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Program Pays Girls $1 Per Day To Not Get Pregnant
- WXII12.com
The group College-Bound Sisters was founded at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro by Hazel Brown, a maternity nurse who thought too many teens were having babies.

Extramarital Affairs, Like Sanford’s, Morally Taboo
- GALLUP
There is also a slight difference between men's views and women's views on extramarital affairs; 8% of men say they are acceptable, compared to 3% of women. And despite the conventional wisdom that young Americans may be more morally libertine than those who are older, 18- to 29-year-olds in the Gallup survey are little different in their views on the moral acceptability of extramarital affairs than are those 30 years of age and up.

Court upholds Va. abortion ban
- The Washington Times
A sharply divided federal appeals court upheld Virginia's ban on partial-birth abortion Wednesday, ruling that the statute does not unduly burden a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy by more conventional means.

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March 22, 2004

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Consumer debt loads at record - USA Today

Weighing in on the increasingly heated debate, some economists warn consumers might be in over their heads when their payments increase. Others, including those at the Federal Reserve, say interest rates won't rise until economic growth — and incomes — are also gaining strongly, making the higher payments possible. Plus, much of the increase in debt in recent years has been for mortgages, and millions of Americans have low rates locked in for 30 years.

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  • When do you think debt is worth it? If someone borrowed something from you and you charged interest, what would you charge? If some charged you interest for something you borrowed, would you still barrow it? Explain.

  • Here is an interesting fact to throw out there. In the following illustration we are taking six days to pay off the dessert and dinner debt. Here is the reality of credit card debt: A $40 meal placed on a credit card that charges 18%, making the minimum payment of 1.5% (the norm) would come out to a payment of $0.60/mo. for 30 years! This turns the $40 meal, that really only gave you energy until your next meal, into a $216 memory.

  • This DinnerDialgoue is going to take some preparation before you present it. This is a chance to illustrate to your family the reality of consumer debt. This illustration is not accurate to the current interest rates but it shows what interest is and does. Click here to see and print the directions.

  • Genesis 14:22-24; Exodus 22:25; Deuteronomy 24:14-15; Romans 13:8

  • Click for more info.Popular financial advisor Ron Blue has combined the Bible's teachings on stewardship and financial management.
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