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Re: 1/2/2015
« Reply #15 on: January 02, 2015, 02:32:50 AM »

In 1942, the Philippine capital of Manila was captured by Japanese forces during World War II.
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« Reply #16 on: January 02, 2015, 02:33:31 AM »

In 1955, the president of Panama, Jose Antonio Remon Cantera, was assassinated.
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« Reply #17 on: January 02, 2015, 02:33:56 AM »

In 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts launched his successful bid for the presidency.
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« Reply #18 on: January 02, 2015, 02:34:25 AM »

In 1971, 66 people were killed in a pileup of spectators leaving a soccer match at Ibrox (EYE'-brox) Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland.
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« Reply #19 on: January 02, 2015, 02:35:12 AM »

In 1974, President Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 miles an hour as a way of conserving gasoline in the face of an OPEC oil embargo. (The 55 mph limit was effectively phased out in 1987; federal speed limits were abolished in 1995.) "Singing cowboy" star Tex Ritter died in Nashville at age 68.
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« Reply #20 on: January 02, 2015, 02:35:43 AM »

In 1981, police in Sheffield, England, arrested Peter Sutcliffe, who confessed to being the "Yorkshire Ripper," the serial killer of 13 women.
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Re: 1/2/2015
« Reply #21 on: January 02, 2015, 02:36:35 AM »


In 2006, 12 miners died in a methane gas explosion at the Sago (SAY'-goh) Mine in West Virginia, but one miner, Randal McCloy Jr., was eventually rescued.
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Re: 1/2/2015
« Reply #22 on: January 02, 2015, 02:37:09 AM »

Ten years ago: NFL teams joined Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova and other sports figures around the world in assisting the relief mission for the tsunami-earthquake catastrophe in southern Asia.
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« Reply #23 on: January 02, 2015, 02:37:48 AM »

Five years ago: President Barack Obama, in his weekly Internet and radio address, said an al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen apparently ordered the failed Christmas Day bombing plot against a U.S. airliner. Texas Tech rallied to beat Michigan State 41-31 in a shootout at the Alamo Bowl.
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« Reply #24 on: January 02, 2015, 02:38:27 AM »

One year ago: Fifty-two passengers trapped for more than a week on an icebound Russian research ship in the Antarctic were rescued when a Chinese helicopter swooped in and plucked them from the ice a dozen at a time. In the Sugar Bowl, No. 11 Oklahoma took down third-ranked Alabama 45-31.
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Re: 1/2/2015
« Reply #25 on: January 02, 2015, 02:38:54 AM »

Today's Birthdays: Country musician Harold Bradley is 89. Singer Julius La Rosa is 85. Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is 73. TV host Jack Hanna is 68. Actress Wendy Phillips is 63. Actress Gabrielle Carteris is 54. Movie director Todd Haynes is 54. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher David Cone is 52. Actress Tia Carrere is 48. Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is 47. Model Christy Turlington is 46. Actor Taye Diggs is 44. Rock musician Scott Underwood (Train) is 44. Rock singer Doug Robb (Hoobastank) is 40. Actor Dax Shepard is 40. Actress Paz Vega is 39. Country musician Chris Hartman is 37. Ballroom dancer Karina Smirnoff (TV: "Dancing with the Stars") is 37. Rock musician Jerry DePizzo Jr. (O.A.R.) is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kelton Kessee (IMX) is 34. Actress Kate Bosworth is 32. Actor Peter Gadiot (TV: "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland") is 30. Jazz singer-musician Trombone Shorty is 29.
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Re: 1/2/2015
« Reply #26 on: January 02, 2015, 02:39:48 AM »

Thought for Today: "You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be." — Johann Kaspar Lavater (LAH'-vah-tur), Swiss theologian (1741-1801).
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Re: 1/2/2015
« Reply #27 on: January 02, 2015, 02:40:56 AM »

Hate Your Job?
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Try this...

On your way home from work, stop at a pharmacy and purchase a rectal thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson. Be very sure to get this brand.

When you get home, lock your doors, close the blinds and take the phone off the hook so you will not be disturbed. Change into very comfortable clothing and sit in your favorite chair.

Open the package and remove the thermometer. Now, carefully place it on a table or a surface so that it will not become chipped or broken. Take out the literature and read it carefully. You will notice that in small print there is a statement....

"Every Rectal Thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson is personally tested."

Now, close your eyes and repeat out loud five times, "I am soooo glad I do not work in the thermometer quality control at Johnson & Johnson."
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Re: 1/2/2015
« Reply #28 on: January 02, 2015, 02:42:27 AM »

Weight Loss Program
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A guy calls a company and orders their 5-day, 10 lb. weight loss
program. The next day, there's a knock on the door and there stands
before him a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing
but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign round her neck.
She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company. The sign reads , "If you can catch me, you can have me." Without a second thought , he takes off after her.
A few miles later, huffing and puffing, he finally catches her and has his way with her. The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens.
On the fifth day, he weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 10 lb. as promised.

He calls the company and orders their 5-day/20 pound program. The next day there's a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning,
beautiful, sexy woman he has ever seen in his life. She is wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads, "If you catch me you can have me" Well, he's out the door after her like a shot".
This girl is in excellent shape and it takes him a while to catch her ; but when he does, it's definitely worth every muscle cramp and wheeze , so for the next four days, the same routine happens.
Much to his delight, on the fifth day he weighs himself only to discover that he has lost another 20 lb. as promised.

He decides to go for broke and calls the company to order the 7-day/50 pound program.

"Are you sure?" asks the representative on the phone. "This is our most rigorous program."

"Absolutely," he replies, "I haven't felt this good in years."

The next day there's a knock at the door; and when he opens it he finds Richard Simmons
standing there wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around
his neck that reads, "If I catch you, you're mine."

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Re: 1/2/2015
« Reply #29 on: January 02, 2015, 02:59:01 AM »

Time to hit the road for work guys, enjoy your day off if you were one of the lucky ones. 
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