In Gods We Trust: The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion (Evolution and Cognition Series)

Scott Atran

	In Gods We Trust: The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion (Evolution and Cognition Series)
	Published: 01 October, 2002
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In Gods We Trust: The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion (Evolution and Cognition Series)

Satellites track Mexico kidnap victims with chips (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_mexico_crime_chips"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080821/i/ra3901275968.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=qDJippiix_x1lePfdfwZcg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="A global positioning satellite is seen in a handout artist's rendering. REUTERS/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Wealthy Mexicans, terrified of soaring kidnapping rates, are spending thousands of dollars to implant tiny transmitters under their skin so satellites can help find them tied up in a safe house or stuffed in the trunk of a car.

Ex-supervisor at raided Iowa plant pleads guilty (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/immigration_raid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.4c520f7cec8e413e88b160416a9ecee8.bishop_immigration_raids_rism101.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=S24dMg0tp8BkdaNC0PcVyQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin shows a photo of himself participating in an immigration rally in his office in Providence, R.I., Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Bishop Tobin has called on U.S. immigration authorities, in a letter, to stop arresting illegal immigrants in mass sweeps in Rhode Island. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)" border="0" /></a>AP - A supervisor arrested after an immigration raid at a large meatpacking plant pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to hire illegal immigrants and aiding and abetting their hiring.

Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/venezuela_saber_toothed_cats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.6abe0231a266417da4882e6325eda335.venezuela_saber_toothed_cats_xlat101.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=VtYOGchQs3kzlHIfLZwxCw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="In this undated photo released by Ascanio Rincon, a fossil of a type of saber-toothed cat is seen. An ancient tar pit exposed when state oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists never found in South America before, and scientists say it holds the promise of many discoveries to come.(AP Photo/Ascanio Rincon)" border="0" /></a>AP - An ancient tar pit exposed when Venezuelan oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists had never found before in South America. Scientists say the find holds the promise of many discoveries to come.

Jurors in Idaho murder case cry at graphic videos (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/duncan_slayings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080814/capt.3df9f27925e34a17b1d9ff1f4fee3ab8.duncan_slayings_ny128.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=WVTU53PheMTxWiDqrMYtVA--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="In this artist's rendering, Joseph Edward Duncan III listens to opening statements in the sentencing phase of his death penalty case in U.S. District Court in Boise, Idaho on Wednesday Aug. 13, 2008. A jury that will decide whether Duncan, a convicted pedophile should be executed listened Wednesday as a prosecutor graphically described how the man killed members of an Idaho family, abducted two children and abused the youngsters at a campsite before murdering one of them. (AP Photo/Ward Hooper)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jurors cringed, cried and some desperately looked away as they were shown a series of deeply disturbing and graphic videos taken by a convicted child killer as he tortured, sexually abused and nearly killed a 9-year-old boy.

Company acknowledges voting machine error (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/voting_machines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080819/capt.82136dcde1344f0c9ede2b0e8430373b.election_junk__ny108.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=12KV3aJpZScqGrT2Z3cIkA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="In this Dec. 5, 2007 file photo, a message is posted on a Sequoia Voting Systems' electronic voting machine in San Francisco. Beginning last year, states including California, Ohio and Florida abruptly ordered election officials to mothball their electronic machines. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - A major voting machine maker has cautioned its customers in 34 states to look out for a programming error that may cause votes to be dropped.

Cops: Woman marks birthday by aiding son in heists (AP)

AP - Police in Wisconsin say a woman celebrated her birthday by helping her teenage son rob two gas stations. Officers in the Milwaukee suburb of Greenfield say the 37-year-old woman acted as the getaway driver while her 17-year-old son robbed the stations at gunpoint.

13 DAYS IN AUGUST (Ted Rall)

Ted Rall - The Polish Missile Crisis: Bush's Last War?

79 Million Americans Struggle to Pay Medical Bills (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Working-age Americans are facing mounting problems when it comes to affording health care, a result of what analysts are calling a "perfect storm" of economic woes.

Scientists identify chemical odor of skin cancer: study (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/ushealthcancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.niy65.210808143228.photo00.photo.default-512x376.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=M7UxcKva9RC70tqdfTeY2Q--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Mother puts sunscreen on her daughter's skin as they sunbath at a beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. US chemists have identified the odor that emanates from skin cancer, a development that researchers hope will advance diagnosis and treatment of the deadly disease, said a study out Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US chemists have identified the odor that emanates from skin cancer, a development that researchers hope will advance diagnosis and treatment of the deadly disease, said a study out Wednesday.

