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God's Story http://3story.org/stories God's Story is a place to abide with God each day and meditate on breaking stories and how God's story teaches me to live my story. godsstory 2010-09-08T06:37:43Z Bringing Down Biting http://3story.org/stories/post/2010/09/08/bringing-down-biting Man bites police over pet peeve <a id="res_1129" href="http://3story.org/stories/gallery/1/police.jpg"><img src="http://3story.org/stories/gallery/1/previews/police.jpg" border="0" /></a>  (Reuters) - Police arrested an 82-year-old man after he bit and kicked officers who had arrived to mediate in a dispute with a neighbor over a domestic pet. The officers arrived at his house in the central Dutch village of Nijkerk to talk to the neighbor when the man was leaving on his bicycle, police said. Asked to identify himself, the man got off his bike and started to kick and bite the officers, police said Thursday. The man was taken to the police station and was released after questioning. General 2010-09-08T01:00:37Z dbwriter2 Dark Fiction and Brain Change http://3story.org/stories/post/2010/09/07/changed-by-dark-fiction <a id="res_1128" href="http://3story.org/stories/gallery/1/twilight-book-dock.jpg"><img src="http://3story.org/stories/gallery/1/previews-med/twilight-book-dock.jpg" border="0" alt="Twilight by Stephanie Meyer" /></a> A group of scientists, authors and education experts are meeting this weekend to discuss how "Twilight" and other dark fiction affect the teenage brain. The organizer of the conference, Maria Nicolajeva, asserts that the trend of darkness in children and young adult fiction represent concerns in the adult world, and she noted that authors, filmmakers and game developers have a moral obligation to have their work contain some positivity. Nicolajeva says that because the brain experiences significant growth during adolescence, "everything leaves deep imprints" and emotional experiences, be them real or fictional, are all "real and close." Read the entire story at <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/literature/experts-probe-how-twilight-and.html">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/literature/experts-probe-how-twilight-and.html</a>. General 2010-09-07T07:09:48Z dbwriter2 Living Giving Hugs http://3story.org/stories/post/2010/09/06/living-giving-hugs Mom’s hug revives baby that was pronounced dead <img src="http://3story.org/stories/gallery/1/momhug.jpeg" /> Modern medicine often works wonders, but an Australian mom now knows firsthand the true miracle that can come from a mother’s touch. Kate Ogg was told her newborn son Jamie had died after efforts to resuscitate the premature infant had failed shortly after his birth. But when Kate was given the chance to say goodbye to the apparently lifeless baby, she and her husband, David, found they were instead saying hello to the newest member of their family. Full story and image can be found at: <a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38988444">http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38988444</a> General 2010-09-06T06:12:48Z dbwriter5 Million Dollar Hair?! http://3story.org/stories/post/2010/09/03/million-dollar-hair Troy Polamalu's long locks insured for $1 million <img src="http://3story.org/stories/gallery/1/1126-Troy-Polamalu.jpg" /> You'd think that an All-Pro safety who missed 11 games in 2009 due to a knee injury would be most concerned about other body parts, but Pittsburgh Steelers superstar Troy Polamalu also has endorsements to consider. One of his endorsements is with the Head & Shoulders company, which makes sense when you consider Polamalu's famed three-foot-long hair. It's a tribute to his Samoan heritage, and it's not something he plans to cut anytime soon. Once in a great while, a Steelers opponent will try to use Polamalu's hair against him in a game (as Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson did in 2006 as Polamalu returned an interception), and it's quite possible that the concern over such matters was the catalyst needed by Head & Shoulders to insure Polamalu's hair with Lloyd's of London for $1 million, which was reported by the Associated Press. Then again, it could be a publicity stunt. Lloyd's is famous for unusual policies that can be turned into media gold; the company has insured Tina Turner's legs, Keith Richards' fingers, the legs of noted Riverdance ponce Michael Flatley, the bodies of several professional wrestlers (including Ric Flair -- Woo!), Jimmy Durante's nose, and Celine Dion's vocal cords (they're also talking with Virgin Galactic about insuring space travel, if that ever gets off the ground). Polamalu's