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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An earthquake on December 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.

Another name for a Microsoft Windows 98 tutorial was Crash Course!

Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen.

Quips

For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

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

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

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Fun Book Titles

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

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

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

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

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Good Question

Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

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

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World Firsts

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

Monday February 6, 1832

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The 1st recorded race meet in England happens at Roodee Fields, Chester.

Friday February 9, 1540

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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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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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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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