Category: news item
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New stuff is in the air
There must be something in the summer air that has got me going… but there are all sorts of things swirling around my head. Sometimes I pray "stupid prayers" to God. I asked Him to take what I’m doing and blow it up for you. Maybe that meant "destroy" or maybe that meant "make it…
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Three Cheers for Northern Ireland
I know this story isn’t hitting the news around home since it doesn’t fit the "if it bleeds, it leads" category, but it should. BELFAST, Northern Ireland: Protestant leader Ian Paisley, who spent decades refusing to cooperate with Northern Ireland’s Catholic minority, was elected Tuesday to oversee a power-sharing administration alongside his longtime Sinn Fein…
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Suck it up ICANN
LISBON (Reuters) – The U.S.-based Internet governing body rejected a proposal on Friday to create an adults-only zone on the internet, or a .XXX domain. Supporters of an .XXX domain argued it would make it easier to confine sex sites and filter them out. Opponents argued it would make pornography on the Internet…
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Swiss Invaded Someone?
This story will make you snort milk out of your nose. The Swiss military, renown the world over for their absolute neutrality… accidentally invaded their eastern neighbor Liechtenstein. "We’ve spoken to the authorities in Liechtenstein and it’s not a problem," Daniel Reist told The Associated Press. Officials in Liechtenstein also played down the incident. Interior…
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Tara Grant Murder
Just heard the news conference. Sad news from our area.Sheriff Hackel just announced that they found Tara’s body in her garage. Her husband is the "one and only suspect" and they are currently looking for him. Apparently he took off last night when the sheriff’s executed the search warrant on their home. Right now the…
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Why the Romeo School Bond Failed
Last night, Romeo Community Schools bid to bond $93 million for capital improvements failed when the people voted it down. The tally was 2095-3323. A couple of weeks ago I posted about why I thought it was a crazy bond.Let me outline 3 reasons Romeo’s school bond failed: Bad Marketing: It’s impossible to convince the…
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The Power of a Press Release
Yesterday was a slow news day here in Detroit. An a local church plant must have sent a press release about their new teaching series on sex. How do I know that? The lead story on Fox News Detroit was "Detroit Church Holding Sessions on Sex" Never mind the fact that this series has been…
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Crazy Bond Proposal
Here in Romeo, there is a proposal to bond $93 million to build a new high school as well as a fair number of other projects. It’s a lot of money and the politics that it has brought about are quite interesting.I’m an optimist. I like to see what is happening in the Detroit area…
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Britney is not that innocent
The headline reads, " Bald Britney sits for new ink at Los Angeles tattoo parlor." Story Could it get any more perfect? Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs.
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Predictable school closure
This is the 2nd or 3rd year in a row that Romeo has canceled school the day after the Super Bowl. It would be irresponsible of the school district to schedule classes the day after the Super Bowl in 2008. I don’t know what they should call it, but it’s clear that the administration, students,…