The diocese, which covers Westmoreland, Armstrong, Indiana and Fayette counties, will have a number of parishes sharing a priest.

Dmitriy Guzner, 18, Verona, N.J., admitted that he is a member of the Anonymous, an underground, anti-Scientology group, which led protests against the church across the country.

The news on his funds was announced on Sunday, breaking the record his campaign set in the month of August with $66 million in donations.

A drop in crude oil prices is being credited for the double-digit percentage drop in prices over the last week alone in the state, with the average price per gallon registering at $2.89.

Union leaders of various organizations began their rally at 9 a.m. at Michigan and Trumbull and made their way a few blocks to the McNamara building for a gathering in support of unions and presidential candidate Barack Obama.

The bond, called proposition 2 on the November 4 ballot, would approve $33 million going into the Hogle Zoo's coffers to pay for expansion, including a multianimal habitat and an animal care center.

Reagan, 87, was rushed to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Tuesday after a fall at her home in Bel Air, California. She returned home Saturday and is expected to fully recover soon.

Psychologists are reporting an uptick in business as stress rises due to the faltering economy.

Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell (D), at left, signed a bill Friday that doubles to 20 years the mandatory sentence for anyone convicted of shooting a firearm at a police officer. It also increased the statute of limitations for crimes

PARIS (AFP) - The chairman and two other top executives of French mutual bank, Caisse d'Epargne, quit Sunday over an 800 million dollar derivative trading loss at the height of the global finance crisis.

AMSTERDAM (AFP) - The Dutch government announced Sunday that it would inject 10 billion euros (13.4 billion dollars) into ING, one of the world's 20 biggest banks, in the latest rescue global finance crisis rescue.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA on Sunday launched a probe into orbit high above earth to study the distant edge of the solar system where hot solar winds crash into the cold outer space.

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's top leaders met late Sunday to review a controversial security pact with the US that will determine American troop deployments beyond this year, a parliamentary official told AFP.

PARIS (AFP) - Nations around the world took new emergency steps Sunday to shore up the international banking system and restore investor confidence, as a yawning finance crisis continued to roil global markets.

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (AFP) - Barack Obama profited Sunday from the coveted backing of former secretary of state Colin Powell and a jaw-dropping cash haul entering into the final fortnight of the epic White House race.

The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said either candidate, both of them senators, is qualified to be commander in chief. But he said Mr. Obama is better suited to handle the nation's economic problems as well as

The campaign released the figure on Sunday, one day before it must file a detailed report of its monthly finances with the Federal Election Commission.

The diplomat says the men were kidnapped Saturday and their vehicle was also taken. The kidnapping was discovered because several oil workers escaped and told authorities about it.

A Taliban spokesman took responsibility for the attack but claimed to have killed 27 Afghan army soldiers. Afghan officials said no soldiers were aboard and all the victims were civilians.

Mr. Barak said it may be time to pursue an overall peace deal for the region since individual negotiations with Syria and the Palestinians have made little progress.