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Associated Press Ryan Sutherland, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and his father, Steve Sutherland, head to their dorm room along the main campus walkway on April 24 at Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash. The walkway has motivational sayings written in chalk like this one that says, "Stop at nothing."
Dad helps paralyzed son earn his degree
SPOKANE, Wash. — When Ryan Sutherland wanted to go to college three years ago, his father, Steve, went with him. Not just for a visit, but to stay. The father and son, from Cashmere, have been dorm...
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Special services First Christian Church, 415 Audubon Dr., Sunday services at 10:45 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Topic: “Setting the Table in New Places” Bells Chapel CME Church, 207 North Highland Driv...
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Thieves mistake Bible for purse
ARMAGH, Pa.  — Police say two western Pennsylvania men mistook a woman’s Bible carrying case for a purse when they tried to snatch it from her, knocking her to the ground. The Indiana Gazette re...
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Special services The Rev. Canon Elizabeth Geitz will preach at the 7:30 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. services Sunday at Grace Episcopal Church, 820 Broadway, Paducah. After the 9:45 service Sr. Jane Manka...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service "Be prepared" is Robert Sarnes's motto, and in this case he's talking about the meltdown of the U.S. government. His backpack contains food, water, ammo and enough additional supplies to last for three days. The flag hangs at his family's Puyallup, Washington, home in March.
Preppers do their best to be ready for the worst
PUYALLUP, Wash. — Do you have 12 cases of peas and beans, seven pounds of powdered milk, 50 pounds of flour, 50 pounds of rice, 20 pounds of frozen chicken breasts, a 4,000-watt generator and some ...
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Associated Press Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez greets supporters during his caravan from Miraflores presidential palace to the airport to travel to Cuba for surgery to remove a tumor on Feb. 24 in Caracas, Venezuela. The poster shows an image of Jesus Christ.
Chavez looks to God as cancer clouds future
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has spent much of his career praising the socialist ideas of famed atheists such as Karl Marx and Fidel Castro. Now in the thick of a prolonged...
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Associated Press Harriet Buscombe walks her two dogs, Hazel the schnauzer and Wrigley the pit mix, Monday in Champaign, Ill. The two dogs protect her on her pre-dawn runs but mostly they make her feel great.
Boomers’ pet love could change as both age
Hazel the schnauzer and Wrigley the black lab mix mean everything to Harriet Buscombe. The dogs protect her on her pre-dawn runs around her Champaign, Ill., neighborhood, but mostly they make her f...
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Contributed Photo Stained glass window dedicated in memory of Rodney Ritchie. Church staff say Ritchie sold his pet canary for $100 to make a contribution to the church building fund in 1895.
Broadway United Methodist celebrates heritage
Sunday is an important day for all Methodists, but Broadway United Methodist Church congregants have a special reason to rejoice. The picturesque downtown church celebrates 180 years of faith an...
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Associated Press Pope John Paul II gives his blessing to late father Marcial Maciel, founder of Christ's Legionaries, during a special audience the pontiff granted to about 4,000 participants of the Regnum Christi movement on Nov. 30, 2004, at the Vatican. The Vatican is investigating seven priests from the troubled Legion of Christ religious order for alleged sexual abuse of minors and another two for other alleged crimes. The Legion, which is now under Vatican receivership, has insisted that the crimes of its late founder, the Rev. Marciel Maciel, were his alone.
Revelations put Vatican Legion reform in doubt
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI’s ability to reform the troubled Legion of Christ has again been thrown into doubt following revelations that a half-dozen priests are under Vatican investigation f...
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Associated Press Girl Scouts of the USA CEO Anna Maria Chavez (front) stands with members of Girl Scout Troop 1774 from Phoenix. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have raised an official inquiry over program materials that some Catholics find offensive, as well as assertions that the Scouts associate with other groups espousing stances that conflict with church teaching.
Girl Scouts under scrutiny
NEW YORK — Long a lightning rod for conservative criticism, the Girl Scouts of the USA are now facing their highest-level challenge yet: An official inquiry by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bisho...
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