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Addicted to your cellphone? Nomophobia on the rise(0)

May 11, 2012

By NBCMiami.com We use cellphones every day. But for a growing number of people, staying connected is an obsession. According to a study by SecurEnvoy, a company that deals in mobile phone technology, the fear of being apart from your cellphone is on the rise. It’s called Nomophobia, as in “No mobile phone phobia,” and 66 percent of the [...]

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New book asks: Is US a ‘nation of heretics?’

New York City, N.Y., May 1, 2012 / 04:02 am (CNA).- Are Americans actually trading in faith for a more secular outlook? Or is the country’s religious center merely shifting – toward a array of sects, visionaries, charismatic leaders and unorthodox doctrines? In his new book “Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics” [...]

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Extreme Super Moon on May 6th

On May 6, 2012 we will have the closest lunar perigee of the year to coincide with a full moon, known as an Extreme Super Moon. What is a Super Moon you ask? It’s when the moon gets to its closest point to Earth coinciding with a syzygy within 90% or greater of its mean [...]

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Secularism in America: Growing American movement raises concerns

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Arianne Gasser of Canton, Ohio, is proud to call herself a graduate student at a prestigious Catholic university, and she also is proud to call herself an atheist. The pride she has in her atheist status is part of what inspired her to travel from the Philadelphia area, where she is enrolled [...]

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