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Salvage crews recover engine, large portion of jet from river after deadly air collision near DC

February 3, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Salvage crews recover engine, large portion of jet from river after deadly air collision near DC

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Salvage crews have recovered an engine and large pieces of fuselage and are working to retrieve a wing from the wreckage of a commercial airliner involved in last week’s midair collision […]

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National / International

Ukrainian troops losing ground to Russia as Trump talks of ending war

February 3, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Ukrainian troops losing ground to Russia as Trump talks of ending war

POKROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — A dire shortage of infantry troops and supply routes coming under Russian drone attacks are conspiring against Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk, where decisive battles in the nearly three-year war are playing out […]

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National / International

Another car bomb in a northern Syria city kills at least 19, mostly women

February 3, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Another car bomb in a northern Syria city kills at least 19, mostly women

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Another car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a city in northern Syria on Monday, killing at least 19 people and leaving over a dozen wounded, hospital workers and emergency responders […]

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Sports

Jack Flaherty returns to Tigers, agreeing to $35 million, 2-year deal, AP source says

February 2, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Jack Flaherty returns to Tigers, agreeing to $35 million, 2-year deal, AP source says

Pitcher Jack Flaherty is returning to the Detroit Tigers, agreeing Sunday to a $35 million, two-year contract, a person familiar with the agreement told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because […]

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Oddities

Laid-off employees’ termination email includes extra duck-you

February 2, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Laid-off employees’ termination email includes extra duck-you

If you’re losing your job, a photo of an adorable animal probably isn’t going to help much.  Nonetheless, that’s what the payments-software company Stripe did when notifying 300 employees that they were being laid off. […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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From what language did English borrow the word "ukulele"?

In the Hawaiian language the word ukulele roughly translates as 'jumping flea', perhaps because of the movement of the player's fingers. Legend attributes it to the nickname of Englishman Edward William Purvis, one of King Kalākaua's officers, because of his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise.

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On what show did Heather Locklear make her TV debut in a recurring role?

In 1982, Locklear began a long term association with television producer Aaron Spelling. First, she was cast in a recurring role as Sammy Jo Dean on Spelling's Dynasty. The following year, while still appearing on Dynasty, Locklear took on a starring role as Officer Stacy Sheridan on the police drama T.J. Hooker.

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Originally called pimento, what popular spice was first grown in Jamaica?

Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.

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Who recorded the song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"?

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985).

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Who wrote the book "Gone with the Wind"?

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind.

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