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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer After a 26-year-old convenience store clerk was shot to death in broad daylight in Gary, Indiana, customers continued to shop as if nothing had happened.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer New evidence published in the newspaper of the Italian bishops conference confirms that Adolf Hitler once planned to either kidnap or kill Pope Pius XII.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer Pro-life leaders across the country are having to acquire round-the-clock protection because of death threats, stalking incidents and other hostile actions directed toward them by abortion proponents in the wake of the recent shooting death of late-term abortionist, George Tiller.

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Well, a few weekends ago I "bit the bullet." I dug into two areas of storage in my home that have been desperately in need of a clean out. I have been avoiding these two areas for two different reasons.

The one area seems all but overwhelming because of the amount of stuff amassed there. The other area holds many memories and sentiments that promise a difficult moment.

The place with all of the stuff is still pretty much full. However, I did manage to get four large garbage bags of items relegated to new locations -- two to the curb for trash pick-up and two to the local Goodwill. In addition, two rolls of carpeting and one large recliner found new homes. The memory trove was another matter entirely. I became immersed. For hours. Pouring over family pictures dating all of the way back to the twenties of the last century.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer In what is sure to be an unprecedented display of media bias, ABC News will broadcast a special report on the President’s health care plan from within the Blue Room of the White House on June 24. Opposing viewpoints will not be presented.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer A crisis in the Austrian Catholic Church prompted a special meeting in Rome on June 15 between Pope Benedict XVI and Austrian bishops. The Church in Austria has been troubled for years by dwindling numbers and widespread dissent. 

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer   New York has become the first state in the nation that will allow the use of taxpayer money to pay women to have their eggs extracted for stem cell research.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer According to a new Gallup poll, conservatism is on the rise in the U.S. with 40 percent of Americans now describing themselves as conservative and only 21 percent saying they are liberal. These new numbers represent a three percentage point increase in conservatism among the public at large.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer An icon of St. George in a Greek Orthodox church in Ramla, Israel is drawing blocks of Christians after it began to leak a mysterious oil.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer In another example of the incredible waste of human life that takes place routinely in fertility clinics around the world, a British woman who conceived after receiving another couple’s embryo by mistake decided to abort the child. The aborted baby was the couple’s final embryo and their last hope for a child.

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