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Her adoration for children and families, and her hope for community peace will survive forever through this incredible gift."Mrs. Kroc died on October 12, 2003, and also the Salvation Army is among several organizations which have received bequests from her estate. The Salvation Army's national headquarters is within Alexandria.Bassett said the donation to his organization specifies that half the amount of money be placed in an endowment with the earnings used as income to partially support operation of the centers.The other half is good for construction of the new centers.Not one of the gift is to be used for existing programs, services or administrative costs, he was quoted saying. classic tall ugg boots sale British experts used the process to create Dolly, the world's first cloned sheep, but leading scientists say it would be extremely dangerous and unethical to use it on humans. Cardinals began "an intense period of silence and prayer" before their conclave to find the next pope, saying Saturday they would stop speaking publicly to guard the strict secrecy surrounding the centuries-old tradition.The throngs of pilgrims who attended John Paul II's funeral Friday flowed from Rome, leaving mainly tourists inside a quiet, rainy St. Peter's Square. The Vatican said a conclusion on calls to put John Paul with a fast track to sainthood would rest together with the next pope.Italian Cardinal Francesco Marchisano celebrated the second Mass for John Paul in St. Peter's Basilica, a day-to-day rite over nine days that began using the funeral Mass. His homily praised "this infinite humanity" that they called the late pope's hallmark.The Vatican also released photographs in the pope's tomb, a white marble slab, slightly raised off the floor and tilted, with the Latin letters IOANNES PAULUS PPII, along with the dates of his 26-year reign. Additionally, it bears the first two letters of Christ's name in Greek, a standard symbol with roots at the begining of Christianity.The grave is in the small grotto once occupied with the sarcophagus of Pope Paul XXIII, which was moved to the main floor of St. Peter's Basilica after his 2000 beatification since many pilgrims wanted to visit his tomb.The unanimous vote Saturday by 130 cardinals to maintain public silence about John Paul's successor was unprecedented. But in an era of continuous news updates and constant speculation, Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls known as the media ban an "act of responsibility."He asked journalists to never ask the cardinals for interviews and said they ought to not take the prelates' silence as a possible act of "discourtesy.""The cardinals, after the funeral Mass from the Holy Father, began an even more intense period of silence and prayer, in view of the conclave," Navarro-Valls said. "They unanimously thought we would avoid interviews and encounters with all the media."At least two cardinals later declined requests for interviews.The lack of access to the cardinals was unlikely to stem the speculation about John Paul's successor, with worldwide interest peaking as to what could be a tight competition between reformers and conservatives.Navarro-Valls said 115 prelates will be in the conclave, which will begin April 18 — all of the cardinals under the age of 80 except for Cardinal Jaime L. Sin of the Philippines and Cardinal Alfonso Antonio Suarez Rivera of Mexico, who are too sick to attend.John Paul took the an additional cardinal — kept secret apparently to guard him from a government that represses religious activity — on the grave.Cardinal Karl Lehmann was quoted from the German newspaper Allgemeine Zeitung as saying race and background will play a role in the choice of another pope, but there were no clear favorites and "probably also no firm alliances.""One has to be moved through voting, contacts and discussion to a consensus," he was quoted as saying. no previous page next 1/2 ugg boots classic tall An outbreak of E. coli may be linked to a California spinach processor, but government investigators are considering other producers as well."We're clearly evolving and it's also very important to keep an open mind whether there are other products potentially implicated," said Dr. David Acheson, the primary medical officer with the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.Natural Selection Foods LLC was for this E. coli outbreak that has killed anyone and sickened nearly 100 others. Twenty-nine people have been hospitalized, 14 of which with kidney failure. FDA officials said that they received reports of illness in 19 states.Supermarkets around the world have pulled spinach from shelves, and consumers have tossed out the leafy green.The officials stressed that the bacteria had not been isolated in products sold by Natural Selection Foods, a holding company based in San Juan Bautista, Calif., known for Earthbound Farm and other brands. However, multiple patients named spinach brands sold by the company in interviews with nutritionists, Acheson said. Other brands may yet be implicated.Meanwhile, Natural Selection Foods voluntarily recalled its products containing spinach and is also cooperating with federal and state health officials to identify the source of the contamination. 