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One of the pregnant teenage girls at a Massachusetts high school denied that the 17 students had entered a pact in an effort to get pregnant and called the high rate of pregnancies "unlucky" and a "coincidence." "There was definitely no pact," Lindsey Oliver, 17, who became pregnant when she was a junior, told ABC's "Good Morning America" today. "There was a group of girls already pregnant that decided they were going to help each other to finish school and raise their kids together. I think it was just a coincidence." ABC News Here is the ’comments section’ from ABC’s news page. Many viewers are upset with how ABC handled the interview, encouraging and supportive for the teen’s sexual activities and pregnancies. Is the topic here ‘school condoms’?

Survey shows Californians less religious than rest of nation -- Californians are less likely to consider religion 'very important.' But of the 36,000 people surveyed, 42% said they think Hollywood is a corrupting influence. Duke Helfand in the Los Angeles Times

Satire at the ballot box to 'honor' Bush -- They're the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco, but don't let the serious name fool you. The group's intentions are in the gutter: They want to rename the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the George W. Bush Sewage Plant come January, when the next president is sworn in. Marisa Lagos in the San Francisco Chronicle

UC, Berkeley at odds over tree-sitters -- A group of tree-sitters' 18-month-long standoff with UC Berkeley intensified Monday, as the city of Berkeley demanded the protesters be allowed food and water. Carolyn Jones in the San Francisco Chronicle

Gas prices have stopped climbing - for now -- After jumping more than $1 per gallon in just four months, prices nationwide flattened out last week. They've even dropped in the last few days - albeit by a few fractions of a penny. David R. Baker in the San Francisco Chronicle

Schwarzenegger to skip annual prayer breakfast -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is choosing politics over prayer. The governor's office said Schwarzenegger will skip a planned address to the 47th annual Capital Prayer Breakfast on Tuesday to appear with Republican presidential hopeful John McCain at an environmentally themed campaign event in Santa Barbara. Juliet Williams AP

Anti-SB 777 initiative dropped -- The Capitol Resource Institute told supporters over the weekend that it was dropping its signature-gathering effort to qualify an initiative to overturn anti-discrimination legislation for gay and lesbian students. Shane Goldmacher SacBee Capitol Alert

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is scheduled to appear Sunday on "Meet the Press" as the first guest of Tom Brokaw, whom NBC named to replace longtime host Tim Russert on an interim basis through November. Russert died June 13 of a heart attack at age 58. Sac Bee Capitol Alert (You must register)