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Woman pushes brown bear as it climbs over fence to save her dogs

Woman pushes brown bear as it climbs over fence to save her dogsPeople can do some amazing things when their dogs are in trouble. Over Memorial Day weekend, footage appeared on social media that shows a brown bear climbing over a fence into a house’s garden while several pet dogs bark at it. Fortunately, a quick-thinking woman ran up to the large bear and pushed it off of the fence, giving the dogs the time to get away safely.
- Tuesday, June 1, 2021

London’s New See-Through Skyscraper Pool Has Twitter Users Saying ‘Hell No!’

London’s New See-Through Skyscraper Pool Has Twitter Users Saying ‘Hell No!’A see-through pool set 115 feet in the air between two London skyscrapers is definitely making a big splash online, but Twitter users found a way to throw cold water on it. The Sky Pool at the Embassy Gardens apartments is the world’s largest floating acrylic pool ― 82 feet long, 46 of which are suspended in midair, according to the Robb Report. London’s New See-Through Skyscraper Pool Has Twitter Users Saying ‘Hell No!’
- Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Pan-African Parliament to elect new leadership after day of chaos

Pan-African Parliament to elect new leadership after day of chaosFollowing a day of chaos and bitter disagreements at the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) in Midrand, Johannesburg, members of the continental legislature are expected to elect a new leadership on Tuesday afternoon. On Monday evening, proceedings at the PAP had to be adjourned after Members of Parliament (MPs) continued to clash over whether the presidency should be on a rotational basis or via a direct ballot box.
- Tuesday, June 1, 2021











Puts Me In Mind Of Miz O

Puts Me In Mind Of Miz OMrs. Olivia O’Dale, known as Miz O, was an old dowager who owned a cattle ranch near my father’s Mississippi Delta Farm. Ill-tempered and spiteful, she would knit her eyebrows, stab folks clean through with stiletto, steel-gray eyes, purse her lips, and expectorate, as if the person toward whom she glared stank. She was fullback big, stingier than Scrooge, and richer than Croesus, having inherited half the county when her husband gave up the ghost after quaking in fear of his battleaxe bride for half a century.
- Sunday, May 30, 2021




'Defund the police' Atlanta councilman Antonio Brown has car stolen, calls 911

'Defund the police' Atlanta councilman Antonio Brown has car stolen, calls 911Atlanta City Councilman Antonio Brown voted to defund the police. Now, as a mayoral candidate, Brown is running on a platform of "reimagining public safety." It didn't take much imagination for Brown to react when his Mercedes was recently stolen. He called 911 to get the police. Of course, Brown complained that he sat on hold for five minutes with the 911 dispatcher and that it took 45 minutes for the police to arrive. Perhaps rather than pushing to "defund the police," more funds might actually help.
- Saturday, May 29, 2021

A Soldier Priest's Memorial Day

A Soldier Priest's Memorial Day, Father Tim VakocOn Memorial Day Weekend, 2004, military chaplain Father Tim Vakoc left the safety of his base in Northern Iraq to celebrate Mass for soldiers serving in the field. His life would never be the same.
- Saturday, May 29, 2021

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