Quick Takes

Discount romance

Wal-Mart shoppers in Roanoke, Va., will soon learn they're looking for love in all the wrong places. Under orders from the corporate offices in Bentonville, Ark., a Wal-Mart in Roanoke ended its month-old dating program in the retail store. The program encouraged single shoppers to wear a red bow while browsing on Friday nights—an invitation to meet other singles. The Roanoke store even set up "flirt points" around merchandise. Wal-Mart wouldn't comment on the move, but already customers of the Roanoke store are angry. Frequent shopper Dale Firebaugh, 63, was disappointed: "Where can someone over 40 who doesn't smoke or drink or go to bars meet someone?"

Lost and found I

Gilbert Dewey Gaedcke III sure picked a fine place to get lost: Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii. The 41-year-old thrill seeker survived five days in lava fields after he embarked alone to check out an active volcano. After getting lost in the lava fields, the Austin, Tex., man survived by gleaning water from moss growing in pockets of vegetation in the midst of the lava flow. Mr. Gaedcke was eventually found when a 15-year-old California boy spied reflections from his signal mirror while on a helicopter tour above the park.

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August 06, 2005, Vol. 20, No. 30

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