News Thats Used

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

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

Quips

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

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Don't let worry kill you. Let the Church help.

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

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Fun Book Titles

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

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

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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?

Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment but when you transport something by ship it's called cargo?

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

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World Firsts

Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minnesota became the 1st United States Ski Club.

Tuesday February 8, 1887

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

Thursday February 7, 1889

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The United States swears in its 1st female Secretary of Transportation, namely Elizabeth Dole.

Monday February 7, 1983

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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

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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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