Almost 10,000 Girl Scout members and volunteers will gather in Atlanta tomorrow for the opening ceremony of the 2005 Girl Scout National Council Session and 50th Convention celebration. The event, which is held once every three years, brings together the diverse membership of the organization for a variety of activities, workshops and speakers focused on transforming Girl Scouts for the 21st century while retaining the original vision of founder Juliette Gordon Low. As part of its commitment to remaining the best personal leadership program for girls, Girl Scouts is crafting a unified core business strategy to better position itself for the decades ahead.

Keith Griffith, founder of CFS. com, LLC, the New Orleans-based parent company of free gay Web site Cruising for Sex, announced today that his collection of Web sites has successfully switched back to servers in New Orleans -- just a little over a month after Hurricane Katrina devastated the entire region. For Griffith and his employees at Cruising for Sex, the ability to operate from the city they call home is an important step towards normalcy and self-dependence. For fans of the award-winning free gay cruising Web site, now celebrating its tenth anniversary, it's an assurance that a beloved resource will remain available for years to come.

Almost 10,000 Girl Scout members and volunteers will gather in Atlanta tomorrow for the opening ceremony of the 2005 Girl Scout National Council Session and 50th Convention celebration. The event, which is held once every three years, brings together the diverse membership of the organization for a variety of activities, workshops and speakers focused on transforming Girl Scouts for the 21st century while retaining the original vision of founder Juliette Gordon Low. As part of its commitment to remaining the best personal leadership program for girls, Girl Scouts is crafting a unified core business strategy to better position itself for the decades ahead.

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The Associated PressThe T-shirts are being sold at stands along a local highway offering travelers a souvenir of the catastrophe.