News Thats Used

Wednesday February 19, 2003

Handel's world famous Messiah, recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, has been given an X rating by an online music store. Apple Computer's online iTunes Music Store marked the baroque composer's masterpiece with the red warning that indicates the content might not be appropriate for young children or others with sensitive tastes. ...

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A person infected with the SARS virus has a 95% - 98% chance of recovery.

Buttermilk does not contain any butter.

Each year there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.

Quips

Sign seen at a Hair Salon: We curl up and dye for you.

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The Minister unveiled the Church's new donations campaign on Sunday: "I upped my Pledge - Up Yours".

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Sign seen in a bar: "Those drinking to forget, please pay in advance."

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Fun Book Titles

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

Peek-a-Boo!
- by I. C. Hugh

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

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Good Question

If CON is the opposite of PRO, is congress the opposite of progress?

How come wrong numbers are never busy?

Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?

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World Firsts

The 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station is received.

Sunday February 7, 1915

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The 1st appearance of cholera happens in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Monday February 6, 1832

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The 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off piloted by Bert Hinkler.

Tuesday February 7, 1928

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Events

A father and son in Alabama were killed when they crashed into each other in a head-on collision. Jeffrey Morris Brasher and his son Austin Blaine Brasher of Bankston, Alabama, died early Saturday morning.

Jeffrey Brasher was driving a 2006 Ford pickup and his son was driving a 2004 Chevrolet truck when they collided on a highway head-on, said Alabama State Trooper Jonathon Appling.

Saturday February 18, 2017

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The man known as the 'Crocodile Hunter' died after his chest was punctured by a stingray barb while diving off Australia's northeast coast. The 44 year-old colourful personality was filming a documentary about the Great Barrier Reef when tragedy struck.

According to friend and colleague, John Stainton, Steve Irwin swam too close to the ray while he was diving off his boat "Croc One" near Batt Reef, northeast of Port Douglas.

Monday September 4, 2006

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Relatives of a 91-year-old Ohio woman who died this week are giving her the last word with a sassy, occasionally profane obituary that starts with the basics, "I was born. I lived. I died.", and instructs people to "Wait the appropriate amount of time" before trying to claim her stuff.

They wrote it in Jean Oddi's perspective, recapping the people important to her, adventures she had and her favorite activities, including playing cards and teaching her granddaughter "dirty songs".

Thursday February 23, 2017

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