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Yesterday’s NYTimes piece on some judges recusing themselves from parental-notification cases A pregnant teenager went to the grand and imposing county courthouse here early in the summer, saying she wanted an abortion. The circuit court judge refused to hear the case, and he announced that he would recuse himself from any others like it. "Taking…

Rich Leonardi has a good Amazon Listmania list going..

Southern Catholic College finally opens in GA We are very excited to welcome our first class," said Jeremiah Ashcroft, president of Southern Catholic. "We also are very thankful for all the support we have received to bring the vision of a college that would inspire students to learn and grow academically and spiritually to reality."…

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Rehnquist’s funeral to be in St. Matthew’s Cathedral in DC Rules of the Roman Catholic Church permit church use for funerals for those who, like Rehnquist, are not Roman Catholics, according to a spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Washington. Rehnquist belonged to a Lutheran church and the services will be Lutheran. Susan Gibbs, the spokeswoman…

In Taiba, a village on the West Bank. Efforts were under way on Sunday to calm the situation in this Christian village east of Ramallah after an attack by hundreds of Muslim men from nearby villages left many houses and vehicles torched. The incident began on Saturday night and lasted until early Sunday, when Palestinian…

From a Southern Province OP, passed on to me by a reader. Astonishing how quickly things transpired: Please forgive not sending each of you a personal e-mail, but I just don’t have the time right now. I know a lot of you have expressed concern about my safety and the situation here in New Orleans.…

A blogger who’s been volunteering at the Astrodome Meeting evacuees at the George R. Brown Convention Center today are volunteers lined up with strollers. They give them to those needing them. Some of them pass out toys as well. In the registration area, evacuees hand over their clothes, which are tagged, and they receive new…

Here’s an article from yesterday about Bishop Rodi of Biloxi: ”It has been a catastrophe,” Rodi said before running down the list of destroyed church buildings: St. Peter in Pascagoula, St. Michael at Point Cadet in Biloxi, St. Paul in Pass Christian, St. Thomas in Long Beach and St. Clare in Waveland. ”Other places I…

Here’s the Department of Defense Hurricane Relief Page – really useful to get a sense of what the military is doing.

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