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Twittering in Church, With the Pastor's Encouragement

By BONNIE ROCHMAN

Instead of reminding worshippers to silence their cell phones, a small but growing number of churches around the country are encouraging people to integrate text-messaging into their relationship with God

In Texas, Parents Worry Over Swine Flu, Fight Cabin Fever

By HILARY HYLTON / AUSTIN

So far the number of suspected and diagnosed cases of H1NI in Fort Worth hovers in the teens, but with schools closed until at least May 11, parents must now battle a different disease: cabin fever

Underground Threat: Tunnels Pose Trouble from Mexico to Middle East

By KEN STIER

As above ground border defenses and patrols get tougher, that subterranean vulnerability is becoming a growing problem

Why India's Teachers Do Not Spare the Rod

By NILANJANA BHOWMICK / NEW DELHI

The death of an 11-year old girl re-opens the controversy over corporal punishment in India's immense and unmanageable school system

The McConaughey Mystery: King of Hunks

By RICHARD CORLISS

It doesn't matter if the new Matthew McConaughey film is dreck, as long as his trademark abs get their screen time

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By Amy Sullivan

Forget the Vatican. Apparently, most American Catholics need to get on-message as well.

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"I look on it as a recognition of the great woman poets we have writing now. I've decided to accept it for that reason."
CAROL ANN DUFFY,
after being named Britain's new Poet Laureate, the first woman to be appointed in the 341-year history of the post
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An Anxious London Flocks to Psychics

By Catherine Mayer

The U.K. capital's anxious professionals are flocking to psychics and astrologers. As recession bites, a boom in the occult is on the cards

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