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> African-American children whose mothers drank light to moderate amounts of alcohol during pregnancy had lower IQ scores at age 10 than those born to abstainers, a new study has found. > It also showed that similar drinking habits in Caucasian mothers did not lead to IQ reductions in their

GKC's Lepanto, available on line [http://www.dur.ac.uk/martin.ward/gkc/books/lepanto.html]. Possibly my best on-line find of the month. Thanks, Chesterton and Friends [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2006/05/true-romance.html].

I'll be out of town this morning, so blogging will be light. You're probably all too hungover from American Idol fever to read much anyway.

> A Hindu woman has said she is Jesus Christ and claims to have the “stigmata of Jesus” on her palms, feet and stomach, as well as the power to heal the sick [http://www.siliconindia.com/shownewsdata.asp?newsno=31964&newscat=Top]. The best stories are often the

> The Colorado horse and dog racing industry is hoping to lure more families to the tracks the summer, facing an aging population of fans and competition from both mountain casinos and online gambling [http://cbs4denver.com/local/local_story_143151345.html]. I like racetracks, and I feel bad that

American Idol, final night 2006. Two-hour extravaganza. I gathered with my children and started speculating: Taylor or Katherine? The program started with a few songs and some utter junk (e.g., a scene of Kelly Pickler eating calamari). I asked, "It only takes 5 seconds to announce the winner,

> High school students are going to be held accountable for what they post on blogs and on social-networking Web sites such as MySpace.com [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060523/ap_on_re_us/monitoring_myspace;_ylt=Agwl1teWdX7ngacQYmK7EdsjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--] . I gotta get over to that site and

For readers clicking over from Catholic Exchange, you may have missed last week's announcement: Chesterton and Friends [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/] is now an everyday, Monday through Friday, blog. With a handful of contributors, it's the only full-time Chesterton blog on the web (at least that

I don't know whether to spit on this guy or bow before him [http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/05/23/D8HPG6OG1.html]: > Lithuanian police were so astonished when they pulled over a truck driver and his breathalyzer test registered 18 times the legal alcohol limit, they