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2006
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Listen to many critics of higher education, and you would think that faith had been long ago banished from the quad — or at least all those quads not at places like Notre Dame or Liberty or Yeshiva
Oct
13
2006
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Shirley Pehlps-Roper on Fox News
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Media-savvy teens less likely to smoke PITTSBURGH, Oct. 9 (UPI) — Teens who are savvier about the motives and methods of advertisers may be less inclined to smoke cigarettes, finds a U.S. study.
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NEW YORK — To hype the fall TV season, CBS plastered pictures of its shows’ stars on postage stamps and across the insides of elevator doors. It laser-coated its eye logo on more than 35 million eggs, and carved the name of a new program, Jericho, into
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ONLINE GAMING IS OFTEN PERCEIVED as a predominantly male pastime, but the vast majority of active online gamers in the United States are women, according to a study released Thursday by Nielsen Entertainment.
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For some, it would be unthinkable – certain social suicide. But Gabe Henderson is finding freedom in a recent decision: He canceled his MySpace account.
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Undaunted by the fact that most 18- to 34-year-old male consumers TiVo through commercials and click off intrusive online ads, corporations are plowing ahead with novel interactive strategies to bring their advertising messages to gamers.
Oct
12
2006
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Like it or not, most teenagers today are having sex. Now there is a controversial new campaign giving adolescents sex advice via text message.
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Diddy will soon be adding some sizzle to Burger King’s marketing efforts. Hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has agreed to join Burger King Corp.’s promotional efforts as the world’s No. 2 hamburger chain reaches out into the entertainment, fashion and musi
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In a recent clip posted on YouTube, Diddy makes a trip to Burger King, proclaiming himself “the king of music and fashion” while he orders a Whopper “my way,” complete with onions, cheese, ketchup, mayonnaise, and salt and pepper.
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National retailers that control the lucrative DVD market are pressuring Hollywood studios to give them the same favorable deals being offered to Web-based download services such as Apple Computer Inc.’s (AAPL) iTunes.
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According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 3,620 drivers in this group died in car crashes in 2004, accounting for 14 percent of all the drivers involved in fatal crashes and 18 percent of all the drivers involved in police-reported crashes.
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Many Christians agree that sex is off the table in a dating relationship (and for the purposes of this post I won’t go into the different types of sex). But what about lesser forms of physical intimacy like light kissing, hugging or holding hands? Are the
Oct
11
2006
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Despite their packed megachurches, their political clout and their increasing visibility on the national stage, evangelical Christian leaders are warning one another that their teenagers are abandoning the faith in droves.
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Nearly half of teenagers who die prematurely and in a tragic way in the U.S. do so as a result of vehicle crashes. Half of those, sadly, die while riding as passengers with other teen drivers.
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