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Cooks from the Belgian city of Tubize have made the world's longest strand of spaghetti in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of Records, national media reported on Monday.
Pillsbury Mayor Darrel Brudevold said voter turnout in the city's primary election usually is fairly high.
"I dare say a half-dozen people usually make it to the polls," he said. That represents about a quarter of the residents in the Barnes County farming community, in southeastern North Dakota.
But on June 10, no one showed up. Not even those on the ballot.
Brudevold ran unopposed for re-election. His wife, Ruth, and Dan Lindseth faced no challengers for their alderman seats.
"Everybody has got a job and they're busy," Brudevold said. "It just worked out that nobody seemed to go down there to the polls."
"I dare say a half-dozen people usually make it to the polls," he said. That represents about a quarter of the residents in the Barnes County farming community, in southeastern North Dakota.
But on June 10, no one showed up. Not even those on the ballot.
Brudevold ran unopposed for re-election. His wife, Ruth, and Dan Lindseth faced no challengers for their alderman seats.
"Everybody has got a job and they're busy," Brudevold said. "It just worked out that nobody seemed to go down there to the polls."
Blanchard teen BreAnna Helsel escaped serious injury when she was struck by lightning.
It happened June sixth as she was closing a kitchen window at home during a storm.
It happened June sixth as she was closing a kitchen window at home during a storm.
He's a revered Hindu monkey god. And now, he's the chairman of an Indian business school.
Hanuman, the popular god known for his strength and valor, has been named official chairman of the recently opened Sardar Bhagat Singh College of Technology and Management in northern India, an official said Saturday.
The position comes with an incense-filled office, a desk and a laptop computer. Four chairs will be placed facing the empty seat reserved for the chairman and all visitors must enter the office barefoot, said Vivek Kangdi, the school's vice chairman.
"It is our belief that any job that has the blessings of Lord Hanuman is bound to be a success," said Kangdi.
Hanuman, the popular god known for his strength and valor, has been named official chairman of the recently opened Sardar Bhagat Singh College of Technology and Management in northern India, an official said Saturday.
The position comes with an incense-filled office, a desk and a laptop computer. Four chairs will be placed facing the empty seat reserved for the chairman and all visitors must enter the office barefoot, said Vivek Kangdi, the school's vice chairman.
"It is our belief that any job that has the blessings of Lord Hanuman is bound to be a success," said Kangdi.
ZION, Illinois - A school bus driver and amateur artist from the Chicago suburb of Zion has legally changed his name to "In God We Trust."
A Lake County circuit court judge approved Steve Kreuscher's (CROY'-shirz) name change petition on Friday.
The 57-year-old's first name was changed to "In God," while his last name was changed to "We Trust."
A Lake County circuit court judge approved Steve Kreuscher's (CROY'-shirz) name change petition on Friday.
The 57-year-old's first name was changed to "In God," while his last name was changed to "We Trust."
NEW ORLEANS - Frank Keys Jr. faces up to 40 years in prison after he was found cruising down the highway with more than 200 grams of heroin in the diaper he was wearing, federal officials said.
Keys, 38, of New Orleans was charged Friday by a federal grand jury. He got in trouble June 3 in St. John the Baptist Parish, north of New Orleans, when sheriff's deputies pulled over the car he was in for a traffic violation, according to court documents.
Keys, 38, of New Orleans was charged Friday by a federal grand jury. He got in trouble June 3 in St. John the Baptist Parish, north of New Orleans, when sheriff's deputies pulled over the car he was in for a traffic violation, according to court documents.
In a centuries long case of mistaken identity, we've finally rounded up another suspect. The June 11 discovery of a one-year-old, one-horned deer may put Bambi in the company of the rhinoceros, the narwhal and the onyx as creatures who spawned the enduring myth of the unicorn.
In this case, the single horn on the Italian deer found at a wildlife preserve in the town of Prato, outside of Florence, is attributed to a genetic mutation, but its discoverers aren't ruling out the possibility that other creatures with similar abnormalities could have been spotted throughout history, and contributed to the persistent unicorn legend. Whatever the present day implications of this discovery, however, historically speaking, scientific evidence has seldom played a role when it comes to believing in unicorns.
In this case, the single horn on the Italian deer found at a wildlife preserve in the town of Prato, outside of Florence, is attributed to a genetic mutation, but its discoverers aren't ruling out the possibility that other creatures with similar abnormalities could have been spotted throughout history, and contributed to the persistent unicorn legend. Whatever the present day implications of this discovery, however, historically speaking, scientific evidence has seldom played a role when it comes to believing in unicorns.
UNLUCKY for some? Dutch statisticians have established that Friday 13th, a date regarded in many countries as inauspicious, is actually safer than an average Friday.
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| Forget about evil black cats, here's a Soft & Cuddly plush stuffed Black Cat! Just what you need for good luck on Friday the 13th! |
DUBLIN - Opponents of a European Union reform treaty received the backing of Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest flop Dustin the Turkey as voters went to the polls Thursday.
"Isn't a shame there wasn't a third box we could tick that just said: 'What?'" said the purple-beaked glove puppet, who tried and failed for European glory in this year's competition.
"That way they'd have to go back to the table, work out a proper way of explaining the thing, and people would know what it is that's on offer," he was quoted as saying by The Irish Sun tabloid.
"Isn't a shame there wasn't a third box we could tick that just said: 'What?'" said the purple-beaked glove puppet, who tried and failed for European glory in this year's competition.
"That way they'd have to go back to the table, work out a proper way of explaining the thing, and people would know what it is that's on offer," he was quoted as saying by The Irish Sun tabloid.
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| Opponents of a European Union reform treaty received the backing of Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest flop. |
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| The Voice of Prophecy's Discover Bible Guides are now accessible by cell phone Web browsers. Upcoming versions are slated to feature graphics and interactive grading. |
Discovery Bible Guide students can now use their cell phones to learn more about God during downtime at the bus stop or on the subway.
The Discover Bible Guides -- produced since 1942 by Voice of Prophecy, a supporting media ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church -- are now formatted for access by mobile Web browsers, a first for the church, says Kurt Johnson, the ministry's Bible School director.
