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

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

A person infected with the SARS virus has a 95% - 98% chance of recovery.

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

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Sign seen at a Hair Salon: We curl up and dye for you.

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

Filed Under: Church Notices

Fun Book Titles

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

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

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

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Good Question

You know how most packages say "Open here". What is the protocol if the package says, "Open somewhere else"?

Does killing time damage eternity?

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

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World Firsts

Astronomical Society of Pacific holds its 1st meeting in San Francisco.

Thursday February 7, 1889

Filed Under: → Science

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

Tuesday February 7, 1984

Filed Under: → Travel Section

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

Filed Under: → War

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

Filed Under: → Deaths

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

Filed Under: → Deaths

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

Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.
- American Indian Proverb

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

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World Firsts

The 1st successful United States educational magazine "Academician", starts publishing in New York City.

Saturday February 7, 1818

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Autherine Lucy, the 1st black student admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled.

Tuesday February 7, 1956

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Edward of Caernarion, later Edward II, becomes the 1st Prince of Wales.

Monday February 7, 1301

Filed Under: → Miscellaneous

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Wise Words

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

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
- African Proverb

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
- African Proverb

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Good Question

Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?

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

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo. How come nobody will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down?

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