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Subject: [Homestead] hey, I just read 'em ....
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 11:34:56 -0700
Now, if you were an alien (or (one or more) "god"(s))) and these were some of
the headlines you read in the U.S. morning newspapers before you had your
elixir (or nectar or whatever) would you be 'amused' ?
Female pastor leads to controversy among Georgia Baptists
By LOUISE CHU ASSOCIATED PRESS
ROME, Ga., Sept. 25 - Katrina Brooks always felt a calling from God but
wasn't sure how to fulfill it. A Baptist, Brooks spent years as a hospital
chaplain and assisting her husband in his ministerial duties, but never felt
completely satisfied in those roles. It wasn't until she was in her late 30s
that she realized she wanted to lead a congregation.
USA - POMONA, Calif. -- The eyes of the gurgitators were knives, fixed on the
paper plates in front of them. Guts growled. Mouths stretched. Cameras
rolled. The time was 7:30 Wednesday night, the site the Los Angeles County
Fairgrounds, the contest the eight-minute Winchell's World Donut Eating
Championship................. Shortly after 7:30 p.m., the countdown began --
"10, 9, 8 ..." -- and the slurping, drooling, sucking and swallowing
commenced. "Ewwww, gross!" screamed a delighted kid.
U.S. commander says 2,000 insurgents threatening Afghan election
Nine reported dead in latest violence
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 25 - U.S.-led forces trying to protect landmark
Afghan elections face a rising wave of violence from about 2,000 insurgents,
including al-Qaida militants slipping in from Pakistan, an American general
said Saturday.
[Homestead] hey, I just read 'em ....,
Toni Hawryluk, 09/25/2004