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Although Henderson begged forgiveness in the Shepard family, Shepard's mother, in tears, said she hoped Henderson never has a day without the terror, agony and loss she's. "There'll never be an end," said Judy Shepard, "it'll just be different degrees of acceptance."Judge Jeffrey Donnell, saying he doubted Henderson's remorse, sentenced him two consecutive life prison terms. It had been the sentence prosecutor Carl Reruca wanted, "It's my hope that Mr. Henderson will die inside the Wyoming State Penitentiary, as well as the only time he leaves the Wyoming State Penitentiary is the place they bury him."McKinney, another accused killer, with a catalog of minor crime to his early teens, still faces the death penalty. His trial is scheduled for August.Henderson's girlfriend is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty Dec. 23 to accessory afterwards. McKinney's girlfriend goes on trial in Could also for accessory.The case has spurred activists for sides of the gay rights issue.Earlier Monday, twelve young people dressed as angels, with white sheets for wings, attempted to block from view an anti-gay group demonstrating outside of the courthouse.The angels stood silently, but in their human wall, about a dozen anti-gay demonstrators from Kansas shouted slogans and waved signs, including one which said "God Hates Fags.""These... creatures are sending this nation to hell in a hand basket," said the Rev. Phelps and the of Westboro Baptist Church.Phelps and individuals his Westboro Baptist Church are the same group that picketed Shepard's funeral in toting anti-gay signs. 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But this rivalry - indeed, the whole idea of spending weeks of your life going around in circles - is perplexing those that think once around over a roller coaster is more than enough.Rodriguez adjusted the equivalent of 10,000 miles on his roller coaster odyssey. Most people traveling that far may wish to see a little more than the same bone-rattling scenery day after day.Reported by Vicki Mabrey uggs earmuffs Two earthquakes collapsed thousands of buildings in southwest China on Saturday, killing at least four people and injuring 400, officials said. Yao'an county in Yunnan province was hit by the 5.9-magnitude quake that sent people scurrying from their homes. About 1 1/2 hours later, the county was hit by a good stronger aftershock with a magnitude of 6.5, said a county seismologist who gave just his surname, Su. Four people were killed, 29 were damaged, and 371 were slightly hurt, government seismologists and state-run television said. The State Seismology Bureau in Beijing said 4,000 buildings collapsed, but state-run television said as much as 10,000 buildings collapsed or were seriously damaged. The television broadcast footage of crumbled mud-built walls as well as a house with a caved-in wooden beam roof. Medical staff in white coats treated many of the injured on beds on the street. An old woman and three children huddled under quilts on the layer of straw. The principle compound of Yao'an's government headquarters was seriously damaged, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said. Power in your neighborhood also was cut, it added. But there wasn't any damage to a valuable historical site 30 miles from your epicenter where remains of China's oldest fossil man were found in 1965, Xinhua said. The site of Yuanmou Homo Erectus, who dated back 1.7 million years, is currently a tourist destination. The authorities and media did not specify which tremor caused which damages and injuries. 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The alliance issued an "activation warning," which suggests it is asking the 16 member governments what planes and missiles they want to deploy for the operation. The move, based on NATO's secretary-general, takes NATO to what he called "an increased a higher level military preparedness." But he states more decisions need to be made by governments before NATO moves. Meanwhile, Serb artillery pounded the past pockets of separatist resistance in Kosovo Thursday. Serb police sources say they've taken over a main road through the last remaining stronghold of the Kosovo Liberation Army. The move comes each day after the U.N. Security Council demanded a cease-fire in Kosovo. Using this type of new offensive, Serbian government troops will be in a hurry to finish the job before the US and its NATO allies could get around to intervening, reports CBS News Senior European Correspondent Tom Fenton. Their latest scorched-earth offensive has destroyed eight more villages by 50 percent days. About 20,000 the best way to have been deprived of their homes and their livelihoods."Everything has been burned," one ethnic Albanian woman says, "everything."In fact, the modern Serb offensive is driving the ethnic Albanian population out from the last stronghold of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), that's fighting for independence from Serbia. For seven years, the U.S. has become promising the Albanians of Kosovo this could not happen. Now that Kosovo is being ethnically cleansed, the Albanian population feels betrayed."Everything for seven years was lies," says Pleurat Sejdiu, who speaks for your political wing of the KLA.The sufferers of the Serb offensive are mostly civilians. Aid agencies warn that thousands will die if food and shelter are not provided for up to a quarter of the million homeless. male uggs Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in China on Sunday in an attempt to mend tattered ties between your Asian giants and discuss North Korea's threats to conduct a nuclear test, relocating which Beijing and Tokyo have warned might have serious repercussions.Abe — elected pm just two weeks ago — squeeze visit to China atop his diplomatic agenda