“Merry Christmas, Lit-Lat,” I said to the street punk who had been trying to rob St Antony’s Church on Christmas Eve. Then I knelt and thanked my Lord and Saviour for all the blessings I’d received. And as I did, I felt less cynical, humbled by …
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Shocking ‘candid camera’ video shows passers-by unlocking the driver’s door for an actor playing part of inebriated motorist Christmas shoppers were secreted filmed helping an apparently drunk driver get into his car. The shocking ‘candid camera …
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The Buddy is an hourglass-shaped robot made by a German company, Joola. You put ping pong balls in the top – you can fit about 100 – and it just shoots them out at you from across the table. It’s got an oscillator, so it can send them out …
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Festooned with five miles of crystal icicles plus a grotto whose Santa sends a personalised video in advance to his young customers, the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield has been planning its drive for Christmas sales all year. Tea dances …
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They came in their hundreds across the steel bridge, drawn from the rainy gloom towards the irresistible sparkle and warmth of Europe’s largest urban shopping centre. At the tail-end of the afternoon, gaggles of schoolgirls unleashed from school …
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But for us tropical-country residents, most of this doesn’t really happen. That, however, shouldn’t prevent us from enjoying a jolly good Xmas. Christmas decor does not have to be a mini plastic tree picked up from your neighbourhood store and …
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(CNN)– Authorities in the Palestinian town of Bethlehem are hoping it won’t be a silent night this Christmas Eve, following a spate of tourist cancellations due to recent violence in Gaza. The West Bank town of around 29,000 people, eight …
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There’s a lot of support for a storm coming up the East Coast next Tuesday into Wednesday. But most indications, at least right now, are that rain would be favored in the D.C. area. We’ll keep a close eye on this scenario in case the storm …
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TODAY’S CONTRIBUTIONS Given to date: $46,234.00 Given today: $2,365.00 Anonymous, $50 Merry Christmas from Judy & Michael Kinaszczuk, $250 In memory of Aunt Helen from Anne, $250 In memory mother Mary, father Tom, brother Chips & nephew Cody. R.I.P …
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Every year, on the eve of Dec. 24, 29 Jews and two Catholics meet in Waterbury Center and have a party. You might think it is to celebrate the birth of Christ. It is not. What we celebrate is the annual reunion of the Lazar family, a big Jewish clan, the …
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