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More on music:

• Smithsonian launches mobile gospel music museum | "Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions 1871-2001" will travel to 50 U.S. cities (Reuters)
• U2's mysterious ways | Christianity and questions inspire band, but the stage is not a pulpit (The Dallas Morning News)
• The gospel according to Elvis | New five-CD release uncovers the soulful side of the rock 'n' roll legend (Religion News Service/Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
• Dark days for the man in black (The Scotsman)
• Earlier: Cash: I was misdiagnosed with both Parkinsons and Shy-Drager Syndrome (The Tennessean)

Australian wins $2.5 million (US$1.4 million) judgment from Catholic school for spanking 17 years ago:

• Strapped for cash: man gets $2.5m for a 1984 caning | The amount is vastly more than victims of crime receive as compensation. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Juries may lose power to award | The State Government is reviewing whether juries should decide how much is paid in damages after almost $3 million was awarded to a man who was given the strap at school 17 years ago (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• $2.5m payout over school punishment | Sydney resident cried in the courtroom after the jury's verdict, which was described last night by the Catholic Education Office as "manifestly excessive." (The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
• Parents welcome $2.5m caning payout (The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
• School group enters 'strap' debate | Christian Community Schools group advocates corporal punishment (The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
• Lawyers now free to sue the pants off everyone | The justice system must bend over and be ready to receive six of the best (Richard Ackland, The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Strapped for cash? To a nunnery go | I've hit the jackpot. All those years of Catholic education are going to pay off after all. (Jo Chandler, The Age)
• Pupil strapped at church school wins £1m damages (The Daily Telegraph, London)
• Australian man gets $1.4 Million (Associated Press)

Other church lawsuits:

• Diocese, church sued over '99 injury | Volunteer says 1,000-pound stone statue of St. Thomas fell on him during maintenance work, crushing his leg (Chicago Sun-Times)
• Church sues pastor over vote | Providence United Holy Church members say their minister conducted an illegal vote about the group's future (The News amp; Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina)
• Church asks state top court to drop suit filed by priest | Archdiocese says legal action would infringe on religious freedom (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Ex-church worker files suit over firing | Former business manager says she was dismissed in retaliation for reporting allegations of sexual harassment. (Chicago Tribune)
• Suit says church fired worker who blew whistle (Chicago Sun-Times)

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February (Web-only) 2001, Vol. 45