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Movie Review: The Possession

NEW YORK - Catholic exorcists get some time off with “The Possession” (Lionsgate). Since this mostly gore-free chiller’s premise rests on Jewish tales of demonic indwelling by beings called dybbuks, it’s a Hasidic student, rather than a priest, who eventually gets summoned to the rescue. And file this one under “Only in America”: said scholar...
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NDP to dedicate new turf field in honor of slain alumna

Notre Dame Preparatory School’s new turf field, which school leaders call a labor of love, has been completed and is in use.
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Good Samaritan nurse shares heart attack experience

A community outreach nurse, Karen Kansler practices what she preaches – she exercises regularly, eats nutritious food and tries to manage her stress.
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Ellicott City parish a refuge in recent tragedies

In the past year, Ellicott City’s historic downtown has suffered an earthquake and severe flooding, and then tragically, a double-murder of a nearby church’s pastor and volunteer, and a train derailment that killed two young women.
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New principal named for Hydes school

Christine Blake is taking the helm as the new principal of St. John the Evangelist School in Hydes, succeeding longtime principal Genevieve Delcher.
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Biggest winner in Dragon Boat Races are charities they benefit

Residents of Catholic Charities' DePaul House and St. Joachim House will partner with teams in the Dragon Boat Races.
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Cartoonist’s view shaped in local parish, schools

Loyola Blakefiled grad Rick Detorie talks about his inspiration for the "One Big Happy" comic strip.
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Don’t knock the ’Net until you try it

You believe that municipal budget problems would be solved if local governments simply enforced the existing fines for talking and texting on cell phones while driving a car.
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Life without football isn’t so bad

It hit some of you as soon as the confetti fell on the New York Giants, who were hoisting the Lombardi Trophy at Super Bowl XLVI.
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Fight for religious freedom falls during ironic anniversary

Speaking a year ago at Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, John Garvey predicted that threats to religious liberty would become the most important issue facing the Catholic Church in the United States in the next half century.
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Minnesota farm life gave Easter another perspective

Springtime on the farm had a natural rhythm that heightened around Easter, when frozen earth was finally thawing and turning the farmyard into a muddy mess. My siblings and I spent our time searching for new litters of kittens and collecting eggs, which we had missed during winter’s dark days when hens take leave from...
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Here comes the bride – down the 21st century aisle

For the most part, little girls grow up dreaming about getting married.
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