Interesting News

Here are a couple of items I found on the Associated Press wires that I found interesting. Enjoy, Nimitz' Lady.
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AP-Hurricane Katrina-Chocolate

Candy maker saves chocolate in bank vault during power outage

LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. (AP) - A pretty sweet move by a Florida bank.
Candy-maker Jan Lendi didn't know where to turn after Hurricane Katrina knocked out her power last week, threatening to ruin two-thousand pounds of truffles, nut clusters and other goodies.
She was worried she might have to declare bankruptcy and called Colonial Bank in Sea Ranch Lakes. The bank employees said they had power and invited Lendi to make a chocolate deposit.
The sweets stayed cool in the bank vault while much of South Florida sweated out the power outage.
More than 155-thousand homes and businesses are still waiting for power.

(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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AP-Politics-Religion

Poll: Fewer see Democrats as friendly toward religion

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats' efforts to improve their image with religious voters after the 2004 presidential election don't seem to be working.
A new Pew Research Center poll finds only 29 percent of those surveyed view the Democrats as friendly to religion, down from 40 percent at this time last year, while 55 percent say the Republicans are religion-friendly.
But a majority of those who identify themselves as independents say they believe religious conservatives have too much control over the G-O-P.
About two-thirds of those surveyed say they favor teaching both evolution and creationism in public schools.

(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)