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Quote of the day: “It’s the same battles that my ancestors had. And now it’s just a bunch of different cavalry wearing a bunch of different coats.” Jarvis Kennedy, council member of the Burns Paiute tribe, talking about the armed group that’s taken over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. The land belonged to the Native American tribe’s ancestors long before ranchers and farmers had it.
The film “is not anti-Catholic, as has been written.” – Vatican-owned newspaper L’Osservatore Romano on “Spotlight,” the Oscar-winning film about journalists who exposed the priest sexual abuse scandal.
Some passports will get you more places than others. Sorry U.S., you’re not No. 1. But you can see the top from where you are.
Calm down, Foo Fighters fans. Everything is okay. Dave’s not going solo and the band isn’t breaking up.
Got a hankering for junk food? Your body’s trying to tell you something - like, go to sleep already.
The Breakup Shop will dump your boyfriend/girlfriend for you – for the low, low price of $10. Or you can go bigger – with a card that smells like poop.
You can blame your ancestors for the gray strands of hair popping up on your head. But you’d only be about 30% right.
We know dogs aren’t fans of postal workers. Cats, on the other hand ….
Let’s face it, not all jobs are created equal. Some will do a real number on your heart (and your waistline).
The real winner of Super Tuesday is our neighbor to the north. Google searches for “how to move to Canada” rocketed after The Donald’s win.
ISIS thought it had successfully hacked Google. What it really hacked was a small Indian company with Google in its name. Oops!
New Yorkers may seem harried but they aren’t going nowhere fast. They have the longest average commute time in the country: 35 minutes one way .Ouch!
And finally …
You don’t have to hound these street dogs to do their job at the Brazilian Open tennis tournament.
You know how hard it is to wean a baby off a pacifier. Well, try doing that with a golden retriever.