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It's Indy Day, so we thought we'd pass along this humorous piece of male whining: > Robby Gordon accused Danica Patrick of having an unfair advantage in the Indianapolis 500 and said Saturday he will not compete in the race again unless the field is equalized.

According to the BBC, a diocese in England has decided to use beer mats and posters as part of a campaign to recruit more priests: "The Church is launching a recruitment campaign that will use beermats in pubs and posters on the London Underground to promote the priesthood."

We didn't know we had that many missionaries in Detroit: > From 1990 to 2000, 573 Catholic missionaries suffered a violent death. Fifteen died violently in 2004, and 35 in 2003. Touchstone, June 2005, p. 53.

More on our culture's pet-for-children substitution: > Half of pet owners surveyed said they would "very likely" risk their own lives for their pets, and another third said they were "somewhat likely" to do so. Almost three quarters of married pet owners reported that,

It's one of the more disturbing stories we've seen in awhile. We'd heard of surrogate mothers, and we'd heard of gay guys using surrogate mothers to misappropriate a child of their own. We didn't know the gay surrogate route was

"From 10,000 to 15,000 Americans live in 'persistent vegetative states,' while another 100,000 live in what is called 'minimal consciousness.'" Touchstone, June 2005, p. 50.

> Hundreds of Arlington Heights, Ill., residents protested a school board decision accepting the resignations of four teachers who drank during a field trip. > The teachers apparently had a 15-year tradition of taking turns being "on duty" while others went to a local bar during the annual

Memorial Day Weekend 2005. Weekends like this keep Eric Scheske awake at night with excitement. What does he have planned? Nothing. Absolutely flippin' nothing, except reading, writing, playing with his children and, if he's feeling motivated, drinking wine. To make it even better, two new books that

Part of our continuing coverage: > Michelle Sikes, 34, the former CHS interpreter, entered a plea of guilty on Monday of last week in Van Buren County Circuit Court to 11 counts of first-degree sexual assault in allegations that she had sex with a 15-year-old male student. Link [http://www.

We're against the consumerism of Western culture, but this guy needs to be taken out and maimed: > It is a sight to make the average toddler weep with horror: a billboard not only stating categorically that Santa Clause does not exist, but also condemning him as a