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Boy Glad Football Lost In Tsunami Found In Alaska
AP via Yahoo News ^
| 23 April 2012
| Malcolm Foster
Posted on 04/23/2012 4:26:35 AM PDT by edpc
TOKYO (AP) — A teenager who lost his home in Japan's devastating tsunami now knows that one prized possession survived: a football that drifted all the way to Alaska.
Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say the ball with the youngster's name inscribed on it is one of the first pieces of debris from last year's tsunami to wash up on the other side of the Pacific.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: japan; noaa; soccer; tsunami
Rilson?
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posted on
04/23/2012 4:26:39 AM PDT
by
edpc
To: edpc
You mean, Wilson?!
WILSON!
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posted on
04/23/2012 4:37:41 AM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
To: edpc
The ball had her first name on it, and a viewer called in to the broadcaster to suggest contacting Sato.
"Good heavens!" she told NHK. "I want to say (to the ball) 'Welcome back!' I think it's a miracle."
As opposed to the earthquake and tsunami that caused her to lose the ball in the first place.
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posted on
04/23/2012 4:40:35 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: Erik Latranyi
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posted on
04/23/2012 4:48:16 AM PDT
by
shove_it
(just undo it)
To: edpc
"On 3...Murakami...Go Long...time for ...Tha BOMB!"
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posted on
04/23/2012 4:52:12 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus sum)
To: edpc
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04/23/2012 5:14:21 AM PDT
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posted on
04/23/2012 5:45:18 AM PDT
by
deoetdoctrinae
(Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons)
To: edpc
...Boy Glad Football Lost In Tsunami Found In Alaska...The boy was found in Alaska? Who writes this stuff?
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posted on
04/23/2012 6:10:24 AM PDT
by
FReepaholic
(Stupidity is not a crime, so you're free to go.)
To: FReepaholic
Who writes this stuff? A guy sitting in front of a computer screen at the AP.
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posted on
04/23/2012 11:24:56 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post)
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