A La Carte (12/28)

Dec 28, 2005

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Wednesday December 28, 2005

Sports: GetReligion has an article about Colts’ head coach Tony Dungy, a man of faith whose son took his life last week.

Technology: Amazon.com shipped over 108 million orders during the holiday season with 99% of them arriving on time. Incredible. Read the news release here.

Americana: Only in America will one visit a Mexican restaurant and find a bean-laden dish on the menu that is called “The Homewrecker.”

Not Humor: Going to church on New Year’s Eve will win one “lucky” worshipper a new house. How is that for a gimick to draw people in?

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