Posts tagged “News”

Judge Takes Children

Judge Takes Children from Church where Pastor Orders Beatings A judge put 41 children in foster care for a year Wednesday after their parents refused to stop whipping them in church-sponsored beating sessions and forcing teen-age girls to marry.

mirror sculpture Nottingham

A £900,000 mirror sculpture destined for a square in Nottingham, UK, will have to be shielded to prevent it focusing the Sun’s rays and barbecuing passing birds . Anish Kapoor’s highly polished concave steel mirror is six metres in diameter. Direct sunlight hitting the mirror would be focused into a narrow beam of light as

3,000 Muscovites Vanished Last Year

3,000 Muscovites Vanished Last Year “Alive or dead, a person is usually found within a year, unless he or she is hiding,” Gorbachev said.

Star Wars as official religion

Star Wars as official religion

“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.” If 8,000 New Zealanders have heeded an e-mail asking them to declare Jedi as their faith on this week’s census forms, then Star Wars will have spawned an officially recognized religion.

Horrible Wedding

Brett Patrick and his new wife argued after they arrived home from their wedding, he told police. He had bruises and scratches — and icing — on his body, police said.

Woman Drowns

Woman Drowns After Golf Cart Sinks It’s a very sad story. I just don’t understand the line, “An autopsy is scheduled to be performed today to determine the exact cause of death.” She was in a golf cart. She was seventy-one. She was under water. She drowned. What part of this does the coroner not

Island Fever in Indonesia

Indonesia’s Island Fever “The prosperous newcomers tend to think of the Dayaks as stupid and lazy. The powerless Dayaks see the Madurese as greedy and arrogant … “

ananova

Two from ananova: Toaster kills owner in caravan! Worker drowns after being sucked 200ft down drain

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bartender.live

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Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.