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Found in a Nantucket newspaper...

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The Pentagon paid right away

Hundreds of Montana Power bills had misprints in September, including that of a couple whose electricity was $50 billion. The charge should have been $35.95.

The mother-in-law is appealing the decision

The Arkansas Supreme Court The Arkansas Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Arkansas. It consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. The Justices are elected in a non-partisan election for a term of eight years.  tossed out the DUI conviction of Michael Norris because police had administered a field sobriety test in his bedroom. Police were let into the house by Norris` mother-in-law.

The Case for Social Darwinism

In a June issue of the New England Journal of Medicine The New England Journal of Medicine (New Engl J Med or NEJM) is an English-language peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is one of the most popular and widely-read peer-reviewed general medical journals in the world. , doctors affirmed that decapitated de·cap·i·tate  
tr.v. de·cap·i·tat·ed, de·cap·i·tat·ing, de·cap·i·tates
To cut off the head of; behead.



[Late Latin d
 rattlesnake rattlesnake, poisonous New World snake of the pit viper family, distinguished by a rattle at the end of the tail. The head is triangular, being widened at the base. The rattle is a series of dried, hollow segments of skin, which, when shaken, make a whirring sound.  heads are still capable of injecting venom and that research shows that young men, "particularly while intoxicated in·tox·i·cate  
v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates

v.tr.
1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol.

2.
," disproportionately receive such bites.

Our Governor can take your Transportation Minister

The United States and Canada recently squared off aggressively over a dispute about rights to the popular walleye walleye, in medicine
walleye: see strabismus.
walleye, in zoology
walleye or walleyed pike: see perch.
 fish that roam rivers and lakes near the Manitoba-Minnesota border. Minnesotans on a U.S. peninsula attached to Manitoba have threatened to secede and join Canada in order to get better access to walleyes, but in retaliation, Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura threatened to block the Canadian National railroad, whose track makes a short dip into the Minnesota to get around one of the lakes.

"You Gotta Know When To Hold `Em"

Republican incumbent Jim Blanq was declared the winner in a New Mexico judicial election after Democrat Lena Milligan lost a seven-card stud poker hand dealt in court by District Judge Neil Mertz.
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