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Tuesday September 9, 2003

Criminal charges were filed by Federal Prosecutors against a man who had himself shipped by air in a crate from New York to Dallas to visit his parents. Charles D. McKinley was charged with stowing away on a cargo jet.

McKinley, a 25-year-old shipping clerk at a New York warehouse, journeyed overnight about 1,500 miles by truck, plane and delivery van before startling his parents by popping out ...

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

All babies are color blind when they are born.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge, a quarter has 119.

Quips

This afternoon there will be a meeting in the South and North ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.

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Don't let worry kill you. Let the Church help.

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Weight Watchers will meet at 7.30 pm at the Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double doors at the side entrance.

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Fun Book Titles

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

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

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Good Question

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

If love is blind, why is Lingerie so popular?

How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?

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World Firsts

The United States swears in its 1st female Secretary of Transportation, namely Elizabeth Dole.

Monday February 7, 1983

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Bruce McCandless of the United States, makes the 1st untethered space walk.

Tuesday February 7, 1984

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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

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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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

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Indecision is like a stepchild. If he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.
- African Proverb

Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.
- African Proverb

It takes a village to raise a child.
- African Proverb

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World Firsts

1st meeting of the Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America.

Wednesday February 6, 1861

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

Friday February 8, 1918

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

Sunday February 7, 1915

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Wise Words

When elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.
- African Proverb

When you have given nothing, ask for nothing.
- Albanian Proverb

Where there is no shame, there is no honor.
- African Proverb

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Good Question

If there are 52 weeks in a year, how many weeks are there in a light year?

How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?

Why are cigarettes sold at gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?

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