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Another Wedding. And a Funeral...That Never Happened
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyAll day Friday, I was dragging around the house, and I put this in my Facebook status line: "Starting from zero, got nothin' to lose." That's from the 1988 hit song "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman. The first time I listened to this tale of poverty and longing, I cried. If ever there was an anthem for my sad, white-trash childhood, this was it. It would not be appropriate to use a public forum to detail my late father's crimes against humanity, so here's the Cliff Notes version: Today he probably would have gone to jail, but times being what they were, instead he got electroshock ...
Bear Invades House, Steals Teddy Bear
By Kathryn Yao - AOL News(July 29) -- Separated at birth? On Tuesday, a black bear entered a house in Laconia, N.H., munched on some pears and grapes left on a kitchen counter, and drank some water (plus a few fish) from a fishbowl before picking up a stuffed teddy bear. As WMUR News reported, the bear, who had come in through a sliding glass door that had been left open, was apparently scared off when the family returned home. Homeowner Mary Beth Parkinson discovered the discarded teddy bear on the lawn, along with a box of Goldfish crackers. "I thought maybe ... [the teddy bear] looked like a little baby cub ...
Struck by Lightning AND Mauled by a Bear? What Are the Odds?!
By David Moye - AOL News(June 25) -- If minister Rick Oliver ever decided to stop believing in God, it would be quite understandable. Because Oliver is either living proof that the man upstairs works in strange and unusual ways -- or he's just one unlucky fellow. Earlier this month, Oliver, 51, who lives on a 17-acre farm near Raleigh, N.C., was mauled by a black bear in his front yard and ended up with a gouge in his wrist so deep that blood spewed like a hose onto his farmhouse floor when he took off his bandage. Ted Richardson, Raleigh News & Observer / MCT Rick Oliver, 51, of Cary, N.C., pictured June 17, ...
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