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  1. EnglishLady

    US Supreme Court allows anti-gay military funeral protests

    BBC News March 2 The US Supreme Court has ruled that a controversial anti-gay church has the right to picket military funerals by the free speech provision in the US Constitution. The court ruled 8-1 in favour of the Westboro Baptist Church, which was sued by the father of a dead US...
  2. EnglishLady

    Wolfeman's surgery

    Be a patient patient and you will be back in the fold before you know it :D Tony & Sue
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    Tiniest Computer in the World

    Discovery News Feb 25 See it now, folks! Between the Bearded Lady and the Monster Spider –- the World's Smallest Computer! Worlds-smallest-computer-650 Seriously, the world's smallest computer. It barely covers the “N” on a penny. The prototypical sensor device developed by...
  4. EnglishLady

    Another storm...

    In Memphis TN, with tornado sirens blaring :eek: Storm has just hit - torrential rain and wind
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    Wis. troopers sent to find Democrats, no one home

    AP Feb 24 MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin state troopers were dispatched Thursday to try to find at least one of the 14 Senate Democrats who have been on the run for eight days to delay a vote on Republican Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to strip collective bargaining rights from nearly all public...
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    Wikileaks' Julian Assange to be extradited to Sweden

    BBC News Feb 24 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations, a judge has ruled. At Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in south London, District Judge Howard Riddle said the extradition would not breach Mr Assange's human rights. Mr...
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    Whatever you do, don't look down!

    LOL yes, and the ppl walking around them :D So many of them were good, I don't think I could choose a fav - I wouldn't make a very good competition judge would I LOL :p
  8. EnglishLady

    Whatever you do, don't look down!

    WOW! Fantastic
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    Whatever you do, don't look down!

    Mail Whatever you do, don't look down! This amazing piece of street art has been officially recognised as the world's largest (but it's definitely not for those with vertigo) Whatever you do, don't look down! This amazing piece of street art has been officially recognised as the...
  10. EnglishLady

    Mother's fury at school sending boy, six, to psychiatric ward after he drew video-gam

    Re: Mother's fury at school sending boy, six, to psychiatric ward after he drew video This report is actually quite close to the interview, with the mother, that I saw on the TV News. The mother said that her son was 6 years old, that the school contacted authorities first and, not that...
  11. EnglishLady

    Be Careful Today

    Indiana I69 South MM130 closed 2 T/T accident, 1 T/T has a four wheel drive under it.
  12. EnglishLady

    Be Careful Today

    I69 North - Fort Wayne - at a virtual standstill. heavy snow :(
  13. EnglishLady

    Libya protests: Gaddafi's son admits 'mistakes'

    BBC News update 1933: Libya's diplomats at the United Nations call for international intervention to end the crisis. The deputy ambassador, Ibrahim Omar Al Dabashi, told BBC World that Col Gaddafi's government was carrying out a genocide.
  14. EnglishLady

    Libya protests: Gaddafi's son admits 'mistakes'

    Update BBC News 1853: More info on those two Libyan jets that landed in Malta: Maltese government officials say their two pilots defected having been ordered to bomb protesters. One of them has requested political asylum, Reuters reports.
  15. EnglishLady

    Libya protests: Gaddafi's son admits 'mistakes'

    BBC News Feb 21 Col Gaddafi in Venezuela? 1815: Earlier, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said he had seen information suggesting Col Gaddafi was on his way to Venezuela - but the authorities there have denied any such thing. In Libya, state television said the security forces...
  16. EnglishLady

    Mother's fury at school sending boy, six, to psychiatric ward after he drew video-gam

    Re: Mother's fury at school sending boy, six, to psychiatric ward after he drew video I think the most disturbing part for me was the way the school handled this. If the boy was in his teens maybe, but 6 years old - appalling IMO.
  17. EnglishLady

    Texas poised to pass bill allowing guns on campus

    AP Feb 20 AUSTIN, Texas – Texas is preparing to give college students and professors the right to carry guns on campus, adding momentum to a national campaign to open this part of society to firearms. More than half the members of the Texas House have signed on as co-authors of a measure...
  18. EnglishLady

    Mother's fury at school sending boy, six, to psychiatric ward after he drew video-gam

    Mail A mother has criticised school authorities for committing her six-year-old son to a psychiatric ward against her wishes because of a picture he drew in class. Jack Dorman was pulled out of his elementary school classroom after he sketched a drawing of zombies and stick figures and...
  19. EnglishLady

    Libya protests: Gaddafi's son admits 'mistakes'

    BBC News Feb 20 Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's son, Sayf al-Islam, has admitted the country's military over-reacted when dealing with protesters. But, speaking on Libyan TV, he accused the opposition and Islamist groups of trying to break up the country. He said troops had...
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