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Is it the calm before the swarm? Heavy rains likely to affect fish fly invasion 12:17 AM, Jun. 11, 2011 BY PEGGY WALSH-SARNECKI DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER They swarm. They invade. They mush on your windshield. The annual invasion of fish flies is coming, and scientists...

Chicago-area man returns bag with $17K in cash AP Thu Jun 9, 5:05 pm ET ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. – Robert Adams craved an ice-cold drink after finishing his shift on a sweltering workday, but not having enough money to buy the burrito he also wanted left him with two obvious choices: Stop...

Americans rated most hilarious in global poll Wed Jun 8, 11:53 am ET LONDON (Reuters) – The Germans have been voted the world's "least funny nationality" in a global poll, which names Americans the funniest overall and the Spanish the most amusing Europeans, ahead of the Italians and French...

They showed a pic of Tina Fey on SNL. :eek: Fox News mistakes Tina Fey for Sarah Palin - Yahoo! News

Republican mainstream flirts with brief default Tim Reid and Steven C. Johnson Tim Reid And Steven C. Johnson WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – An idea once confined to the fringe of the Republican party is seeping into its mainstream -- that a brief default might be an acceptable price to pay...

Cities You Don't Want to Live In ... Yet by Cindy Perman Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Piling on is an age-old tradition. People get a whiff of negative air and, like a pack of wolves, turn against it. That has happened to a lot of cities, many of which were struggling to reinvent themselves...

By DAISY NGUYEN, Associated Press Daisy Nguyen, Associated Press – Mon Jun 6, 7:41 pm ET LOS ANGELES – Only in Los Angeles could a weekend freeway closure be compared to the end of the world. Authorities will close Interstate 405 to do road work in July, and they took the step Monday of...

I usually don't ask this kind of a question, But does anybody have knoweldge about SOS Express. I have seen a few of their trucks drive by going the other way and could not catch a location or phone number. I have done an internet search and the best I can come up with is a courier company...

At least ours uses a van. :D:rolleyes: Customs seize 451 turtles in suitcases - Yahoo! News

Israel sees Syrian hand in Golan clashes, 23 dead Ari Rabinovitch – 55 mins ago JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel accused Syria on Monday of orchestrating lethal confrontations on the once-quiet ceasefire line between the two countries as a distraction from Damascus's bloody crackdown on an...

Today is June 6th. D-Day. I am urging each and every one of us, to put aside the petty differences we may have with each other, and say a prayer for "The Greatest Generation". Without their bravery and sacrafice, we would not be able to have what we have today. God Bless them, and...

Man cited after paying bill with 2,500 pennies VERNAL, Utah – A Utah man has been cited on a charge of disorderly conduct after paying for a disputed medical bill with 2,500 pennies. The Deseret News of Salt Lake City reports Jason West went to Basin Clinic in Vernal on May 27 prepared to...

Health for the long haul: Truckers face extra obstacles when it comes to losing weight Jun 5, 2011 BY JULIE DEARDORFF CHICAGO TRIBUNE Filed Under Life Health Once tipping the scales at 412 pounds, commercial driver Glenn Horack now carries two precious things in his Peterbilt...

John Edwards charged in felony indictment The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal grand jury has indicted two-time presidential candidate John Edwards over massive sums of money spent to keep his mistress in hiding during the peak of his 2008 campaign for the White House. The...

Assisted suicide advocate Kevorkian dies at age 83 By COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press Corey Williams, Associated Press – 8 mins ago DETROIT – Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian died in a Detroit area hospital following a short illness at the age of 83, according to a close friend and...

National Doughnut Day Is Tomorrow! Free Doughnuts! By Meg Marco on June 4, 2009 4:46 PM Tomorrow, June 5th, is National Doughnut Day. Why do you care about this? Because it is your opportunity to grab yourself a free doughnut. And as we all know, free doughnuts have no calories. Actually...

Halo Burger to open 2 more locations in Genesee County in 2011, expand to Oakland County Thursday, June 02, 2011, 3:50 PM By Kris Turner | The Flint Journal MLive.com FLINT, Michigan — Metro Detroit will have multiple opportunities to take a bite out of a Flint staple in 2012. Halo...

By NORA MUCHANIC GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. - May 25, 2011 (WPVI) -- Students in a southern New Jersey school district might not have to crack the books on weekends and holidays. A team of administrators has been reviewing the homework policy for Galloway Township Schools and is recommending...

At 84, he's still the `guardian angel' of Route 66 By PAULINE ARRILLAGA, AP National Writer Pauline Arrillaga, Ap National Writer – Mon May 30, 12:06 am ET SELIGMAN, Ariz. – Just after lunchtime in a town that is a monument to yesteryear, an old man is cruising down Route 66 using an...

A pirate walked into a bar with a ship's helm on his junk. The bartender said, "Excuse me sir, but do you realize you've got a giant steering wheel on your johnson?" The pirate responded, "AARGH! It's driving me nuts!" =============================================== Pirate walks into a bar...