Prayer debate at Santa Fe football games stirs school policy
Families from Santa Fe sue over pregame prayer in public school events arguing First Amendment rights. Circuit rulings limit prayers at football games while a district guideline bans pregame prayer despite student led invocations. Supporters cite broad local backing and a recent nonbinding Texas poll.
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US. Circuit Court of Appeals
5Th Circuit
Supreme Court
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Ward
Texas
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Cheek
Bruce
Pope Shines On Grim Vatican Tour In Jerusalem Visit
Pope Francis met a packed schedule in Jerusalem and touched the Western Wall placing a note in its stones. He also prayed at Yad Vashem and visited Haram as-Sharif before Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
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Rome
Yad Vashem
Abraham
Fogel
East Jerusalem
Israel
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Old City
Abu-Jamal to Speak at Antioch Graduation by Audiotape
In Yellow Springs Ohio Antioch plans an April 29 graduation address by death row inmate and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal via audiotape. Abu-Jamal, 45, disputes his conviction for killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981 and awaits a federal appeal while supporters rally around his case.
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Ohio
Antioch
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Philadelphia
Washington
Evergreen State College
Abu-Jamal
Teishan Latner
Mansions Hotel garage sale features celebrity items in San Francisco
A estate sale at the Mansions Hotel in Pacific Heights San Francisco closed March 20 offering a bed once slept in by Barbra Streisand a hand painted piano once owned by Liberace and a typewriter linked to Jack London. Guests included John F Kennedy Jr and Robin Williams. In Charleston Wyclef Jean canceled a NAACP backed protest concert over the Confederate flag. The boycott began Jan 1 and calls for South Carolina to remove the flag.
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Mansions
Pacific Heights
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John F. Kennedy Jr
Robin Williams
NAACP
South Carolina
Jean
College of Charleston
Miguel Baguer
Bagner
Statehouse
Caine Jolie and Jolie lead Oscar winners in varied night
Michael Caine won his second supporting actor Oscar for The Cider House Rules with thanks to Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Rights League. Angelina Jolie won supporting actress for Girl, Interrupted, dedicating the win to her father. The Matrix earned four Oscars including film editing and visual effects.
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Angelina Jolie
Jon Voight
John Irving
Irving
Planned Parenthood
National Abortion Rights League
Caine
Hannah
Judi Dench
Shrine Auditorium
Jolie
Phil Collins
Collins
Canada
Oscar Winners 72nd Academy Awards Complete List
The Associated Press reports the 72nd Academy Awards winners in Los Angeles with Kevin Spacey Hilary Swank Michael Caine Angelina Jolie Sam Mendes and other honors. Categories include All About My Mother American Beauty The Matrix Tarzan Sleepy Hollow The Cider House Rules and The Old Man and the Sea among winners and special awards for Gordon E. Sawyer Irving Thaiberg Memorial Andrzej Wajda.
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King Gimp
Spain
Pedro Almodovar
Antonio Banderas
Wall Street Journal
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ABC
Billy Crystal
Chicago
Roadway Express
Willie Fulgear
Los Angeles
Kevin Spacey
Hilary Swank
Michael Caine
Angelina Jolie
Sam Mendes
Alan Ball
John Irving
Phil Collins
John Corigliano
Gordon E. Sawyer
Roderick T. Ryan
Irving Thaiberg
Warren Beatty
Andrzej Wajda
The
Associated Press
Billy Crystal returns as host pleasing crowd
Billy Crystal makes his seventh Oscars hosting appearance arriving on stage in a police officer’s arms and lampooning LAPD scandal over forged evidence and stolen statuettes. The night features a montage inserting Crystal into classic films while recalling past sensational entrances and Crystal's Emmy wins.
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Los Angeles
Hannibal
Lecter
Crystal
LAPD
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Billy
Debbie Allen
Hollywood
Charlie Chaplin
Dustin Hoffman
Linda Blair
Odessa Entrepreneur of the Year honors Fred George
Fred George recognized by the Odessa Chamber for diversifying the oil dependent economy. His Corner Development L.P. helped Wal-Mart relocate and spurred land acquisition in the growth corridor. Award luncheon set for April 6 at the Odessa Country Club. contact 332-9111.
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Corner Development L.P
Wal-Mart
East 42Nd Street
Grandview Avenue
East 42Nd
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Chamber
Odessa
Charles
Dos Playas
Mike George
Fred
Fred George
Jim Butler
Harvey Page
B.L. Crenshaw
Ref-Chem
Odessa Country Club
Eccentric Echoes From a Miscellany of Odd Facts
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