News Thats Used

Monday June 18, 2007

A Tibetan terrier named Arnie who went missing for nearly two years made his way home to his delighted family. Eleven-year-old Arnie, named after movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger, disappeared from the garden of his home near Bantry, County Cork, Ireland, 21 months ago.

His owner Gillian Singleton believed he was stolen for breeding purposes. She said her "happy, beautifully groomed dog" had bee ...

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Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.

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

A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.

Quips

Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.

Filed Under: Church Notices

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

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

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Fun Book Titles

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

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

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

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

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Good Question

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?

Does killing time damage eternity?

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

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World Firsts

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

Sunday February 7, 1915

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

Monday February 6, 1832

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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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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

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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