Very funny! I am glad it had a happy ending.
For story and video see: http://www.examiner.com/x-2812-Road–Driver-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Video-7yearold-steals-car-to-skip-church
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Abdul Sattar Edhi has personally washed tens of thousands of corpses that he has rescued from gutters, beneath bridges and from the sea. The 82-year-old Pakistani has devoted his life to the destitute of Karachi, burying the city’s forgotten and giving fresh life to its abandoned newborns. His pioneering social work has drawn comparisons to [...]
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The trial of a Sudanese woman charged with wearing “indecent” clothing has been adjourned, but will continue after she decided to waive her immunity.
A Khartoum judge told Lubna Ahmed Hussein she could have immunity because she works for the UN.
But Ms Hussein, who claims she was arrested for wearing trousers, said she wanted [...]
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Join me in celebrating a day of not being sure about anything. But don’t expect the Certain to thank you for it
John Higgs
guardian.co.uk (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/jul/23/maybe-day-anton-wilson)
Thursday 23 July 2009 12.00 BST
Today is Maybe Day, a day inspired by the late writer Robert Anton Wilson. It was his hope that on this day people of all creeds and [...]
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By Jason Hanna
CNN
(CNN) — A fight over books depicting sex and homosexuality has riled up a small Wisconsin city, cost some library board members their positions and prompted a call for a public book burning.
The battle has stirred much of West Bend, a city of roughly 30,000 people about 35 miles north of Milwaukee. Residents [...]
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Published Tuesday, Jul. 14, 2009
NEVADA CITY – At Camp Quest, campers may not believe in God, but they do have faith in their community.
On Sunday evening, 49 children from across the western United States arrived at the camp nestled in the hills outside Nevada City. It is one of five summer camps in the country [...]
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No religion, gender or ethnicity disqualifies a person from becoming a Supreme Court justice, but how should a particular judge’s life experiences — including faith, gender or ethnicity — inform his or her judicial rulings?
As a theoretical mathematician, I think I can legitimately say that my life experiences have not informed my mathematical findings. In [...]
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The Humanist Community is co-sponsoring a talk this Thursday, July 16, by William J. Perry, former Secretary of Defense under Bill Clinton on “Reducing the Dangers of Nuclear Weapons.”
The talk is at 7:30 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, 505 East Charleston.
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Source: International Humanist and Ethical Union (http://www.iheu.org/trackback/3668)
7 July, 2009
The Council of Australian Humanists (CAHS) has joined a growing volume of voices calling for the establishment of a Charities Commission in Australia. CAHS said it is incomprehensible Australia does not have a Charities Commission to oversight the huge charity sector in Australia when (1) the Charities [...]
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