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ORANGE, Va. – Actor Robert Duval, filmmaker Ken Burns and some of the nation’s most esteemed historians have defended a Civil War battlefield against Wal-Mart’s plans to build a Supercenter near its boundaries. Now, however, star power is giving way to people with less recognizable names: Lee Frame, Teri L. …

GENEVA – Police with water cannon fired tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday to separate violent demonstrators from a protest opposing a meeting of top world trade officials, but the hooded “black bloc” activists were able to cause damage before 14 were arrested, spokesmen said. The protesters set fire to …

The Associated Press reports the following: “A bitter dispute over abortion that prompted Rhode Island’s Roman Catholic bishop to ask Rep. Patrick Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion has revealed the depth of the divide among Catholics over how politicians should reconcile their faith with their public duties. Bishop Thomas …