News Thats Used

Sunday September 21, 2003

India's version of Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry, the zero tolerance Bombay policeman who dispenses justice from the barrel of a gun, has killed 105 suspects and shows no signs of stopping. While Inspector Pradeep Sharma's methods are questioned by human rights groups, he remains unrepentant.

In fact he insists in language that might have come straight out of a Clint Eastwood movie that he acts ...

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

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

About twenty-five percent of the population will sneeze when they are exposed to light.

Quips

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

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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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Fun Book Titles

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

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Good Question

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

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

Does killing time damage eternity?

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World Firsts

France recognizes the United States of America and signs a treaty of aid in Paris; it's the 1st U.S. treaty.

Friday February 6, 1778

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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 first storm warnings for ships was issued by English Admiral, Robert Ritzroy.

Wednesday February 6, 1861

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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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