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• Experts, dealer clash over James Ossuary's authenticity | Tempers flared over the question at the showing of a documentary about the case and a new interview dismissing an Israeli finding that led to the arrest of an antiquities dealer on suspicion of forging sacred artifacts (The Globe and Mail, Toronto)
  
  
• Archaeology in Lebanon goes begging | Historical sites—arguably the country's richest natural resource—are neglected for lack of funds (The Daily Star, Lebanon)
  
  

Media:

• Christian TV broadcasters embroiled in legal dispute | Flap could remove FamilyNet and Daystar from Dish Network's satellite lineup (Charisma News Service)
  
  
• KOCE considers 10 bids | The highest bidders for the local PBS station at Golden West College are religious ministries (Independent, Huntington Beach, Calif.)
  
  

• Also: Religious networks bidding for KOCE | The Orange County public television station now has 10 suitors. Some worry about the future of educational TV if a ministry wins (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Non-believers abandon legal challenge to Thought for the Day | It ends a year-long wrangle after the society had claimed its right to propose speakers when the producer of Thought for the Day's sought more challenging contributors. (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• 'Boy Meets Boy' takes reality dating to a new level | It's what you think it is—a gay man chooses from 15 male suitors. The wicked twist is that three of the suitors are only pretending to be gay. (Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• Also: Homosexuality seen as accepted by media (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Also: Gay-themed TV gains a wider audience (The New York Times)
  
  

• Girls 'led astray' by Kylie dress code | Jim O'Neill, chairman of the Professional Association of Teachers, fulminated against popstar influence on "totally inappropriate" outfits better suited to a club than school. (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Cardinal George challenges media over gays | Cardinal assails headline that ran in Sun-Times (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Also: Cardinal denounces same-sex headline (Chicago Sun-Times)
  
  
• Column brings out the worst | Ninety-nine percent of people express their beliefs to me with tolerance and love. I've heard this past week from the 1 percent (Ken Garfield, The Charlotte Observer)
  
  

Missions and ministry:

• Four letters that shook the world | What Would Jesus Do? (or WWJD to those in the know). The slogan was devised to help young Christians handle everyday dilemmas. Then Al Gore used it to signal his moral rectitude. Now it's a fashion movement—and the message has gone mainstream (The Independent, London)
  
  
• Praying for all corners of the world | Baptist missions convention for girls provides a look at other cultures (The Tennessean, Nashville)
  
  
• Salvation Army is a good neighbor and community resource | The arguments against the Salvation Army's proposed rehabilitation center in Tallevast just don't square with the facts (David Atkins, Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
  
  
• Christian activists urge churches to do more in battle against AIDS | But some religious groups still consider it proof of immoral conduct, and those infected with the virus unworthy of help (Voice of America)
  
  
• For many surfers, fellowship is pipeline to deeper spirituality | Around the world, a growing number of surfers are taking those feelings and using the ocean as a pulpit from which to preach their faith (Associated Press)
  
  
• Evangelist's 'miracle water' reportedly contaminated | Leroy Jenkins fined $200 (Associated Press)
  
  
• Bad behavior is out | Christian families team up for baseball without beer, foul language or too much competition (Religion News Service)
  
  

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