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By Lindsay Liepman
Drivers on Colonial Blvd. in Fort Myers are taking notice. It’s an ad for porn and pancakes, that First Assembly Ministries put up because they say porn is destroying families and people’s lives.
“Porn and pancakes…they don’t go together,” Fort Myers Resident Curtis Douglas.
“That’s really weird,” said Jennifer Badilla of Cape Coral.
WCVB TV/DT
Boston
Nearly Half Of Youths See At Least 1 Parent As Hero
WASHINGTON — A new poll suggests young Americans are putting their parents at the top of the list of their heroes.
According to The Associated Press and MTV, 29 percent of those surveyed about who they most admire choose their mothers, 21 percent name their fathers and 16 percent pick their parents without specifying which one. Allowed to choose as many heroes as they’d like, nearly half mention at least one of their folks.
Rocky Mountain News
By David Montero
Her friend had flown up from Houston to Torres’ home in Washington state and they were going to see the Seattle Mariners game that night. Torres had one shoe on and was holding the other.
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“I was looking down, expecting to see this young boy. When I opened the door, I was still looking down and I saw four knees in green pants,” Torres said. “And it’s like you know immediately something is wrong.
The Commercial Appeal
By Jill Zeman
Associated Pres
LITTLE ROCK — It’s a girl — again — for the Duggars.
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar welcomed their 17th child, and seventh daughter, into the world Thursday.
Jennifer Danielle was born at 10:01 a.m. at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Rogers, Ark., the Duggars said in an interview. Jennifer weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and arrived five days after Michelle’s due date.
Less than 30 minutes after giving birth, the Duggars already were talking of having more.
Editor & Publisher
By Greg Mitchell
NEW YORK -One of the least covered aspects of the fallout from the Iraq war is the rising toll of suicides, both near the battlefield and back home.
Latest official figures released by the Pentagon reveal at least 116 self-inflicted fatalities in Iraq. But this does not include several dozen still under investigation, nor any of the many cases back in the U.S.
San Gabriel Vally Tribune
By Frank C. Girardot
The grenade was discovered at about 10:30 a.m. Friday at Athens Service’s Materials Recycling Facility in the 14000 block of Valley Boulevard.
“An employee spotted the device, we shut the plant down and employees were evacuated,” said Chris Carlos, the company’s director of governmental affairs.
The Boston Globe
Associated Press
MERRIMACK, N.H. –Town leaders are asking residents to pay their tolls one penny at a time.
Officials want residents to pay tolls on the F.E. Everett Turnpike in pennies one day next month to protest the failure of a toll-relief plan.
The Town Council voted unanimously this week for a “Toll Revolt Day” on Aug. 27.
International Herald Tribune
Americas
The Associated Press
Jonathan Aponte, 20, claimed he had been robbed and shot but changed his story when police questioned him, authorities said. Aponte, who was facing another eight-month tour, had been scheduled to leave last Monday.
The Houston Chronicle
A 4-year-old boy died in a trampoline accident in northwest Harris County tonight, authorities said.
Pope: Other Christians Not True Churches
By NICOLE WINFIELD
Associated Press Writer
From: Chicago Tribune
LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy — Pope Benedict XVI reasserted the primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says other Christian communities are either defective or not true churches and Catholicism provides the only true path to salvation.
I’m going on vacation. No updates until Sunday, July 8, 2007.
The Boston Globe
Associated Press
Anthony Boisvert, 20, of Colchester, died in the blast Tuesday afternoon while he worked in a service bay at Demag Construction.