News Thats Used

Wednesday July 18, 2007

Two babies were left starving and suffering health problems while their parents played Dungeons & Dragons. American couple Michael and Iana Straw, 25 and 23, from Nevada pleaded guilty to child neglect, brought about by their obsession with internet and video games, authorities said. Their children, a boy aged 22 months and girl aged 11 months, were badly malnourished and near to death last month ...

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A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.

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

Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

Quips

Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and the deterioration of some of the older ones.

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Our next song is: "Angels We Have Heard Get High."

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

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Fun Book Titles

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

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

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

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Good Question

Does killing time damage eternity?

Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment but when you transport something by ship it's called cargo?

Why does an inspiring sight like a sunrise always have to take place at such an inconvenient time?

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World Firsts

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

Tuesday February 7, 1984

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John Ames Sherman of Massachusetts, United States, patents the 1st envelope folding and gumming machine.

Tuesday February 8, 1898

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Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minnesota became the 1st United States Ski Club.

Tuesday February 8, 1887

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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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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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