Thursday March 6, 2008
Doctors delivered a stark ultimatum to a 39-year-old Englishman, who grew to a colossal 60 stone, 840 pounds. Colin Corfield's battle for survival was the subject of a poignant and moving ITV television documentary.
The Runcorn pub landlord in Cheshire was warned two years ago that his own body fat could suffocate him. So he decided to take drastic action and have risky gastric surgery. It has ...
Sunday September 21, 2003
Famous for his magical illusions and stunts in America, but not all Londoners are impressed by David Blaine's bid to spend 40 days without food in a glass box suspended from a crane in the centre of the English capital. Shortly after the American began his stunt he was pelted with eggs, taunted with the smell of fish and chips and woken up by a man banging on a drum. ...
Read All About It →Tuesday September 16, 2003
The people in a remote Italian village walled up their local Priest in the parish church to prevent him from leaving. Fr. Emilio Succhiella became a 'prisoner of love' after Capuchin Franciscans decided to withdraw from Trasacco, in the mountainous Abruzzo region near Rome, after 428 years of service.
Protesting villagers took the unusual step after they had unsuccessfully appealed to the Order ...
Sign seen at a Hair Salon: We curl up and dye for you.
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The Senior Choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning, to join the Choir.
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Thursday night is Potluck Supper. Prayer and medication to follow.
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Wednesday February 7, 1877
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Monday February 6, 1815
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Tuesday February 8, 1898
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Thursday February 23, 2017
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Monday September 4, 2006
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Saturday February 18, 2017
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Wednesday February 8, 1837
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Tuesday February 7, 1928
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Friday February 7, 1964
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