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*1. StinkyJournalism.org's "Dubious Polling" Awards list is worth a read.

*2. Find out why a six-hour flight now takes seven. Airlines are "baking in" extra time to make up for long delays.

*3. Check out RTDNA's News and Terrorism workshop chat site.

4. BusinessWeek has highlighted big corporations that are pouring millions into Haiti relief.

5. Amazing: how phone apps helped save a man's life after he was buried by the Haiti earthquake.

6. The New York Times explains how cancer-treatment radiation saves lives, and ruins some.

*7. Here are some great databases that newsrooms have created to help connect people with their community.

8. A new study explores the media habits of teens.

9. The pros and cons of evangelizing on Facebook.

10. The FCC investigates the health and future of local news.

11. Brookings assesses Obama's first year in office

12. Why you better be careful when covering 100th birthdays!

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Churches Attract Worshippers with Free Gasoline
A Georgia church is inviting people to revivals at which they enter a drawing for gas cards. In Missouri, a church subsidized gas purchases as a way to reach out to people. An Ohio church did the same thing.

One California congregation held a prayer vigil at a gas station, asking God to help because gas prices were eating away at the church's ability to deliver social services to the community. They are not alone. National Public Radio reported on a movement called Pray at the Pump started by a Washington, D.C., soup kitchen.

Who knows what's up with this? Around Tampa Bay, a mystery man is handing out cash to people fueling up at gas stations.
Posted by Al Tompkins at 12:05 AM on May 13, 2008
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