DALLAS - America's Roman Catholic bishops were backing away today from a sex abuse policy that would automatically oust molesters from the priesthood, focusing instead on stripping clergymen of their authority.

Amy Wingate's trademarks are firecrackers and fish. For 13 years, these motifs have been prominently featured on the Douglas Fourth of July T-shirts, a traditional part of local Independence Day celebrations.

...stayed on as designer. "It is the main fund-generator for the Fourth of July Committee," said Rich Poor, head of the committee. "She presents them to us and of course they're always great. It's never any problem getting them approved...

BERLIN (AP) - The sum of secret campaign funds involved in the scandal around Germany's Christian Democrats grew dramatically today, after a state party branch said it had diverted more than twice as much money than previously known to Swiss bank accounts.

...said Charlotte Richards, executive director of the Bartlett Regional Hospital Foundation. Her involvement as head of the committee is not as a foundation director but stems from her personal commitment, she said. The 1 percent to Three Committee...

BERLIN (AP) - The sum of secret campaign funds involved in the scandal around Germany's Christian Democrats grew dramatically today, after a state party branch said it had diverted more than twice as much money than previously known to Swiss bank accounts.

...said Charlotte Richards, executive director of the Bartlett Regional Hospital Foundation. Her involvement as head of the committee is not as a foundation director but stems from her personal commitment, she said. The 1 percent to Three Committee...

A state lawmaker said Thursday that the state should not be funding a national ID card.