News Roundup

Last National Kids' Day, British kids said God was the most famous person in the world. This year the Queen and Harry Potter are more famous than God, and being happy is more important than being famous, healthy or rich.

Are you seeing your maternal or paternal set of grandparents this holiday season? A new study finds that maternal grandparents put a higher priority on face-to-face contact with their grandchildren. They are more willing to travel to make frequent visits. The study says evolutionary psychology is the cause.

Use your DNA to find your soulmate! Scientificmatch.com, an online dating service, uses DNA samples to predict physical chemistry - the key to better sex and healthier kids.

Senators, both Republican and Democrat, benefitted from farm subsidies. Read the list here.

Dana Parsons writes about a family suing a high school teacher for making anti-religious remarks the parents say made their son uncomfortable and unable to learn. According to a tape recording, the teacher said, "When you put on your Jesus glasses, you can't see the truth."

Bush has pushed health savings accounts for the poor, and now a program in Indiana will put them to the test. Someone making $20,000 a year could get health coverage for about $19 a week.

Vermonters top the list of parents who read to their kids. Some 67 percent say they read to their children daily, but Mississippi came in last at 38 percent.

The Flying Spaghetti Monster is a male deity made of meatballs and noodles, head of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and popularized on the Internet. But the American Academy of Religion says he's more than that: He's a "didactic device" and a "folk-humor hybrid body."

John Leo writes about a conservative Princeton student who faked a conservative hate crime, writing himself threatening letters and faking his own beating.