By The Associated Press CHICAGO - A 19-foot cedar cross commemorating the Crucifixion was set up in the city's downtown for Easter, just months after city officials said they didn't want to offend non-Christians at a holiday fair held in the same location.

By Marc Parry, Albany Times Union, N.Y. Mar. 14--ALBANY -- Embryonic stem-cell research is bad -- very bad. Tax deductions for families that pay private or parochial school tuition are good -- very good.

NEW YORK, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Greg Valvo of New York SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. He can be reached at 718-795-6263. It's sad to see New York's top Catholic official lashing out at his employees and criticizing their motives.