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CONSECRATED. V. GENE ROBINSON, 56, as bishop of New Hampshire and the first openly gay prelate in the Episcopal Church; in Durham, N.H. Conservative Anglican church leaders around the globe declared a state of "impaired communion" with the American church but stopped short--for now--of a threatened official break. After receiving a standing ovation from a crowd of more than 3,000 gathered for the consecration, Robinson said: "It's not about me; it's about so many other people who find themselves at the margins...
...emphatic kills by Big Red outside hitter Elizabeth Bishop and middle blocker Jamie Lugo ended the third of three frustrating games for the Crimson...
...until you make it to the graveyard that it begins to hit you: People died here. It’s a stunning realization when it comes, one that all the mechanical figures and out-of-work actors in the world couldn’t recreate. Bridget Bishop, Hanged. June 10, 1692. “I am innocent, I know nothing of it, I have done no witchcraft.” Elizabeth Howe, Hanged. July 16, 1692. “If it was the last moment I was to live, God knows I am innocent.” Children clamber around...
...eyes. His efforts were successful enough to secure a unanimous statement from deeply divided liberal and conservative primates. It warned that "the future of the Communion itself will be put in jeopardy" if the American Episcopalians on Nov. 2 consecrate Canon Gene Robinson, an openly gay priest, as Bishop of New Hampshire. Such a move, the primates said, would "tear the fabric of our Communion at its deepest level." But the New Hampshire diocese shows no sign of backing down. And so traditionalists, who dominate the Anglican churches in the Third World, are likely to break Communion with the liberals...
...women’s side, Bulgarian powerhouse and defending champion Rumyana Neykova headlines a solid field. Last year, Neykova decimated the competition with a 55-second victory, but this year Kristin Goodrich and Boston College’s Cindy Bishop look to give Neykova a tougher challenge...