News Thats Used

Sunday September 21, 2003

India's version of Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry, the zero tolerance Bombay policeman who dispenses justice from the barrel of a gun, has killed 105 suspects and shows no signs of stopping. While Inspector Pradeep Sharma's methods are questioned by human rights groups, he remains unrepentant.

In fact he insists in language that might have come straight out of a Clint Eastwood movie that he acts ...

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

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

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

Quips

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

Filed Under: Church Notices

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

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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

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

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

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Good Question

How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

How long will a floating point operation float?

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World Firsts

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

Thursday February 7, 1889

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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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The first Guernsey Cattle Club organizes in New York City.

Wednesday February 7, 1877

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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

Filed Under: → Deaths