Senior Pictures Becoming Big Business
- Statesman
"Our average sale for a senior is $1,200 to $1,500, but some parents have spent up to $5,000," Meyer said.

Study Claims Moms Mimic Daughters in Fashion
- CNN
"We live in a society that one of the main values is to look younger," Ruvio said. "Most of these women have kids, work and they don't have time to monitor the market and see what is cool and hip, so they basically take a shortcut. Through their teenage daughters, they know they're safe."

New York: Sex Ed Becomes Mandatory
- Fox News
It’s the first time in nearly two decades that middle and high school students will be forced to take the mandatory classes, according to a report first published in The New York Times.

A nation in mourning for Navy SEAL Team 6
- Washington Examiner
As the nation mourns its loss, just as it has the losses of 10 years of a war it did not choose and which it cannot avoid, the greatest thing that civilians can do is remember that their lives and the lives of their children and grandchildren are what they are because of warriors flying through mountain passes half a world away

10 Hidden Benefits of Having Children
- Fox News
Come along as we explore the top 10 hidden benefits of having children. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/08/05/10-hidden-benefits-having-children/#ixzz1USLudd6r

“Heroes” Sue Rescued Woman
- AP
Two Ohio men honored as heroes for their actions after a 2009 car crash are now suing the woman they rescued from a burning vehicle.

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June 18, 2010

Woman Follows Google Maps “Walking” Directions, Gets Hit, Sues
- Search Engine Land

How does a leisurely stroll down Deer Valley Drive sound? Nice? Wait...it gets better. Deer Valley Drive is in Park City, Utah. Sound even better? One more thing: Deer Valley Drive is also known as “State Route 224.”

Well you might be thinking twice about taking that stroll now, but Lauren Rosenberg didn't. Lauren plotted her course across Park City using Google Maps on her Blackberry. Included in the stroll was a half mile jaunt on the highway. When she got to that part of the course, she followed Google's instructions down the highway, which had no sidewalk or any other walking path and was subsequently hit by a car.

• Do you think that a $100,000 lawsuit against Google is fair, considering the fact that the map led Ms. Rosenberg into harm's way?
  
  
• Google's walking maps are new, and contain warnings about some routes not containing proper walking paths, but this warning doesn't appear on Blackberry renderings of Google Maps. Should Google have been responsible to warn its users more prominently?
  
  
• What percentages of blame would you give each to Ms. Rosenberg, Google and the vehicle driver for this accident
  
  
• If you're going somewhere you've never been, what do you rely on for directions to get there? Are you more of a “follow-the-map” type, or “turn-by-turn” directions type?
  
  
• If your directions instructed you do talk down Deer Valley Drive, do you think you would have done it?
  
  
• Have you ever been led astray with bad instructions, or been given bad directions?

We don't want a faulty guide, but we also don't want to go without a guide at all. Ms. Rosenberg needed a map to find where she was going. Google Maps failed her, but a proper map, or the sense to alter her route, would have led her to her destination safely. Good advice from trustworthy sources is also important in life. “The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.”(Proverbs 12:15-28)

• Who do you turn to first for advice in life?
  
  
• Can you think of an example of really good or really bad advice you've gotten in the past?

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path” says Psalm 119:105. Ultimately, we have God's word as the ultimate test for truth and dependability.

• How can we use the advice of those we trust and the dependability of God's word together, to give us direction in life?

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Where's the sportsmanship? Girl disqualified for wearing bracelet

Tuesday - May 11, 2010
Fans would give up food, jobs for World Cup glory?

Tuesday - May 4, 2010
Billionaire fulfills ‘pact with God’

Thursday - April 1, 2010
Most Americans Consider Easter a Religious Holiday, But Fewer Correctly Identify its Meaning

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