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CARTOON 12-24-2018
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 12-24-2018
Jan 02, 2019
Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get Headaches?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Woodpeckers can peck up to 20 times per second. Do they get headaches? Their skulls are separated from their beaks, with an air cushion softening blows. Th...
Jan 02, 2019
You Could Casually Ride An Alligator In the 1900s At This California Alligator Farm
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Would you let your child ride a full-grown 400-pound alligator? Opened in 1907 by "Alligator Joe" Campbell and Francis Earnest, the California Alligator Fa...
Jan 02, 2019
China's leader urges action on unification with Taiwan
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping, declaring that independence is not an option for Taiwan, urged both sides to reach an early consensus on unification and not leave the issue for future generati...
Jan 02, 2019
Eugenie Bouchard advances to quarterfinals at ASB Classic
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard is off to the quarterfinals at the ASB Classic. The native of Westmount, Que., downed Bibiane Schoofs of the Netherlands 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 in th...
Jan 02, 2019
Shannon Phillips ready to stand on party achievements in Spring election
LETHBRIDGE - A provincial election may still be a few months off. But Lethbridge West MLA Shannon Phillips says the campaign is already underway. In a year-end conversation with LethbridgeNewsNOW, the...
Jan 02, 2019
Fighting among rebels in northern Syria kills dozens
BEIRUT - Two days of fighting in rebel-held parts of northern Syria killed dozens of people as al-Qaida-linked militants press their offensive against Turkey-backed rebels, a war monitor and activists...
Jan 02, 2019
Nuns in India tell AP of enduring abuse in Catholic church
KURAVILANGAD, India - The stories spill out in the sitting rooms of Catholic convents, where portraits of Jesus keep watch and fans spin quietly overhead. They spill out in church meeting halls bathed...
Jan 02, 2019
Tops on House Democrats' to-do list: Try to end shutdown
WASHINGTON - House Democrats are sweeping into power this week on a campaign promise of improving government for ordinary Americans. But first, they’ll have to get government reopened from the p...
Jan 02, 2019
US Catholic bishops to pray over clergy sexual abuse scandal
MUNDELEIN, Ill. - U.S.-based Roman Catholic bishops gathered Wednesday for a weeklong retreat near Chicago on the church sexual abuse scandal that organizers say will focus on prayer and spiritual ref...
Jan 02, 2019