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Josh Ornberg and his girlfriend, Letitia Kovalovski, were sleeping on the couch when their cat of 13 years jumped on the couch and woke them. Baby the cat rarely ever jumped on furniture and preferred to stay hidden. The couple realized smoke was filling the house. Ornberg called 911 after unsuccessfully trying to extinguish the [...]

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Obama, The Musical?
There now may be a musical in the works to celebrate some of the work and life of President Barack Obama. The main focus of the German musical is indeed the 2008 Presidential campaign. There are even people playing John McCain, Sarah Palin and even Hillary Clinton. The musical puts Barack Obama’s rise [...]

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The modernization of Plough Monday was brought about by Reverend Canon David Parrott of the St Lawrence Jewry church of the Church of England in London. Plough Monday was the medieval “back-to-work” ceremony in which plows were blessed on the first Monday after Epiphany.
Noting that today’s parishioners rarely make their living behind a plow, the [...]

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The Burj Khalifa, which opened formally, last Monday (January 4, 2010), holds the title as the world’s tallest building. It is 2,717 feet (828m) high and has the world’s highest swimming pool and the worlds highest mosque.
It was designed by the Chicago form of Skidmore, Ownings and Merrell. The original name of the tower was [...]

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The massive Yarmouth Maine elm tree on the corner of East Main Street and Yankee Drive is estimated to be over 240 years old. Nicknamed Herbie, the tree has survived 14 bouts of Dutch elm disease since the 1950’s when Frank Knight began nursing it. Herbie is thought to be the oldest and tallest elm [...]

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Can it actually be true that airports and transportation authorities are planning to employ the use of Mind reading scanners in its fight against terrorism? It certainly appears to be a path that is being given some serious consideration.
The mind-reading abilities are more high tech than paranormal, and the technology is not actually capable of [...]

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A Chicago man, Jeff Miller grabbed the Ultimate Couch Potato Title at Chicago’s ESPN Zone on Monday Morning. Miller, a businessman from Rogers Park, stated it’s all about determination. The 26 year old beat three other contestants and took the Guinness World Record for “nonstop boob-tubing”.
The rules of the contest contained no sleeping, only five [...]

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Authorities in Alabama confirmed yesterday that letters containing a white powdery substance were sent to several locations yesterday. These included the offices of United States Representative Mike Rogers and United States Senator Jeff Sessions, the federal courthouse in Montgomery, and the Mobile and Foley offices of Republican Representative Jo Bonner.
No injuries were reported and authorities [...]

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A controversial ruling on the use of tasers in San Jose, California may have some everlasting impact on how police officers are able to apprehend suspects in the future.
A California court stated in a 3-0 ruling that the tasers should only be used in times of extreme danger when the officer has fear of being [...]

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Eat fast food and lose weight. That would be great wouldn’t it? Well that is what Taco Bell is claiming with their new television commercials. The ads are taking a page out of the Subway advertising playbook that features their poster boy Jared who extols the virtue of choosing healthy alternatives to the normally high [...]

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