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> So, you want to buy a house in the country? > Some Lebanon County [Pennsylvania] officials want to warn you that it might stink. > To drive the point home, they are developing a brochure that features scratch 'n sniff manure. > "Farming sometimes means late hours,

An obesity researcher at Mayo Clinic is coming up with ways to burn calories while we work. Link [http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20050607%2F1324151967.htm&ewp=ewp_news_0605future_office] . Excerpts: > Sitting at their desks is about the last thing

> A little over 88 percent of Saudi women interviewed in a survey rejected the idea of women driving in the Kingdom. > They said driving was not a priority for them; this echoed the view expressed earlier by Interior Minister Prince Naif. > The London-based Center for Women'

Maybe we can have it all: > Exercise is the latest target of the nation's candy makers. > At this week's candy trade show in Chicago, the new products include caffeine-rich, vitamin-fortified gum for energy and vitamin-laced jelly beans. > Another company has come up with

> Two individuals from Hampton Roads, employees of the Norfolk-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, were arrested Wednesday night in Ahoskie, N.C., on animal cruelty charges. Link [http://www.wavy.com/global/story.asp?s=3482974&ClientType=Printable].

An MIT economist studied the effects of religion on financial well-being, according to U.S. News & World Report. What did he find? > First, he finds that religious participation is highest in those places where there is a high density of people sharing the same religious preferences; and second,

> Four North Texas high school varsity cheerleaders put human feces on a pizza during a cheerleading camp and then returned the pizza to a rival high school squad, claiming the rivals had done the disgusting deed, school district officials confirmed this week. . . > Such behavior, once unthinkable, is increasing,

When it comes to abortion clinics, we admit: we're suckers for wild stories. To us, anyone capable of killing scores of babies every day is capable of anything. Even so, this story is (almost) too bizarre to be believed. Link [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_

> The military has confirmed that a male sergeant and male warrant officer were married last month in a ceremony at a military base in Nova Scotia. > It was the first time the military has presided over a same-sex marriage, now legal in almost all of Canada after a

Great piece at Lew Rockwell this morning about the dearth of male college students. Fact: There are far more girls attending college than boys. Part of the problem: Many feminists either refuse to acknowledge the disparity or think it's a good thing. Explanations for the disparity: See below.