New Zealand's colossal squid defies legends: scientists (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/nzealandscienceanimalsquid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.niw64.210808093321.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=u3k625YsGXJBeDCsM6rcZg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Graphic on the biggest squid ever captured. New Zealand's mysterious colossal squid, the largest of the feared and legendary species ever caught, was not the T-Rex of the oceans but a lethargic blob, new research suggests.(AFP/Mm/Ea/Js)" border="0" /></a>AFP - New Zealand's mysterious colossal squid, the largest of the feared and legendary species ever caught, was not the T-Rex of the oceans but a lethargic blob, new research suggests.

Man uses Barbie fishing rod to make record catch (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_barbie_fishing_record"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.0b0720edf2904657a82f4ce51694da44.barbie_fishing_record_ny133.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=aZUkz4c3zq03_2uaTsLJ8w--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="In this undated photo released by the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission, David Hayes holds his state record-breaking channel catfish while his three-year-old granddaughter Alyssa holds the Barbie rod and reel that Hayes used to reel in the 21-pound, 1 ounce fish in Elkin, N.C. (AP Photo/N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission)" border="0" /></a>AP - David Hayes' granddaughter just ask him to hold her Barbie rod and reel while she went to the bathroom. He did. And seconds later he landed the state record channel catfish at 21 pounds, 1 ounce.

Relatives seek to identify Spain crash victims (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/spain_crash_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.148f8931c9264c499c59400c738ad2f3.spain_airport_accident_vc809.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=I6ltCFcFkB8fLxaDnO5MKg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="The tail of the Spanair jet that crashed on take off at Madrid airport is seen on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. A Spanair airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 149 people on board, officials said. There were only 26 survivors in the mid-afternoon crash, said Spanish Development Minister Magdalena Alvarez, whose department is in charge of civil aviation. It was Spain's most deadly air disaster in more than 20 years. (AP Photo/EFE)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Grieving relatives on Thursday tried to identify charred bodies from the wreckage of a Spanish jet which crashed at Madrid airport on its second attempt at takeoff after mechanical problems.

Lehman straits may spur hostile takeover: analyst (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/lehman_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t084110_450x335_us_lehman.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=yitnrl7zPd9vCn6bqDeqpA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="The exterior of the world headquarters for Lehman Brothers is seen in New York June 4, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Lehman Brothers failed to sell a large stake to Asian investors, a report said, and such failures may open the door to a hostile takeover of the investment bank, an analyst wrote.

Appeals court sends wiretap case back to lower court (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/security_usa_wiretap_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t160817_302x450_us_security_usa_wiretap.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=KNakf8W68NA47kYzrFfwJA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="A phone is seen in a file photo. (Catherine Benson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A federal appeals court on Thursday declined to rule on whether lawsuits seeking to target President George W. Bush's warrantless wiretapping are covered by secrecy laws or can be challenged in court.

More Americans want church and politics separate: poll (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_religion_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080822/2008_08_21t184106_450x300_us_usa_religion_politics.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=lRhNXJJCYK74HFnKWULzuw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The steeple of The First Congregational Church is juxtaposed with fall colors in Sharon, Connecticut October 13, 2004. (Jessica Rinaldi./Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A slim majority of Americans, including more conservatives and Republicans than previously, want to keep religion out of politics, a survey released on Thursday found.

Mars Lander Just Keeps Digging (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has spent the last few weeks digging new trenches in its landing area, looking for new materials to analyze in its instruments and examining the soil and subsurface layer of water ice.

Violence hits Pakistan as ruling parties squabble (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/pakistan_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t095001_450x300_us_pakistan_politics.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=iFEHODuQXnmiTXTA5UJ0JQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Supporters of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party celebrate President Pervez Musharraf's resignation in outside the residence of slain Benazir Bhutto in Larkana, August 19, 2008. (Nadeem Somroo/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Suicide blasts and sinking financial markets added pressure on Pakistan's government to tackle the nation's mounting problems on Thursday after President Pervez Musharraf quit but a split threatens to tear the coalition apart.

New York AG intensifies auction-rate debt probe (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/auctionrate_bondealers_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_20t222421_450x341_us_auctionrate_bondealers.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=U3TIxCcTy7Ce6f6rcgKSlw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (R), points towards Deven Sharma, president of Standard and Poor's, as he announces an agreement made with three rating agencies -- Moody's Investors Service, Standard and Poor's and Fitch Ratings -- to change their practices regarding residential mortgage-backed securities, in New York, June 5, 2008. (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - New York's state attorney general office on Wednesday intensified its probe into auction-rate debt focusing on Bank of America Corp, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank AG, while issuing a warning to brokerages.

Insurance gap leads some elderly to forgo medicine (AP)

AP - Many people in Medicare with diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions stop taking their medicine when faced with picking up the entire cost of their prescriptions, researchers say.

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