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Quick takes: Real-life angels to protect Tucson mourners; The Catholic Church becomes involved with TV series about exorcism; Ted Williams hits the tabloids; "Kennedys" miniseries nixed

Date: 01/12/2011

Angels to protect Tucson mourners from Westboro kooks. The anti-gay, anti-Catholic, anti-everybody Westboro Baptist Church wackos are planning to picket the funerals of the victims of the tragic Arizona shooting that killed six and wounded 14 others (including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords). Fortunately, there are real angels out their in the form of area residents who are planning an "an ...

Related Topics: Tucson Mourners; TV Series About Exorcism; Ted Williams; "Kennedys" Miniseries; Westboro Baptist Church; Arizona Shooting; Gabrielle Giffords; Discovery Channel; The Exorcist Files; MSNBC; Joel Surnow; The Reagans; CBS; Showtime; AETN; History Channel; Lo

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Contest for Teachers Only: DVDs on Presidents and Martin Luther King

Date: 01/09/2011

I have two DVDs to give away -- for teachers only, this time. These are from my very favorite series for kids, Scholastic's Storybook Treasures and they are perfect for celebrating Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, Women's History Month, and President's Day in the classroom. March On!... and More Stories About African American History The first story on this DVD is written by the s ...

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Contest for Teachers Only: DVDs on Presidents and Martin Luther King

Date: 01/09/2011

I have two DVDs to give away -- for teachers only, this time. These are from my very favorite series for kids, Scholastic's Storybook Treasures and they are perfect for celebrating Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, Women's History Month, and President's Day in the classroom. March On!... and More Stories About African American History The first story on this DVD is written by the s ...

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Quick takes: Huckleberry Finn, The Cape, Spider-Man, Phoenix Jones and a happy ending for one Ted Williams

Date: 01/05/2011

Publisher removes "N" word from Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. "Injun" is also getting the axe as political correctness rewrites classic literature that, in the context of its time, can actually be seen as a remarkable statement against racism. Don't get me wrong. I hate the "N" word and am not too fond of "injun" either but this strikes me as a little creepy. NBC puts capes on NYC statues ...

Related Topics: Huckeberry Finn; The Cape; Spider-Man; Ted Williams; Mark Twain; NBC; NBA; Golden Voice, Huckeberry Finn; The Cape; Spider-Man; Phoenix Jones; Ted Williams; Mark Twain; NBC; NBA; Golden Voice

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Fewer Catholics in Congress

Date: 12/03/2010

But, interestingly, the two parties have about the same number. From CNS, via U.S. Catholic: With more than three dozen Catholic Democrats voted out of office or choosing not to run in the November election, a decline in the number of Catholics in the 112th Congress would seem inevitable. But the decrease is not nearly as steep as might be expected, because of the 33 new Catholic Republi ...

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Boehner: Washington's most powerful Catholic?

Date: 11/03/2010

He might have some competition from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, but the man who will soon be the Speaker of the House could claim that title. Some details about John Boehner's upbringing: He was reared in a two-bedroom Sears catalog house in suburban Cincinnati with 11 brothers and sisters, and parents who slept on a pullout couch until they built an additio ...

Related Topics: Capitol Hill, Congress, Election, John Boehner, Politics

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Rick Sanchez, Jon Stewart and alleged Jewish control of the media

Date: 10/05/2010

It seems everyone's weighing on CNN's firing of Rick Sanchez following his anti-Semitic rant on Pete Dominick 's Sirius XM radio show last week in which he called out Daily Show host Jon Stewart as a bigot for having the audacity to mock his Ted Baxter-like on-air antics and went on to wail about supposed Jewish domination of CNN and the media as a whole. So here, I go. First of all, the ...

Related Topics: Cnn, Fox Newsmatt Lauer, Jon Stewart, Katie Couric, Oliver Stone, Pete Dominick, Rick Sanchez, Sirius XM, The Daily Show

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Muslim Families Proving Vital in War Against Terror

Date: 06/17/2010

(RNS) Wiretaps. Informants. Financial records. They all play vital roles in U.S. government investigations to prevent terrorist attacks. But in the last six months, another investigative tool has received increased attention: cooperation from suspects' families. Three times since December -- most recently on June 5, when two New Jersey men were apprehended at New York's John F. Kennedy Internati ...

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