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Bars, Not Church, Best Place to Meet Friends, Survey Finds

Kimberlee Hauss
February 15, 2010 

(RNS) -- Americans say Starbucks, Chili's and bars are better places than church to meet new friends, according to a new survey.

Australia's Aboriginal Children: A New Inquiry

By Marina Kamenev / Sydney

A fresh inquiry into the child-protection system in Australia's Northern Territory starts with public hearings on Thursday

Orthorexia: Can Healthy Eating Be a Disorder?

By Bonnie Rochman

Some mental-health advocates are pushing to have orthorexia, an obsession with eating only healthy foods, classified as a new disorder in the diagnostic manual for psychiatric illness

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