hair isn't going anywhere, but it's a nice press haul for company and endorsee. And if you want to ask Polamalu why his hair is insured ... well, just don't ask with your eyes. He can pick that up pretty well. (Story and Photo courtesy of http://sports.yahoo.com) General 2010-09-03T00:01:25Z dbwriter5 Unity Amongst Dispair http://3story.org/stories/post/2010/09/02/unity-amongst-dispair <img src="http://3story.org/stories/gallery/1/BIDE%20-%20Chili.jpg" />Chile finds sense of unity in drama of trapped men (Story excerpt & photo courtesy of AP) SAN JOSE MINE, Chile - Just six months ago, one of the largest earthquakes in a century tore Chile apart, physically ripping the ground, triggering a deadly tsunami and leaving in the wreckage a divided society and a government trying to decide whom to blame. Now, with Chile confronting a new disaster - 33 men trapped in a mine below the Atacama Desert since Aug. 5 - the nation is unified by the drama playing out in slow motion. Sitting alone on a hill above the mine where his brother, Juan, is buried alive, Oscar Illanes, 51, quietly fidgets with pebbles and contemplates how his personal disaster has also become that of his countrymen. "This accident has crossed all borders. Everyone in Chile, rich or poor, a mining family or not, is sending a positive force that sustains us," he said. "The will to survive started with the 33 miners alone under the ground. It soon became 150 as the families arrived here. Now it is an entire nation, all working with the same spirit to free the men." There has been some finger-pointing since the miners were trapped -- and it will certainly increase if they are not rescued. The San Esteban mining company has taken the brunt of the criticism for lacking safety standards that could have prevented the event or allowed the miners to escape. But a positive energy floods the town of Copiapo near the mine. "Those 33 men are the focus of every Chilean's attention. We cannot fail to bring them out, that would be unthinkable," said Luis Arancilia, 68, who sat in the main plaza reading the latest news of the accident. "All efforts, all energy must be focused on bringing them up." General 2010-09-02T00:02:21Z dbwriter4 It Only Takes a Spark http://3story.org/stories/post/2010/09/01/it-only-takes-a-spark   <a id="res_1123" href="http://3story.org/stories/gallery/1/Fire_lips_by_MilaDarkAngel.jpg"><img src="http://3story.org/stories/gallery/1/previews-med/Fire_lips_by_MilaDarkAngel.jpg" border="0" /></a> A golfer in Irvine, CA never could have expected what would happen next after mistakingly hitting a golf ball into the rough at Shady Canyon Golf Course, last Saturday. According to the Associated Press, when he attempted to hit the ball back onto the green, " . . . his club snagged a rock, causing a spark that lit the rough ablaze and eventually attracted 150 firefighters to the scene.  Fire officials say the fire burned through the rough, into vegetation next to the course and over two dry, brushy hillsides.  No charges were filed against the golfer, whose name was withheld." (Story courtesy of www.limaohio.com, Image courtesy of Google Images)     General 2010-09-01T00:01:42Z dbwriter2 Everywhere a Sign http://3story.org/stories/post/2010/08/31/sign-sign-everywhere-a-sign Britain being overrun by signs <a id="res_1122" href="http://3story.org/stories/gallery/1/signs.jpg"><img src="http://3story.org/stories/gallery/1/previews/signs.jpg" border="0" /></a>  (Reuters) - The British government has declared war on the profusion of unnecessary road traffic signs, railings and advertising boards, saying they blight towns' English character. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has written to local council leaders in England, calling on them to cut the number of unsightly signs and other "street clutter." Even traffic lights are in the firing line. Ministers want the public to inform local authorities of particularly bad examples of excess signage, to clean up the national landscape. "Our streets are losing their English character," Pickles said. "We are being overrun by scruffy signs, bossy bollards, patchwork paving and railed-off roads -- wasting taxpayers' money that could be better spent on fixing potholes or keeping council (local) tax down." The government says that in some cases traffic signs are installed by councils in the mistaken belief they are legally required, when they are not. Hammond said the abundance of so-called street furniture often makes towns resemble "scrapyards," confusing motorists and obstructing pedestrians. For signs to be most effective, ministers say, they should be kept to a minimum. General 2010-08-31T01:00:23Z dbwriter3