Posts Tagged ‘Joining’

Lutherans bristle at suggestion of joining Catholic Church

PARIS (Reuters) – Two leading Lutheran clerics have rejected suggestions from the Vatican that it could create a subdivision for converted Lutherans similar to its structures for Anglicans who join the Roman Catholic Church. The dispute, concerning tiny numbers of believers but major issues in ecumenical relations, comes as the churches mark the annual Week [...]

Ex-Fla. Gov. Crist tweets he’s joining Democrats

Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who was elected as the state's chief executive as a Republican and then ran for the U.S. Senate as an independent, announced on Twitter on Friday night that he's switching to the Democratic Party. Tweet This Post

9 more Iraq, Afghan war veterans joining Congress

As Tammy Duckworth sees it, her path to Congress began when she awoke in the fall of 2004 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She was missing both of her legs and faced the prospect of losing her right arm. Tweet This Post

Fan On The Street: On Steve Nash Joining The Lakers

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North Carolina closer to joining the “fracking” boom

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – North Carolina moved closer to joining a number of states that have embraced shale gas exploration using hydrofracking, under legislation the state’s House of Representatives approved Thursday. The measure creates a regulatory framework to oversee drilling for shale gas and lifts the current ban on the use of horizontal drilling [...]

Philippines risks joining money-laundering blacklist

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines faces the risk of joining a global money-laundering blacklist after it failed to approve all required amendments to legislation on illegal movement of money, threatening its ability to attract foreign investment. Ending up on the Financial Action Task Force blacklist would also make it difficult for Filipinos abroad to send [...]

Area Man To Make Fun Of Dancing For A Bit Before Nervously Joining In

NEW YORK—Citing self-consciousness, an inability to let loose, and a knee-jerk tendency to rely on irony in personally vulnerable social situations, local wedding reception attendee Will Harris announced Saturday he would attempt to mock other peopl… Tweet This Post