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TODAY'S NEWS - July 5, 2002
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Hurry up and date - Washington Times
"Our society continues to get busier and busier," said HurryDate chief executive Ken Deckinger. "If you go out one night, you'll see a lot of people you're interested in, but chances are you won't speak to them."

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SIDE ORDERS - other news from today

Pledge battle all about dad? - World Net Daily
The 8-year-old at the center of last week's controversial court ruling – which held that "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional – is a Christian who voluntarily submits to the classroom recitation of the pledge, contrary to the claim made by her father, who filed the case saying the girl was "injured" by the practice.

College profs steeped in post-modernism - World Net Daily
Graduating college seniors say professors in the U.S. consistently teach a post-modern philosophy that there are no uniform standards of right and wrong, according to poll results released by the National Association of Scholars.

Missing-link fossil wasn't a fish -- it has a pelvis - San Francisco Chronicle
A fossil previously mistaken for the remains of an extinct fish turns out to hold the earliest known creature to have emerged from the Earth's waters and walk on land some 350 million years ago.

Environmental Activists Claim Wildfires Sparked by Global Warming - CNS News
Hundreds of thousands of acres of forests have gone up in smoke in America's western states, with developers blaming conservation policies they say produced thicker forests that are more vulnerable to fires and environmentalist activists blaming the phenomenon known as global warming.

LEFTOVERS - previous dialogues

Wednesday - July 3, 2002

Christian Mass Media Reach More Adults With the Christian Message Than Do Churches
Cruise Kids to Live 'Far and Away'

Tuesday - July 2, 2002

Cruise Kids to Live 'Far and Away'

Monday - July 1, 2002

Why men drag their feet down the aisle

Friday - June 28, 2002

What to take? Evacuees must choose from a lifetime of memories
The race to raise a brainier baby

Thursday - June 27, 2002

Flap After Court Rules Pledge of Allegiance Unconstitutional

Wednesday - June 26, 2002

Spanking May Make Kids Violent, Analysis Finds
Sign Threatens Potential Car Thieves

Tuesday - June 25, 2002

Democracy for Palestinians
For Some, Tag Joins Dodgeball as Playground Pariah
Leveled Playing Field?

Monday - June 24, 2002

Suicide over hair-do
FBI: Major Crime Up 2 Percent

Friday - June 21, 2002

School district bans piercing beyond ears
Nintendo puts out toys for big boys

Thursday - June 20, 2002

Larger passengers pay more on Southwest Air

Wednesday - June 19, 2002

Jumbo-Sized Junk Food
Lure of Millions Fuels 9/11 Families' Feuding

Tuesday - June 18, 2002

Atheists protest Ground Zero cross
Family sues church over new admissions policy