News Thats Used

Friday October 3, 2003

An Indian who was officially dead for 18 years and the scientists who invented Murphy's law were among the winners of the IgNobel Awards.

The awards are a spoof on the Nobel Prizes, celebrated annually in Boston to honor achievements that "cannot or should not be reproduced." They are presented by science humor magazine 'Annals of Improbable Research' and several groups at Harvard and Radcliffe ...

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

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

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

Quips

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

Filed Under: Church Notices

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

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

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Fun Book Titles

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

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Good Question

What will fall on the lawn first? An autumn leaf or a Christmas catalogue?

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?

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

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World Firsts

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

Tuesday February 8, 1887

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

Wednesday February 6, 1861

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

Sunday February 7, 1915

Filed Under: → Travel Section

Events

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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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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