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Video Games And Child Neglect

Used News Crime Beat

Wednesday July 18, 2007

Two babies were left starving and suffering health problems while their parents played Dungeons & Dragons. American couple Michael and Iana Straw, 25 and 23, from Nevada pleaded guilty to child neglect, brought about by their obsession with internet and video games, authorities said. Their children, a boy aged 22 months and girl aged 11 months, were badly malnourished and near to death last month ...

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Did You Know

  • Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.

  • Crayola is a French word that means Oily chalk.

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

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Wednesday July 18, 2007

Two babies were left starving and suffering health problems while their parents played Dungeons & Dragons. American couple Michael and Iana Straw, 25 and 23, from Nevada pleaded guilty to child neglect, brought about by their obsession with internet and video games, authorities said. Their children, a boy aged 22 months and girl aged 11 months, were badly malnourished and near to death last month ...

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Wednesday July 18, 2007

Two babies were left starving and suffering health problems while their parents played Dungeons & Dragons. American couple Michael and Iana Straw, 25 and 23, from Nevada pleaded guilty to child neglect, brought about by their obsession with internet and video games, authorities said. Their children, a boy aged 22 months and girl aged 11 months, were badly malnourished and near to death last month ...

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  • Buttermilk does not contain any butter.

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

  • Crayola is a French word that means Oily chalk.

Quips

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

Filed Under: Signs


Weight Watchers will meet at 7.30 pm at the Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double doors at the side entrance.

Filed Under: Church Notices


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

Filed Under: Church Notices


Fun Book Titles

  • Peek-a-Boo!
    - by I. C. Hugh

  • Neck Exercises
    - by G. Rarff

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

  • The Barber of Seville
    - by Aaron Floor

  • How to Feed Elephants
    - by P. Nutts

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Good Question

  • Can you repeat the part after "Listen very carefully"?

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

  • If a fly has no wings would you call him a walk?

Filed Under: Good Question

World Firsts

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

    Thursday February 7, 1889

  • Filed Under: → Science


  • The first Guernsey Cattle Club organizes in New York City.

    Wednesday February 7, 1877

  • Filed Under: → Business & Industry


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

    Wednesday February 6, 1861

  • Filed Under: → Politics


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

  • Filed Under: → Deaths


  • When you have given nothing, ask for nothing.
    - Albanian Proverb

  • 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

World Firsts

  • The first storm warnings for ships was issued by English Admiral, Robert Ritzroy.

    Wednesday February 6, 1861

  • Filed Under: → Travel Section


  • The 1st indoor 15' pole vault, completed by Cornelius Warmerdam, achieving 15 feet 3/8 inches.

    Saturday February 7, 1942

  • Filed Under: → Sports


  • 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

  • Not to know is bad, not to wish to know is worse.
    - African Proverb

  • When the mouth stumbles, it is worse than the foot.
    - African Proverb

  • Where there is no shame, there is no honor.
    - African Proverb

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Good Question

  • Why do you need a drivers license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive?

  • 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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