due to a deepening rift over former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to a Tokyo war shrine and festering territorial disputes. After ending up in Chinese leaders, Abe is scheduled to fly to Columbia for similar talks on Monday."I need to hold summits to clear the sky for the future of our countries," Abe told reporters on the tarmac in Tokyo before his departure. "I holds heart-to-heart talks about improving relations for future generations."It will be the first summit between Japan and China since Koizumi met Jiang Zemin in October 2001 and the first full-fledged state visit, using a formal welcoming ceremony, since 1999. Japan's last summit with The philipines was in June last year.Japanese officials said the hastily arranged visits are aimed not really much at making specific agreements but at simply increasing trust.Indeed, Abe gave the impression to have little to offer his hosts; he's got vowed not to say one way or the other if he will pay homage with the Yasukuni war shrine and is not expected to make any concessions on Tokyo's long-standing territorial claims.The People's Daily, the ruling Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, noted approvingly that Abe had sought to cool down the passions over the shrine. "Since becoming prime minister, Abe said he didn't require a public argument on this issue ... and hoped it would not become a political and diplomatic issue," the newspaper said within a commentary.Koizumi inflamed emotions with China and South Korea by repeatedly visiting Yasukuni during his five years in office. The shrine, in which a handful of war criminals are worshipped along with all of Japan's fallen soldiers, sometimes appears by many as a symbol of Japanese militarism.Abe has visited the shrine before and supported Koizumi's visits. But, fearing a backlash from Japanese conservatives if he doesn't go, she has so far refused to make his or her own plans clear.Abe's personal background helps to make the Yasukuni issue even more complex.An outspoken right-winger, Abe's maternal grandfather was charged with war crimes after Japan's 1945 defeat, then again went on to become prime minister. In parliament, Abe has stressed his wish for more "patriotic" education and an overhaul of his country's postwar pacifist constitution, but has repeated his intention to mend ties with Japan's neighbors."Japan must think and act modestly on historical issues," Abe said. "For Sixty years, Japan has worked hard to build a peaceful nation. I want to explain this really is Japan's true intent and resolve any misunderstandings." no previous page next 1/2 At least twelve dozen citizens were arrested Saturday as of a hundred federal agents as well as other law enforcement officers raided what they said was the largest cockfight in the country.Several SWAT teams, helicopters and many state troopers participated in the raid Saturday on the sprawling Del Rio Cockfight Pit in Cocke County, Tennessee. They seized about $40,000 in cash and killed greater than 300 roosters."Reputedly, this was the largest cockfight in america," said District Attorney Al Schmutzer Jr. "It was becoming open and notorious, and you just can't stand back and let something operate that way in the community.""By and large, these people who will be fighting chickens are law-abiding citizens, but you are violating the law when they fight roosters in Tennessee," he told The Knoxville News Sentinel.The 144 were each arrested for being a spectator to cockfighting, a misdemeanor in Tennessee. If convicted, they address 11 months and 29 days in jail and a $2,500 fine.The crowd included many older people as well as some small children, witnesses said, and at least two of the older attendees required hospital treatment after the agents burst in and held them at gunpoint. "It was sort of rough on some old hillside people who are just trying to survive," said Wayne Donahue of Luttrell, who was simply issued a citation at the compound."It probably should be illegal, speculate far as terrorizing children and old women and people who've had heart attacks and operations, that's going slightly too far."John Goodwin of the Humane Society of the usa, who took part in the raid, said the operation served notice on those conducting such illegal operations."I'm not privy to all that much information. But I wouldn't desire to be a cockfighter in East Tennessee right now," he said.More than 100 federal and state law enforcement agents participated in the raid. Officials said these were executing a federal search warrant in connection with a continuing investigation into illegal gambling.Goodwin said the officers acted with restraint in the raid. "These people can be a violent crowd. They're outlaws," he was quoted saying. "A lot of the cockfighters were quite defiant and hurling a great deal of verbal abuse at the agents."David Webb, a gamecock owner from Rhea County, said he lost over 20 chickens valued at $150 each through the raid."I've been around this stuff all my life. Everything I've ever known is a chicken fight," he was quoted saying.Authorities said the roosters died when no one would claim them.Witnesses said the pit can hold up to 400.Newport, adjacent to the fantastic Smoky Mountains, is 42 miles east of Knoxville. real uggs Mrs. Gore underwent an operation to remove a nodule from her hypothyroid in an operation that her office referred to as "precautionary measure." What might Mrs. Gore expect in the days ahead? CBS News Health Correspondent Dr. Emily Senay reports.
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