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• Churchgoers honor 29 dead miners — and profession (AP)
• In coalfields, days of prayer end in sorrow (AP)
• Pope's ivory tower past adds to his detachment (AP)
• Pope offers condolences to Poland, dodges scandal (AP)

Churchgoers honor 29 dead miners — and profession (AP) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 03:21 PM PDT AP - A pair of tall black boots and a lunch pail sat near the altar Sunday at the New Life Assembly church — a memorial to the 29 men killed in the worst U.S. mining disaster since 1970 and a thank-you to those who make their living inside the mountains.

In coalfields, days of prayer end in sorrow (AP) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 02:01 PM PDT AP - Gary Jarrell was shooting the breeze with customers at his general store when an ambulance went hurtling north down Coal River Road.

Pope's ivory tower past adds to his detachment (AP) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 10:41 AM PDT AP - Long before entering Vatican life, Pope Benedict XVI won renown as a theologian and a German university professor, penning more than 40 books and winning a devoted following of students who respected his prodigious memory and brilliant mind.

Pope offers condolences to Poland, dodges scandal (AP) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 05:48 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI offered condolences to Poland on Sunday following a plane crash that killed the country's president and other senior officials, saying he was praying for the victims and the "beloved" Polish nation.

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