VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Christmas Midnight Mass in the splendor of St. Peter’s Basilica early today with an appeal for abused children around the world, including child soldiers, beggars and others deprived of sustenance and love.

Reservists weigh new rules of duty
WASHINGTON - Sgt. Vic Blazier and his wife, Capt. Carla Blazier, were sent to war in 2003, leaving an infant and a toddler with a grandfather who died while the couple served in Iraq.

An early Christmas gift: Power restored to county
It looks like it’s going to be a bright Christmas for all the people in Thurston County who lost power in last week’s windstorm.

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