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Canada’s finance minister resigns as unpopular Trudeau faces biggest test of his political career

December 16, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Canada’s finance minister resigns as unpopular Trudeau faces biggest test of his political career

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced the biggest test of his political career after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long one of his most powerful and loyal ministers, resigned from the Cabinet on […]

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South Korean investigators request that impeached president appear for questioning over martial law

December 15, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on South Korean investigators request that impeached president appear for questioning over martial law

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean law enforcement authorities will request that impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol appear for questioning this week over his short-lived martial law decree as they expand a probe into […]

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Storms across US bring heavy snow, dangerous ice and a tornado in California

December 15, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Storms across US bring heavy snow, dangerous ice and a tornado in California

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A tornado near a mall in central California swept up cars, uprooted trees and sent several people to the hospital. In San Francisco, authorities issued the first-ever tornado warning. Elsewhere, inclement […]

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Israel will close its Ireland embassy over Gaza tensions as Palestinian death toll nears 45,000

December 15, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Israel will close its Ireland embassy over Gaza tensions as Palestinian death toll nears 45,000

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza, where Palestinian medical officials said new Israeli airstrikes killed over 46 people […]

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After a 15-year pause in executions, Indiana prepares to put to death a man who killed 4

December 15, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on After a 15-year pause in executions, Indiana prepares to put to death a man who killed 4

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana officials are preparing to execute the state’s first death row inmate in 15 years, who was convicted a quarter-century ago of killing his brother and three other men. Joseph Corcoran, 49, […]

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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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