Longest field goal record broken yesterday: Although the record for the longest kicked field was broken yesterday by a kicker for the Denver Broncos, the 63-yard field goal kicked by Tom Dempsey really deserves to be considered the truly greatest. Born without toes on one foot, Dempsey wasn’t the typical jock. But in the final […]
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What in the World? Today’s News
Good morning! It’s the first of many freezing cold Friday mornings here in Central Oregon. We hope you’re enjoying the snow! Here’s what’s happening in our neighborhood and around the world. Sad news first…Nelson Mandela, former South African president, an icon for peaceful resistance and the major figure in the struggle against apartheid, died yesterday […]
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In the greatest military operation of the year, the US government dropped 2000 poison-laden mice onto Guam today, in an attempt to control an invasion of snakes – that have been disrupting both the protectorate’s ecosystem and power grid. And, by dropped, we mean, parachuted in! And, in the saddest civic story of the year, […]
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What in the World? Today’s News
Good morning world!Happy Friday…here’s what’s happening today. Today marks 50 years since JFK’s assassination. A sad anniversary for America. The senate voted to reform filibuster rules to make it easier for majority parties to approve nominees. The move is supported by President Obama who has had 21 nominees filibustered or withdrawn during his presidency. In […]
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What in the World? Today’s News
Hey world! It’s Friday! Things are happening! Read on… It’s about to get slightly less terrible to live in China! The Communist Party has announced that they will ease it’s one-child family size restrictions and put an end to labor camps. In the states…the healthcare plot thickens! Obamacare continues to be a disaster as Republicans […]
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Support survivors in the Philippines: After one of the worst storms this century – a typhoon that has killed nearly 10,000 people – MercyCorps has been deploying resources to the worst hit sites. Start the week out with a contribution to help out. Mercy Corps in headquartered in Portland, and considered one of the most […]
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What in the World?—Today’s News
Friday Nov. 8Our first in an ongoing blog series, What in the World? where we link you to all the morning’s most important and most ridiculous national and global news. Internationally…SUPER TYPHOON Haiyan has hit the Philippines in full force with winds up to 235 MPH and is being called the strongest storm ever. Obama’s […]
