Students favor gay marriage
Sixty-one percent of college freshmen say that gays and lesbians should have the right to marry, according to the Los Angeles Times. UCLA surveyed students at 393 U.S. schools but the story doesn't say which, if any, Catholic colleges were included. The survey also showed that the young people were more divided down ideological lines than past years.

Saving soldier's sperm
Can people have children posthumously? That's what an Israeli family is hoping for after a court cleared the way for their deceased son's sperm to be implanted in a woman at the family's request. The son, Keivin Cohen, died by sniper fire in 2002. His mother had his sperm removed after his death hoping to make grandbabies in the future. She'll now get her chance.

It's a doggone miracle
A couple in Yucaipa, Calif., had planned to get rid of their two dogs, Max and Hercules, because the overactive pooches were tearing their home apart. But they changed their minds suddenly when what they believe is an image of Jesus appeared in their home's doggie door. Dog owner Roger Bowman concluded: "I just can't help but take it as a divine reprieve for the dogs."