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Eric Scheske

Potential Characters . . .

. . . in a re-telling of C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce? > A 43-year-old man was cited Tuesday for painting a sign that reads "Die you miserable bitch" on a house he owns, Pasco County sheriff's deputies said. > A neighbor dying of

Call It "Chernobyl World"

> Chernobyl's ecosystems seem to be bouncing back, 19 years after the region was blasted with radiation from the ill-fated reactor. Researchers who have surveyed the land around the old nuclear power plant in present-day Ukraine say that biodiversity is actually higher than before the disaster.

Get 'Em a Massachusetts Marriage License

> Boston's beloved pair of swans -- feted by city leaders, residents, and tourists alike as one of the Hub's most celebrated summer attractions -- are a same-sex couple. Yes, scientific tests have shown that the pair, named Romeo and Juliet, are really Juliet and Juliet. Link

More Clark II

A reader sends this along: > I am a reader and fan. Thought you should read(below) a blog entry from yesterday on Rocco Palmo's blog, whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com [http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/] from yesterday about EWTN changing their stance on Clarke... > The Other Shoe Drops >

NCAA Supports Fictional People

The NCAA is making the University of Illinois change their nickname from the "Fighting Illini," even though there isn't and never has been a tribe named "Illini." Head-shaking stuff. Link [http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/columnists.nsf/billmcclellan/story/49C64A1BA1ADE32986256EE90038B6B0?OpenDocument] . The

Best Feel-Good Story of the Week

> Three Boulder County children split more than $98,000 after finding the cash in a field last February and turning it in. > Sheriff's deputies examine at least $80,000 in deteriorated bills found by children in Boulder County. > The children were walking through a field

Thank You, Dr. Obvious

It's encouraging to see a European secularist acknowledge Europe's birth problem. Unfortunately, we suspect he's sparring for the socialist vision: Using the State to make it possible for women to work and raise families. In other words: establishing numerous, cheap, state-run daycare facilities.

Beautiful Woman Will Save the World, Issue 945,021

> Dukes of Hazzard star Jessica Simpson says she wants to do missionary work in a bid to save the world. > The actress also wants to visit Third World countries with hubby Nick Lachey and adopt children from that region. > "We'd still like to do

More Clark

We hope EWTN knows what it's doing. > An Alabama-based worldwide Catholic television network has no plans to drop a program hosted by a New York priest who has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a married woman. > Monsignor Eugene V. Clark, the pastor

NARAL Backs Down

> Under pressure to withdraw an advertisement that describes Judge John G. Roberts Jr. as "one whose ideology leads him to excuse violence against other Americans," an abortion rights advocacy group announced Thursday night that it would replace the advertisement, which had drawn widespread criticism as being false