Friendship – Men and Women
Men kick friendship around like a football but it doesn’t seem to break. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.
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Not the valedictorian
Danielle Shea, 22, was charged with trying to cancel Quinnipiac University’s graduation ceremony by calling in a bomb threat. Shea, police said, didn’t want her parents to find out she had dropped out and was pocketing their tuition money.
Read moreOscar Romero on path to sainthood
Pope Francis has declared Oscar Romero a martyr of the faith, paving the way for the murdered Salvadoran archbishop to be beatified, a step toward sainthood. A right-wing death squad executed Romero in a hospital chapel in 1980 while he was celebrating Mass just a day after he preached a sermon asking government soldiers to stop their repression. No one […]
Read moreSitting on the toilet is hazardous to your health
An astonishing 40,000 Americans are injured each year by their toilet bowls.
Read moreSpeedy Trial?
Estimated number of cases pending in India’s court system: 30,000,000
Read moreNuke Facts
15,654 – Total known land area, in square miles (40,544 sq km), of U.S. nuclear-weapon bases and facilities 2 – Minimum number of people required to authorize a U.S. nuclear attack
Read moreGive That Man A Hand . . .
A British pilot momentarily lost control of his passenger plane when his artificial arm fell off during landing. The captain of the FlyBe turboprop was approaching Belfast City Airport in windy conditions with 47 passengers on board when his prosthetic left arm suddenly became detached, forcing him to handle the controls with just one arm. The plane touched down heavily […]
Read moreThe Healthiest Fruit
All fruit isn’t created equal when it comes to preventing diabetes. A Harvard University study that tracked the diets of more than 185,000 people over 12 years shows that eating strawberries, oranges, peaches, plums, and apricots has no impact on a person’s likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes. But grapes, apples, grapefruit, and blueberries do help ward off the disease. […]
Read moreEarthquakes In Oklahoma
Percentage change since 2008 in the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma registering magnitude three or higher: +5,400
Read moreStatistics Of Rape
Almost one in five women—19.3 percent—has been raped, and 44 percent have suffered sexual violence, according to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly half of the women who were raped identified the perpetrator as a boyfriend or husband.
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