Here are your top stories for this Monday, December 26, 2011: – Several dozen killed in Nigeria bombings – Five dead in Connecticut house fire – Princes William and Harry visit grandfather in hospital – Pope Benedict XVI urges peace

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Here are your top stories for this Sunday, November 20, 2011: – Gadhafi’s son caught – Violent clashes erupt in Egypt – Police pepper spray students at UC Davis – Pope Benedict XVI visits Africa Incoming search terms:top story november 2011 US

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Well, here’s an image you certainly don’t see every day.  Italian clothes company Benetton has pulled a controversial ad campaign featuring the pope kissing a leading imam after the Vatican issued a stern condemnation. The company said it was “sorry that the use of the image had so hurt the sensibilities of the faithful.” The [...]

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Well, here’s something you certainly don’t see every day. Three demonstrators from the Ukrainian women’s rights movement FEMEN held a protest at the Vatican in Italy yesterday, just after Pope Benedict XVI‘s weekly Sunday address. One of the protesters sneaked into St. Peter’s square and removed her coat, revealing a transparent top. The demonstrator held [...]

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Here are your top stories for this Friday, October 28, 2011: – Stock market soars on Greek debt plan – U.N. votes to end Libya action – Iraq veteran critically injured by rubber bullets in Occupy Oakland protest – Pope holds call for peace

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Here are your top stories for this Monday, October 17, 2011: – President Barack Obama speaks at dedication of Martin Luther King Jr. memorial – Iran’s supreme leader warns U.S. against taking action – Libyans tearing down Gadhafi’s Tripoli compound – Pope Benedict XVI using wheeled platform

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Here are your top stories for this Friday, September 23, 2011: – Troy Davis executed in the state of Georgia – No word on travel plans for freed American hikers – Obama takes jobs plan to Ohio, Kentucky – Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Germany to cheers, protests

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Is an innocent man about to be executed for a crime he didn’t commit?  It could happen in the state of Georgia, but no one seems to know for sure. The Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole has denied clemency for death-row inmate Troy Davis, who in 1989 was convicted of killing police officer Mark MacPhail. [...]

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Here are you top stories for this Monday, August 22, 2011: – Libyan rebels advance toward capital – No official response to Hamas cease-fire announcement – Tropical Storm Irene moves westward – Pope Benedict XVI hopes to attend 2013 World Youth Day in Rio

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The “Cuatro Vientos”, or “Four Winds”, aerodrome, where Pope Benedict XVI held a vigil yesterday certainly did live up to its name. Powerful gusts of wind knocked the pope’s cap away and rain poured down from on high, interrupting his speech for about 20 minutes at World Youth Day celebrations. The dramatic weather change came [...]

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Here are your top stories for Sunday, August 21, 2011: – Two American hikers sentenced to eight years in Iranian prison – Fourth body recovered after Pittsburgh flash floods – Verizon workers to return to jobs – Pope to celebrate mass in front of more than a million

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Well, we’ve just had our first Papal tweet. Pope Benedict XVI has become the first Pontiff to send out a missive via Twitter. He used an iPad yesterday to send out a message about a new, Vatican portal that aggregates information from its various print, online, radio, and television media. The Pope had a little [...]

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