Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:

 
Woodward Dream Cruise: The classic parade gets underway ~ 17th annual Dream Cruise (and Woodward-area traffic jams). “…more than 40,000 muscle cars, hot rods, street rods, customs and classics that will make their way through the 16-mile stretch of eight Detroit suburbs in what has turned into the world’s biggest one-day automotive event.
 
Study: Are Cohabiting Parents Bad For Kids? ~ Answer: YES
 
ATF’s ‘Fast and Furious’ firearms tracked to at least 11 violent crimes ~ The sad saga continues…
 
Secularists Lured to Paganism ~ Humans just seem to have a inherent need for religion. If they reject God they’ll invent something else to take His place – like, for instance, the “Church of TED.”
 
Woman’s yard sale to pay medical bills gets shut down ~ This poor woman (Salem, OR) has terminal bone cancer and was raising money to pay her medical bills by selling her belongings in a yard sale. Was, until the local government bureaucracy clamped down.
 
He saved six soldiers’ lives — with a child’s toy ~ A triumph for good old-fashioned Yankee ingenuity!