New mobile app, with the church’s blessing, is designed to help Catholics confess. “Confession” offers password-protected profiles and advice on contrition. The app received the official blessing of a U.S. bishop — the first for an iPhone app
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Youngstown Campus Shooters Arrested and Charged
Two men have been arrested and charged for the† Youngtown State University campus shooting. Each man is charged with aggravated murder, shooting into a house and eleven counts of felonious assault. Suspects where involved in a dispute at the party, and came back later that …
AOL AGREES TO ACQUIRE HUFFINGTON POST
Arianna Huffington is slated to lead the newly firmed The Huffington Post Media Group, which will integrate Huffington Post with AOL Content. This media group will reach 117 million Americans and 270 million people around the world. The acquisition will solidify AOL’s strategy of creating …
Bush’s daughter supports gay marriage
A 20-second web video in support of gay marriage was released on Monday. It features former President George W. Bush’s daughter, Barbara Bush. According to CNN, the video shows Barbara saying, “I’m Barbara Bush and I’m a New Yorker for Marriage. New York is about …
GSE program receives major honor
The College of Wooster’s Global Social Entrepreneurship (Global SE) program has been cited for excellence by the Institute of International Excellence (IIE).† The Global SE program will receive the Andrew Heiskell Award for innovation in international education at the Sixth Annual Best Practices in Internationalization …
Woman attacks library drop-box
After a string of condiment attacks on its book drop, a Boise area library has now found its culprit. According to MSNBC, Joy Cassidy, 75, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of malicious injury to property.† There were 10 different assaults on the book drop …