News Thats Used

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

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

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

Filed Under: Signs

This afternoon there will be a meeting in the South and North ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.

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?

Filed Under: Good Question

The 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off piloted by Bert Hinkler.

Tuesday February 7, 1928

Filed Under: → Travel Section

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

Friday February 9, 1540

Filed Under: → Sports

Richard Johnson is the 1st Vice President chosen by the United States Senate. It happened during the Van Buren administration.

Wednesday February 8, 1837

Filed Under: → Politics

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

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

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

Filed Under: → Deaths