By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A small group of citizen watchdogs uncovered evidence of massive voter fraud in Texas during the 2008 election, and their findings are now in the hands of the Texas Secretary of State.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Citing the fact that American students attend school about a month less than children in other advanced nations, President Obama suggested today that one way of improving education in America will be to lengthen the school year.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While speaking at the Religion Newswriters Association this weekend, Denver's Archbishop Charles J. Chaput chastised the press for its ill-informed coverage of Christianity and defended his reasons for refusing all interview requests from the
New York Times.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new and disturbing report by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has found that 56,300 Americans become infected with HIV every year and that one in five people living with the lethal virus are unaware of their infection.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Malaysian astrophysicist is set to be appointed by the United Nations as the Earth's "first contact" should any aliens from outer space decide to pay us a visit.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In response to recent events involving a surprise investigation of what the media is reporting as the Vatican bank, Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi has issued a letter clarifying certain facts about the institution, known as the Institute for Religious Works (IOR), that are being misreported.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
His Excellency, Timothy Broglio, Archbishop for Military Services, responded to a request from the homosexual advocacy group Catholics for Equality asking him to support the repeal of the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy by firmly stating the Catholic position and telling the group they "cannot be legitimately recognized as Catholic."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Liberal lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee passed a bill that will require federal health officials to question anyone, including children, who seeks services from federal community health centers to state their sexual orientation and "gender identity."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The failure of New Jersey's state legislature to override the decision by Gov. Chris Christie to cut off Planned Parenthood from taxpayer funds has already begun to pay off with the shuttering of one of its clinics.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A St. Joseph County Circuit Court Judge ruled earlier this week that attorneys from the Thomas More Society may depose a former official recently fired by the University of Notre Dame - a key ruling for the defense in the case of the "ND88," the 88 pro-life demonstrators arrested at the University for protesting President Obama's receiving honors at the commencement ceremonies in 2009.
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