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- Wedding-night consummation losing allure?
No canoodling on the wedding night?
About one in three brides-to-be expect to hop in the sack and snooze after the wedding reception. One in 10 say they anticipate staying up late swapping stories from the big day.
- Readers' letters
Thank you for your fine Currents section in the May 14 issue of The San Diego Union-Tribune. It was excellent! Contributing significantly to the success of your section was the outstanding column by Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post.
- Animal house
- Wild rings
Six minutes 39 seconds into the Richard Thompson song “Calvary Cross,” Mike Pelusi, a music reviewer in Philadelphia, will almost invariably check his cell phone.
- IN THE KNOW
Check the Web about the history of riding the trolley rails
Twenty-five years ago this summer, San Diego opened the first street-level trolley system built in the United States after World War II. Since then, following San Diego's lead, trolley and light-rail systems have been built in many major cities across the United States.
- Volunteers
- For Their Benefit
- Order ministers to deviant priests
DITTMER, Mo. – The Chicago priest, tall and soft-spoken, came to the treatment center for troubled Roman Catholic priests a broken man, depressed, and – in his words – keeping “my secret of pedophilia.”
- Numerous marketers making a special date with 6/6/06
Beware June 6, 2006: The apocalypse, the Antichrist, death metal and Ann Coulter will all be among us. The numerical translation for this year's June 6 bears an eerie resemblance to 666, an infamous digit known as the mark of the beast or Antichrist in the Book of Revelation.
- New pastor will guide Bethel Memorial AME
The Rev. C. Dennis Williams is leaving San Diego's oldest African-American church to take over a Los Angeles church whose pastor was removed for the alleged sexual abuse of minors.
- IN BRIEF
Four to be ordained priests by Diocese of San Diego
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego will ordain four new priests next week, though top honors go to the Archdiocese of Newark, which is scheduled to ordain 17 priests Saturday.
- Religion and ethics calendar
- 'Smallville' overcomes big threats as young male viewers lift ratings
The season finale of “Smallville” ended with Clark Kent and his compatriots in dire circumstances. Lois Lane and Clark's mother had been kidnapped by the archvillain Brainiac; his friend Chloe was surrounded by a mob; and Clark himself was zapped into a space purgatory called the phantom zone.
- BROADCAST BRIEFS
More than 30 million see 'Idol'
The real “American Idol” winners might be “My Destiny” and “Do I Make You Proud,” the two songs performed Tuesday by Katharine McPhee and Taylor Hicks. The songs have won a parallel competition to become their first singles, USA Today reports.
- DEAR ABBY
Readers take sides in the debate over a couple of 'Polar Opposites'
I'm writing in response to “Polar Opposites,” who wondered if she should marry her boyfriend because they are so different. (You told her no.)
My husband and I have been married 12 years and a couple for 15. We are the perfect example of why it can work.
- MISS MANNERS JUDITH MARTIN
Nothing sociable in forcing a drink
A glass of Chianti, or perhaps even an Amarone, is a fine accompaniment to the pasta della casa at a fine Italian restaurant. The wine rounds out the meal, the clink of glasses adds to the ambience, and the mood at the table mellows in warmth and tranquillity.
- HINTS FROM HELOISE
Mud stains a not-so-sticky problem
Heloise Central gets a lot of questions about stains. One that comes in every summer is: “How can I remove mud stains?” Such stains can be quite stubborn and are common with children's sporting events.
- Moms mobilize for pro-family issues, support
They've written a book, launched a Web site, produced a film and designed a T-shirt. Combined with their huge potential constituency – women raising children – they have the makings of a fledgling social movement.
- The ruling is in: Lawyers take a hit as punch line of jokes
Didja hear the one about the lawyer?
Chances are you've heard more than one. Barrister-bashing is a favorite American form of humor. Marc Galanter, author of “Lowering the Bar – Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture,” estimates that there are some 500 lawyer jokes floating around at any time.
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