TEMPE, Ariz., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced today that, in response to the initiatives launched through the partnership of the O'Connor House with the Avon Program for Women and Justice, the Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law will house the new Diane Halle Center for Family Justice.

PHOENIX, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- John Graham and Wick Pilcher, Co-Chairs of the Rio Salado Foundation's Capital Campaign Committee for the O'Connor House Project, announced today that the O'Connor House Project has been awarded a $40,000 grant from US Airways Community Foundation.

WASHINGTON _ They spoke of heartache and loss, of confusion and pain, of parents struck down by Alzheimer's disease. Seven U.S. senators gave a rare glimpse into personal tragedies Wednesday at congressional hearings on the need for a national strategy to deal with this mind-robbing illness.

By Shannon Montgomery, THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - Janelle Vermillion owns a house in the tiny northern Alberta community of Fort Chipewyan. Her family, including her brother, still lives there. She considers it home. But the 27-year-old woman says she will never again feel safe living there.

By John O'Connor and Carolyn Click, The State, Columbia, S.C. Dec. 7--Some South Carolina evangelicals said former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney proved to them they stand on common political ground despite their theological differences with his Mormon faith.