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...Reilly discussed the different attitudes toward political correctness exhibited by President George W. Bush and his predecessor Bill Clinton...
...looking for a concrete course of action. In a Palm Sunday pastoral letter, Egan reiterated his policy of overseeing abuse allegations himself but urged victims to bring them to the attention of police. And he defended his Bridgeport conduct like a lawyer: every case disclosed had occurred on his predecessor's watch; he took the word of experts when he recycled abusive priests back into the ministry...
...years ago that they had no basis to charge him, Malicki is still on a leave of absence. "The archdiocese has left this priest twisting in the wind, trying to wash their hands of this," says his attorney, Ellis Rubin. "Has this gone too far?" wonders Dillard's predecessor at St. Augustine's. "I think every priest now worries every day he may be accused of something...
...PEOPLE What's better than an MP3 player that holds 2,000 CD-quality songs? One that can also store 1,000 names and addresses. Apple's newest iPod ($499) has double the storage (10 GB) of its predecessor and meshes elegantly with Macs. Plug it into your computer, and it instantly recognizes and transfers songs at a rate of 100 a minute...
...year-old arrived by helicopter to relaunch the aircraft carrier Ark Royal and, spurning a ride in her blue-and-gold-striped motorized buggy, told 2,000 sailors and dignitaries: "I'm so happy to be once again onboard Ark Royal. You see, I launched her and her predecessor [in 1950]. So it's wonderful to feel that now she's going to be at sea and guarding our shores just as in the days of yore ... Captain, splice the main brace" ? a reference to the old naval custom of an extra tot of rum, a round...