In the back of a small floral shop on University Drive, four employees, three who commute to Fort Worth from surrounding cities, sat around a table of half-arranged bouquets. One woman, Judy Prater, looked up and said among nods from the other three, "There are lots of sacrifices, some I won't even admit." This circle of wage-earning women picked at their lunches, which they now bring to work, with frowns on their faces as they explained the effects of rising gas prices on their jobs and their lives.

He's at it again. Michael Newdow is out to see that the words "under God" are removed from the Pledge of Allegiance. This guy will not relinquish his beliefs.

Last year, Newdow experienced a setback in his case against a California school district. He claimed the words violated his daughter's First Amendment rights, but his case was nullified because he did not have custody of his daughter.

Residents in the University Place neighborhood talk and visit on the sidewalks in front of their homes. During the warmer months, they organize block parties and barbecues. Parents sit on their front porches in the evenings and watch their children play outside. And since the 1920s and 30s, when most of the homes were built, it's been this way."No one has done anything yet," Susan Smith, a University Place resident, said.

Five TCU women's golfers combined to finish 13th out of 18 teams Wednesday at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M.Junior Catherine Matranga led TCU by tying for 28th place with a score of five-over-par for the three-round tournament.

Matranga finished 13 strokes off the championship pace set by Pepperdine's Eileen Vargas, who finished at eight strokes below even.

Junior Elin Emanuelsson shot a 227, eight over the 219-stroke par, and tied for 38th in the 98-golfer field.

"One nation, indivisible," has been split down the middle over the words "under God."The argument over whether the words "under God" should be included in the Pledge of Allegiance has been reduced to a battle between people of faith and the atheists. This debate, however, is not that simple.

According to a CNN online time line, the contentious phrase was added into the pledge in 1954, when lawmakers in Washington decided the patriotic oath was eerily similar to the ones recited by "godless communists."

Q & AWhen did you start playing football?
4th grade

Who is your role model?
Mom

What's your idea of a perfect day?
A calm day with no worries. I wake up, it's raining out, and I just sit home and watch TV.

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I always wanted to play football

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