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By Elissa Serrao
OCEAN CITY, Md. – A home-cooked meal was just what Monika Burzynska needed after her first two weeks in the United States. “I’ve been working since I got here,” said Burzynska, 22, who arrived in Ocean City June 15 from Poland, where she just finished her second year of college. “I have to pay for […]
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Ingenious sci-fi brainteaser in which, at the behest of a powerful CEO (Ken Watanabe), a corporate spy (Leonardo DiCaprio) who uses “shared dreaming” to extract secrets from the minds of sleeping executives, leads a team of skilled collaborators (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy and Dileep Rao) on a raid into the subconscious of the […]
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Generally inoffensive but routine fantasy adventure about an ordinary New York City college student (Jay Baruchel) who discovers he is the long-prophesied heir to legendary magician Merlin’s wonderworking skills, powers he struggles to master under the supervision of a good wizard (Nicolas Cage) so he can aid in the fight against an evil sorcerer (Alfred […]
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Stirring, satisfying update of the 1984 hit shifts the action to modern China, where an unassuming kung fu master (Jackie Chan) teaches an undersized American boy (Jaden Smith) how to confront a bully while imparting other life lessons. Director Harald Zwart balances fealty for the crowd-pleasing original with embellishments that, aside from a manipulative musical […]
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By Thomas J. Craughwell
Two apostles bore the name James. The St. James we are discussing is called "the Greater" because with his brother St. John and St. Peter he was a member of Our Lord's inner circle. These three apostles were alone with Christ when He raised Jairus' daughter from the dead and cured St. Peter's mother-in-law. They were the only apostles to witness the Lord's glorious Transfiguration and the only apostles to watch with Him (until sleep overcame them) during His bitter agony in the garden.
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Father Mark Delery, a doctor, writer and Cistercian monk at the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Cross in Berryville, died June 29 at the Blue Ridge Hospice Residential Center in Winchester. He was 91. Alfred A. Delery was born Jan. 2, 1919, in Cambridge, Mass., the third of nine children of Louis A. […]
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By Nancy Frazier O’brien
Readers wishing to comment on the proposed postal rate hikes should contact the Postal Regulatory Commission by phone at 202/789-6800; by mail at Public Affairs and Government Relations, Postal Regulatory Commission, 901 New York Ave., N.W., Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20268-0001; or by e-mail through this link. WASHINGTON – It couldn’t come at a worse […]
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Spain’s Andres Iniesta scored the only goal of the game in extra time to give the Spanish a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands in the World Cup championship game. The game was played In Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Strained 3-D fantasy adventure, set in an alternate world where some human beings have the power to “bend,” that is, control, one of the basic elements of fire, earth, air and water, and where a brother and sister (Jackson Rathbone and Nicola Peltz) assist a child (Noah Ringer) who is the latest incarnation of a […]
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Pope Leo XIV
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