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America's Catholic bishops began a week-long conference in Colorado to discuss, among other issues, whether to withhold Communion based on parishioners' political beliefs. Following a look at how the debate developed in the Diocese of Colorado Springs, correspondent Jeffrey Brown…

As we bid farewell to 2014, there's plenty of pop culture we won't miss in the New Year. But these new slang terms in the Oxford Dictionaries Online reflect language that's here to stay, for better or for worse.

Dec 31

For Obama library, a contest of haves vs. have-nots

President Barack Obama has preached economic opportunity and equal access to education as cornerstones of the legacy he wants to leave behind. But in the contest to host his presidential library, two public universities that serve needy communities fear the…