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cots & Cribs

Fundraiser cycle ride in memory of sister’s baby boy (From This is The West Country)

Fundraiser cycle ride in memory of sister’s baby boy 7:30pm Wednesday 27th June 2012 in News by Daniel Milligan Richard Lambert and his sister Emma Wescott. PHOTO: Mike Lang a FUNDRAISER from Berrow is cycling the length of the country in memory of his sister’s baby who tragically died only a week after birth. Richard [...]

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New launch of a local business: RentGearHere.com

Have you ever dreaded packing the car for a beach vacation? Have you ever cringed at how much it cost buying vacation gear? RentGearHere.com knows your frustrations and is here to solve the problem! RentGearHere.com, founded by local Phillip Poundstone, rents bike, beach, baby and other vacation gear at a fraction of what it costs [...]

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Braintree: Judge brands Oakes a grotesquely violent sadist (From Braintree and Witham Times)

Braintree: Judge brands Oakes a grotesquely violent sadist 9:46am Wednesday 16th May 2012 in News Braintree: Judge brands Oakes a grotesquely violent sadist Oakes was branded a sadist whose reaction to the breakdown of his relationship with Christine Chambers was “purely selfish, self pitying and grotesquely violent.” Judge mr Justice Adrian Fulford said there was [...]

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Bowe Bergdahl: Prisoner of war, politics and diplomacy

This image from a video released by a Taliban affiliated group on Nov. 24, 2010, shows captive U.S. Army Spc. Bowe Bergdahl alongside his suspected captor, Mullah Sangeen Zadran. (Credit:CBS) This analysis was written by Jere Van Dyk, a CBS News terrorism analyst and contributor who has spent three decades studying and reporting on the [...]

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My Turn: Neatniks just can’t let things be

A friend once complained to me of his newly acquired family, “Not one of my wife’s kids shuts a drawer or door. they never close a potato chip bag.” I replied, “Don’t worry. They’ll learn.” I didn’t have the heart to tell him the truth. The desire for orderliness isn’t learned at all. It is [...]

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Nope, no April foolishness here

Today is April 1. There is no joke attached to this statement, merely a matter of fact. But it is April 1, also known as April Fools’ Day, a time when some are known to play pranks, make things up or in general be pests. a great many people love it. Others absolutely dread it. [...]

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A miracle wrought by human genius (From The Oxford Times)

A miracle wrought by human genius 3:25pm Wednesday 4th April 2012 in Leisure by Chris Koenig A miracle wrought by human genius anyone planning to view The Last Supper at Magdalen College this Good Friday will be disappointed, since the painting was removed at the end of last year to become part of the Leonardo [...]

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