News Thats Used

Thursday March 6, 2008

Doctors delivered a stark ultimatum to a 39-year-old Englishman, who grew to a colossal 60 stone, 840 pounds. Colin Corfield's battle for survival was the subject of a poignant and moving ITV television documentary.

The Runcorn pub landlord in Cheshire was warned two years ago that his own body fat could suffocate him. So he decided to take drastic action and have risky gastric surgery. It has ...

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

During World War II, Uncle Bens was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.

Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.

Quips

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

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The Vicar is on vacation. Massages can be given to the Church Secretary.

Filed Under: Church Notices

The 1991 Spring Council Retreat will be hell May 10 and 11.

Filed Under: Church Notices

Fun Book Titles

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

My Years in a Lunatic Asylum
- by I. M. Nutty

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

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Good Question

If love is blind, why is Lingerie so popular?

Does killing time damage eternity?

You know how most packages say "Open here". What is the protocol if the package says, "Open somewhere else"?

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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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"Stars & Stripes Weekly", the United States Armed Forces newspaper is first published.

Friday February 8, 1918

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Events

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

Filed Under: → Deaths

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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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

Filed Under: → Deaths