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A collection of 204 issues

Not Bad for a Hollywoodite

> Kate Hudson has interesting ideas about marriage. On TV's ''Access Hollywood," the actress said, ''I don't believe [monogamy] is realistic. But I believe that we, as people, have the power to make it happen." She added: ''I

Lactating Frenzy Continues

> A US firm is looking to commercialise breast milk by selling it to hospitals for the treatment of sick babies. > Prolacta Bioscience, a small company just outside Los Angeles, also wants to carry out research to develop breast milk-based therapies. > Breast milk, with its minerals, digestive

We Knew Drinking Alone Was a Problem . . .

. . . but so is eating alone, at least for children: > [F]ewer than one-third of all children sit down to eat dinner with both parents on any given night. ... The decline in the family dinner has been blamed for the rise in obesity, drug abuse, behavioral problems, promiscuity, poor

The Married State

> Both the U.S. marriage and divorce rates are dropping while the number of unwed couples living together is rising, according to an annual study of marriage released Monday. > The numbers show a gradual trend in the United States toward the lifestyles in Scandinavia, particularly Sweden, where unmarried

Is Your Husband a Lech?

Russell Moore at Mere Comments weighs in on a popular new American book. Link [http://merecomments.typepad.com/merecomments/2005/07/romance_adulter.html]. Excerpt: > It's ten o'clock, do you know where your husband is? Apparently many Americans are asking this question, judging by the

Are Japanese and Koren Women Good Looking?

> China will have more than 23 million men unable to find wives by 2020 because so many more boys are being born than girls, according to a study. > The widespread practice of aborting female foetuses is being blamed for creating a generation of bachelors who will pose increasing

New Meaning to "Johnson & Johnson"

It appears the Johnson Fellas (a/k/a Johnson & Johnson) continue their corporate promotion of homosexuality. Link [http://www.onemillionmoms.com/IssueDetail.asp?id=233]. Excerpt: > Johnson & Johnson has placed an ad for its Tylenol PM product in the July 19 issue of The Advocate, the nation&

Well, That's Good News

We hate spam and we hate porn. Any knife (needle) in their sides is good. We knew such operations were in place, but we didn't think very many people got caught or punished: > Federal regulators accused seven companies Wednesday of hiring others to send illegal e-mails

The Cat Hoarders

We're assuming everyone has been reading the spate of cat-hoarding stories this year. An old lady lives with 450 cats, 220 of them dead; another old lady lives with 300 cats, many dead or mangled. Etc. Early studies have come up with a profile of these ladies:

Lactating Lawsuit

Mrs. Scheske breast-feeds the Scheske babies. The cost savings have bought Eric hundreds of cases of beer. But there's something unsavory about the militant mammary movement: > A Great Lakes Naval Base mother is crying foul after an employee at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor allegedly asked her