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Arizona Summer Wildcat
Wednesday August 6, 2003

· 46 senators put pressure on President Bush to declassify the remaining 28 pages of the 9/11 investigative report, Democracy Now! reported Monday.

· 1 gay bishop was temporarily approved by a group of New Hampshire Episcopal Church members. Rev. V. Gene Robinson is awaiting further approval after being accused of possible improper conduct.

· 2 dozen or more forest fires still rage in the western United States although the U.S. Forest Service declared Monday that the agency's firefighting budget has been exhausted, according to the Associated Press.

· 79 years was the age of Dr. Peter Safar when he died Sunday. According to a BBC Health article, Safar was the doctor credited with introducing the "kiss-of-life" technique, commonly known as CPR.

· 1 in every 12 young people have attended an anti-war protest according to an MTV survey by Peter D. Hart Research Associates. The story, published in The Nation, also stated that 53 percent of the respondents plan to vote in the 2004 presidential election.

· 200+ hopefuls have already taken out papers to declare candidacies for California governor in the state's October recall election of Gov. Gray Davis, The Washington Times reported Monday.

· 2,500 euros were offered by the mayor of Cersosimo, Italy, to any family in the village having a baby. The BBC reported that due to declining birth rates in Italy, the mayor enacted the costly experiment that only paid half a dozen recipients.

· 15 million Americans now practice yoga, according to a new survey by Yoga Journal. The number is up almost 30 percent from last year.


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