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Kennedy Says Bishop Told Him Not to Receive Communion

WASHINGTON Widening a growing rift, Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, a Rhode Island Democrat, said on Sunday that the Roman Catholic bishop of Providence had instructed him to refrain from receiving communion because of the congressman’s stance on ...

From IAN URBINA, The New York Times,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Patrick J. Kennedy,  United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

G.O.P. Report Connects Official to Fiancé’s Case

WASHINGTON A report by Republicans in Congress about the Obama administration’s firing of a government agency’s internal watchdog suggests that the school chancellor in Washington intervened on behalf of her current fiancé, who was under investigation ...

From IAN URBINA, The New York Times,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Congress,  Michelle Rhee

News Analysis: Ohio Finds Itself Leading the Way to a New Execution Method

Prison officials in Ohio never planned to become pioneers in death penalty protocol. But the failed effort on Sept. 15 to execute Romell Broom, a convicted killer, forced the state to rethink how people are put to death and led Ohio officials to be the ...

From IAN URBINA, The New York Times,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ohio State University,  Romell Broom,  Ted Strickland,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Kenneth Biros

Despite Accusations, African Official Retains U.S. Access

Several times every year, Teodoro Nguema Obiang arrives at the doorstep of the United States from his home in Equatorial Guinea, on his way to his $35 million estate in Malibu, his fleet of luxury cars, his speedboats and private jet. And he is always ...

From IAN URBINA, The New York Times,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: US State Department,  U.S. Department of Justice,  ExxonMobil,  John Bennett,  U.S. Democratic Party

Ohio Is First to Change to One Drug in Executions

Breaking ranks with the 35 other states that use lethal injections to execute prisoners, Ohio on Friday became the first state to say it would switch to a single drug, rather than a three-drug cocktail, in its death penalty procedure. Critics have ...

From IAN URBINA, The New York Times,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ohio State University,  Fordham University,  Romell Broom,  Ted Strickland,  Death Penalty Information Center

A Murder Raises Hard Questions in Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. Steve Nunn was something of a golden child in Kentucky politics. The son of a former governor, he was a successful and well-liked politician who served in the State Legislature for 15 years. Steve Nunn was arrested in a cemetery shortly ...

From IAN URBINA, The New York Times,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Steve Nunn,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Greg Stumbo

New Turn in Debate Over Law on Marriage

WASHINGTON The fight over a proposed same-sex marriage law here heated up this week as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said that if the law passed, the church would cut its social service programs that help residents with adoption, ...

From IAN URBINA, The New York Times,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Catholic Charities,  Phil Mendelson,  U.S. Democratic Party

Corruption Trial Begins for Baltimore Mayor

BALTIMORE Mayor Sheila Dixon went on trial on corruption charges Monday, the result of a state inquiry started in 2006 that has cast a cloud over Ms. Dixon’s administration despite her best efforts to keep the focus on running the city. The case ...

From IAN URBINA, The New York Times,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Sheila Dixon

Philadelphia Transit Workers Strike

Philadelphia’s morning commute ground to a halt on Tuesday after the city transit system’s largest union went on strike at 3 a.m. Eastern time. The strike by Local 234 of the Transport Workers Union left commuters walking, hitching rides, catching cabs ...

From IAN URBINA, The New York Times,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Transport Workers Union,  New York Yankees,  Ed Rendell,  Michael Nutter

Neighbor Says Police Did Little on Reports of Violence at Rapist’s House

A neighbor of the convicted rapist in Cleveland who was arrested Saturday night after six decomposed bodies were found in his house said Monday that the police were notified repeatedly about violence there, but little was done. The neighbor, Fawcett ...

From IAN URBINA, The New York Times,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jaycee Dugard,  Museum of Natural History

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