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...according to one study, a full third of school districts had already embraced the abstinence-only approach. An entire industry has sprung up to help teens stick to their guns, including t-shirts blaring "Pet Your Dog Not Your Date" and pledge cards asking teens to forswear sex until marriage. Now the movement is getting an additional boost from above. Last month, the Health and Human Services department doled out $17 million in new federal grants and President Bush, a supporter of no-sex ed as governor of Texas, has vowed as part of his renewed focus on conservative values...
Most dogs practicing in hospitals today are certified either by Therapy Dogs International in New Jersey or by the Delta Society, a Seattle-based nonprofit organization that screens dogs for personality, obedience and training in hospital protocols. Delta estimates that its 4,500 "pet partners" have provided services for 350,000 patients in 45 states...
...peddling pork on the streets of Guadalajara. Today his Mexican nutritional-supplement business, Grupo Omnilife, boasts yearly sales of $600 million and distributors in 10 countries. Last month Vergara, 45, ended his attempt to buy the Body Shop beauty chain. That leaves him more cash for his pet project under construction in Guadalajara, a $440 million complex with 10 world-recognized architects on staff...
...underestimated the lizard, and that it later made hay of her husband PHIL BRONSTEIN's misfortune. She aired her complaints in a postmortem on the incident with TIME's Jess Cagle. "The zookeeper said, 'Would you like to go in the cage? It's very mild mannered. Kids pet him,'" Stone says. "So Phil gets in the cage, and I took a picture. The zookeeper said, 'Come around so she can get a better picture,' and as he started to move, this thing just lunged at him." After a horrified moment of silence, everyone heard a crunching sound. Bronstein, showing...
...never look at your pet the same way again. In the sun-dappled universe of Cats & Dogs, the live-action comedy opening July 4, a power struggle has been raging in our own backyards since ancient times. Using high-tech spy equipment, man's best friend has kept the peace. And victory is at hand! A nutty professor has almost completed a formula that will eradicate human allergies to dogs, putting canines ahead in the people-pleasing sweepstakes. When an evil white Persian cat launches his plan to take over the world, it's Lou the beagle to the rescue...