixion on Good Friday. Instead, a visibly suffering pontiff stood to receive the 3.3 kilogramme (nearly eight pound) cross at the last of the 14 stations, gripping the railing of the balcony in front of him as priests led thousands of faithful through the prayers of the rite. Last year, a stronger pope carried the cross a few metres for the...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush used his weekly radio address Saturday to deliver a holiday message of hope, while Democrats used their air time to criticize the budget as a "massive raid" on the Social Security fund. Bush said the Easter and Passover holidays were time of "joy and renewal" for Jews and Christians that come at a time when people of all faiths were still recovering from the September 11 attacks. "These holy days represent some of the most profound hopes of humanity, which are shared in many traditions," Bush said. Bush did not reserve his message only for...

Many high-achieving women bowing out Oprah Winfrey, Rosie O'Donnell, Gov. Jane Swift of Massachusetts. They are all quitting. Winfrey, after years of teasing about when she would abandon her daily talk show, announced March 14 that she would quit after the 2005-06 season, her 20th in TV. O'Donnell, after six seasons on her talk show, which attracts 2.5 million viewers every day, will tape her last show in May. And Swift, the acting governor of Massachusetts, surprised fellow Republicans by bowing out of the gubernatorial race. Her reasons: low numbers in the polls (and in her campaign bank account), the...

Crosswalk.com News Channel - I send greetings to everyone observing Easter this year. During this joyful season of new life and renewal, Christians around the world celebrate the central event of their faith -- the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, whom Christians believe is the Messiah, the Son of God. The life and teachings of Jesus have inspired people throughout the ages to strive for a better world and a more meaningful life. Jesus' d e a t h stands out in history as the perfect example of unconditional love. The four Gospels of the Christian Bible recount Jesus' amazing life,...

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False Alarm as Body Said Not to Be Daniel Pearl Sunday, February 03, 2002 KARACHI, Pakistan — Reports that kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl had been found outside a Pakistani jail have been proven false, Karachi police said Sunday. The city's police chief said he and others have confirmed that a corpse shot in the head and left by the side of a road was not the missing journalist's, according to the latest reports. Earlier Sunday afternoon, U.S. television news reported that Pearl had been found , but they took back their stories based on the most ...

Workers now get chance to snoop on bosses December 13, 2001 Posted: 8:02 a.m. EST (1302 GMT) By David Legard (IDG) -- As civil rights advocates express concerns about managers snooping on their workers' online activities, a labor union in Australia has hit on the idea of letting workers find out more about what their bosses are up to. The New South Wales Labor Council launched Wednesday a Web site called Bosswatch, which tracks links between apparently separate companies and executives. It provides an interlinked corporate database, whose main aim is to highlight networks of influence operating behind the scenes ...

Dispute centers around 19 forfeited games in '95-96 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Coach Gene Keady and Purdue think he's on the verge of winning his 500th game. The NCAA doesn't. While school officials will count Keady's next victory as No. 500, the NCAA has a different tally. It won't credit him with 19 victories that the Boilermakers forfeited because of rules violations in the 1995-96 season. "It's ridiculous they don't count them," Keady said. "That was the biggest joke I've ever been involved in." Purdue (5-3) plays Dayton on Saturday. The NCAA men's basketball record book credits Keady with 475 ...

Some collected during post-attack drive to be destroyed Pat Doyle Star Tribune Published Nov 13 2001 As much as 20 percent of the collected by a Twin Cities branch of the American Red Cross after the Sept. 11 ist attacks will be destroyed because there were too few survivors and it can't be preserved, a local official said. The Red Cross' North Central Services said it followed directives from headquarters in Washington, D.C., on the quantity of to be collected after the attacks. "In retrospect, it does look like a mistake," said Jon Siess, a spokesman for North Central, the ...

"Keep the Twins at Home" Rally Get out your homer hankies, Twins jersey and cap and join your neighbors from across the region in support of keeping the Minnesota Twins in Minnesota and stopping contraction. We need to make our voices heard to Commissioner Selig and Major League Baseball. This is our chance. When: 2 p.m., This Sunday, November 18th Where: HHH Metrodome East Parking Area Who: You, citizens from across the region, former Twins players and others together to support the Minnesota Twins and stop contraction.

AFA Activism Action Alert - 11/12/01 Salvation Army Rescinds Domestic Partner Benefit Policy Today, November 12, 2001, the Commissioners’ Conference established a national policy to extend health benefit access to an employee’s spouse and dependent children only. November 12, 2001 Dear AFA Action Alert Team, Earlier today I sent an AFA Action Alert that urged you to contact Commander Busby of The Salvation Army and express your shock that they would the extend health benefits to the partners of its employees and thus support unbiblical changes in family structure rather than upholding the New Testament definition of family. I also ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers will meet again Monday to discuss the legal fight by baseball players against eliminating teams, and a top union official called the owners' stance "preposterous." In Chicago, a management labor lawyer told general managers that contraction would take place by Dec. 15, according to a high-ranking team official who spoke on the condition he not be identified. The lawyer, Frank Coonelly, said clubs would draft players from the eliminated franchises in the reverse order of their 2001 won-lost records and that management did not intend to honor no-trade clauses, the team official said. "To the ...

Italian ex-president Leone dies November 9, 2001 Posted: 0957 GMT ROME, Italy -- Former Italian president Giovanni Leone, who was forced to leave office over a bribery scandal in 1978, has died at the age of 93. His family said Leone, who was elected as a compromise candidate after one of the longest, stormiest and closest election since World War II, died on Friday. A prominent Christian Democrat, Leone became president in 1971. He resigned six months before the end of his seven-year term amid allegations of involvement in a major payoff scandal, which involved the U.S. aircraft manufacturer Lockheed. ...

Congressman Criticizes Baseball's Decision to Trim Teams; Players File Grievance By Ronald Blum The Associated Press Published: Nov 8, 2001 NEW YORK (AP) - The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee vowed Thursday to fight the decision by major league baseball owners to eliminate two financially struggling teams by next season. "This is like a game of musical chairs - two teams will be left standing and their fans will be left out in the cold," said John Conyers, D-Mich. He said the decision would carry an economic toll, from businesses that depend on the team to minor league ...

Financially troubled Sun Country suddenly for sale Tony Kennedy Star Tribune Published Nov 8 2001 Sun Country Airlines is for sale and in immediate need of cash to remain viable, an airline spokeswoman said today. The Mendota Heights-based airline is the biggest local competitor to Northwest Airlines, but it has not made a profit since it came under new ownership in 1998, and the attacks of Sept. 11 have dealt yet another blow to its business. The sole owner of Sun Country, Milwaukee-based tourism and travel entrepreneur Bill La Macchia, has personally been underwriting the losses. He has removed himself ...

Twins supportive of team staying By Mel Antonen, USA TODAY A day after baseball's history-making threat to contract two teams, Minnesota Twins players wondered why their team might be eliminated. "You keep hearing about the economics, economics, economics, but the effects on fans is going to be far greater than any dollar amount," Twins third baseman Corey Koskie said Wednesday. "People love the Twins. They always come up to me and say, 'I'm paying for cable TV so my dad can watch every game,' or 'I remember my dad telling how he met Harmon Killebrew.' I went to a furniture ...