Archive for the ‘News – Not Mainstream’ Category

News on Friday

Syke, northern Germany Nobody is quite sure yet how the fire started – improper wiring and training exercises were mentioned as possibilities. What everyone is sure of, however, is that devastating fires in fire stations diminish public confidence. Especially when it’s the second time the same fire station has caught fire and burned.   The [...]

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It’s About Time!

In a true showing of bipartisanship, a Republican and a Democrat representative have joined forces to introduce a new bill to Florida. The bill would make bestiality (having sex with animals) a third degree felony. Just when you start to think the country’s lawmakers have utterly abandoned traditional values and beliefs, along comes a proposed [...]

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News You’ll Talk About

Salt Lake City police responded quickly and thoroughly after receiving a call that an armed man had entered a shed and closed himself in. The woman who contacted police said that she had seen the ex-boyfriend of her roommate go into the shed – with a gun. Police surrounded the shed, evacuated nearby homes and [...]

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Pornographers Need Love Too – and Bailout Money!

Adult entertainment industry giants Larry Flynt and Joe Francis (Girls Gone Wild) are asking the government for some of that bailout money. After all, the adult entertainment industry is one of America’s biggest, and their sales have been slumping a tad… Flynt and Francis intend to seek a $5 billion bailout package from the US [...]

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Garage Sale Hoodwink

When Jerry and Theresa Dyess decided they want to move from Natchez, Mississippi to Louisiana, they didn’t let an absence of funds stop them. They had a garage sale. The problem is, they didn’t own the items they sold. The Natchez couple was renting a furnished place. And in order to get the money to [...]

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News You May Have Missed

Unfortunately, news services seem to get locked into one or two news subjects and stay with them – irrespective of whether they are important or not. In this category, the death of John Travolta’s son immediately comes to mind. It’s hard enough for a family to go through the grieving process without all the media [...]

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