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Dear FRiends, I just had to share the good news with you all that I am about to become $180,000 richer. Yes, amen, I received this letter in the mail yesterday and I am so excited! The letterhead reads "Corporate Express Inc. 475/7 Brookside Dr. Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3A 8Z4 Canada, Office/Fax Line 1-888-730-2165.It also has a little box stating REG. 06/03/93AGENT, SERNP.5/FD/8AGENTAlthough I only received this yesterday, the letter states the date as 04-08-08. The letter says this:CLAIM# CE/KN/8/2/5UAttention: xxxx xxxxThis is to inform you that you are one of the lucky winners of a sweepstake sponsored by a...

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BRIDGEPORT, Ind. (AP) -- Gamblers at Caesars Indiana raked in nearly a half-million dollars over two days on one slot machine that gave players credit for putting in 10 times as much money as they really had. Caesars lost $487,000 before a player notified officials of the problem with the slot machine, The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky., reported Friday.The Indiana Gaming Commission is investigating, and the casino might end up being fined for failing to follow procedures designed to prevent such a problem, said Jennifer Arnold, the commission's deputy director. The casino intends to try to get the money back,...

MILFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - The FBI said Thursday that a search of a horse farm for clues to Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance is expected to take at least a couple weeks and likely will involve the removal of a barn. Federal agents began digging at Hidden Dreams Farm on Wednesday in a search for “the human remains of James Riddle Hoffa,” according to the search warrant, obtained by The Associated PressThe former Teamsters leader disappeared in 1975 on a night he was to have dinner at a restaurant about 20 miles away.Hoffa was to meet with a New Jersey Teamsters boss...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A Web site posted a photograph of what it claimed was a kidnapped U.S. soldier, but doubts were quickly raised about its authenticity and the U.S. military said no soldiers were missing. An American toy manufacturer said the figure in the photo resembled one of its military action figures, originally produced for sale at U.S. bases in Kuwait. The statement appeared on a Web site where militants' statements are often posted and was in the name of a group that has claimed previous kidnappings, the Mujahedeen Brigades. The Arabic text, however, contained several misspellings and repetitions....

It is with the saddest heart that I must pass on the following news. Please join me in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71. Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozen of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, The California Raisins, Betty Crocker, The Hostess Twinkies, Little Debbie and Captain Crunch. The grave site was piled high with flours. Aunt Jemina delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a...

<p>In the legend of Moorish Spain, the last Muslim king of Granada, Boabdil, surrendered the keys to his city on January 2, 1492, and on one of its hills, paused for a final glance at his lost dominion. The place would henceforth be known as El Ultimo Suspiro del Moro -- "the Moor's Last Sigh." Boabdil's mother is said to have taunted him, and to have told him to "weep like a woman for the land he could not defend as a man." An Arab poet of our own era gave voice to a historical lament when he wrote that as he walked the streets of Granada, he searched his pockets for the keys to its houses. Al Andalus -- Andalusia -- would become a deep wound, a reminder of dominions gained by Islam and then squandered. No wonder Muslim chroniclers added "May Allah return it to Islam," as they told and retold Granada's fate.</p>

My niece, April, is having labor induced today. She's had a very rough pregnancy and has been warned that she must not have another child. From sonograms we know it's a baby girl and my brother is there with his son. The baby's head is not quite where it should be positioned, so they may do a c-section. Please pray for her and the baby. I've never asked for prayer before, but April is so young and such a fine person. She'll be having a hysterectomy after this because the doctors are all advising her to do so.

This is a necessary but shameful continuation of a thread ignore which has grown all too long and hopefully we will all continue to ignore it. :)

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Snoring makes you less intelligent and can be stopped through minor surgery that trims away soft tissue in your mouth and throat, a German clinic said Wednesday. The clinic cited a U.S. study which showed that in addition to being an irritating habit, snoring kills brain cells by depriving the body of oxygen. The study found that snorers performed worst in tests of intelligence, speed of reaction and visual coordination, Medica Muelheim clinic said in a statement. Laser surgery can solve the problem by cutting away tissue to allow the patient to breathe more freely while ...

A hearty band of protesters has been following candidate Hillary Clinton since she announced her "listening tour" of New York state last year. They go from town hall meeting to parade to fund raiser, waving signs and shouting wherever the first lady appears along the Senate campaign trail. And though the press has for the most part ignored the group, which seldom numbers more than 25 at a time, the anecdotal reports they post on the Web site FreeRepublic.com have chronicled the Clinton campaign in a way mainline journalists couldn't have. The Freepers, as they call themselves, don't see the ...

WASHINGTON – The Reform Party has formed an investigative subcommittee to look into allegations of widespread fraud in the party's national presidential primary. The committee, formed Wednesday, was yet another chapter in the tangled dispute over procedures for nominating a presidential candidate for the party founded by Ross Perot. The move followed allegations by some party members that thousands of improper ballots may have been sent out for its national primary. At the root of the allegations was the question of whether the two presidential candidates had obeyed the rules for submitting to the national party lists of voters who ...

THURMONT, Md. – The Middle East peace talks are "the hardest thing I've ever seen," President Clinton told Michael Kramer, editor of the New York Daily News. White House spokesman Joe Lockhart told reporters here Sunday night that the president's remarks came at the end of a telephone interview on the subject of "outrageous charges" against first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Lockhart's apparent reference was to charges made in Jerry Oppenheimer's new book on the Clinton marriage. Mrs. Clinton is alleged to have hurled an ethnic slur at an adviser during Bill Clinton's unsuccessful run for Congress in 1974. Kramer ...

March 7, 2000 Tenn. Not Part of Super Tuesday Filed at 6:17 p.m. EST By The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Several Tennesseans cast votes in the presidential primary, thinking their state was part of Super Tuesday. They weren't alone. Vice President Al Gore seemed to think so, too. ``I just got off the phone with a gentleman. I had to explain we're not Super Tuesday, we're just next Tuesday,'' said Knox County registrar Pat Crippens, whose office got about 30 calls from confused voters. Lorna Williams, registrar in Marshall County, said a man came to her office to ...

Sunday February 13 1:15 PM ET Ventura Says Would Weigh Running With McCain WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura said on Sunday he would consider running as vice president if invited to do so by Arizona Senator John McCain (news - web sites). ''The senator hasn't called me yet, but you know if he did, I'd certainly give a little weight to it,'' Ventura said on ABC's ''This Week with Sam Donaldson & Cokie Roberts.'' ``I respect him that much that I'd owe that due if he did do that.''The governor's comments came days after he severed his ties ...

Thursday January 13, 1:34 AM Top Ten Reasons Letterman's Hillary Interview Was So Lame For years CBS "Late Show" funnyman David Letterman has been skewering Bill and Hillary Clinton on topics running the gamut from her involvement in scandals like Filegate to his White House sexcapades. So it comes as no surprise that viewers were somewhat disappointed when Letterman donned the kid gloves for the first lady's "Late Show" debut, even though the ascerbic talk host had goaded her for weeks with pointed barbs until she accepted his invite. But once Letterman had the US Senate wannabe where he ...