Blogula Rasa

Apparently, the sort of people who think the world is coming to an end next week got very, very excited because they believed that an old Irish manuscript psalter (a book of Psalms) that was recently found in a bog was evidence that Israel was about to be wiped off the face of the Earth. [...]

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Woman killed by own car | Chicago Tribune
Natividad Andrea Torres, of Wheeling, suffered fatal head and leg injuries and died this morning at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, a Cook County medical examiner’s office spokesman said.
At 10:38 a.m. Thursday, Torres was backing up her 1998 Ford Contour in the middle lane of westbound [...]

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HULK’S DIARY THAT IS ON THE INTERNET
Aw! The big green guy is now Our Man In Blue, keeping New York safe and filling out paperwork like this:
Hulk stopped robbery by smashing puny van that jewel thieves were driving and then Hulk had a milkshake and walked an old lady across the street. This is what [...]

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Israel set war plan more than a year ago / Strategy was put in motion as Hezbollah began gaining military strength in Lebanon
I saw this cited at NewsHounds and realized this is why Condi was so adamant against an immediate cease-fire - it’s a timetable thing. Also, she probably wanted our shipment of smart bombs [...]

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adn.com | alaska : Ship’s crew rescued

Nearly two dozen crew members were hoisted to safety in rescue helicopters late Monday night from a giant car-carrying ship that had listed onto its side in the North Pacific Ocean, according to the Alaska Air National Guard and the U.S. Coast Guard.
The 23 crew members of the [...]

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