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U.S. Navy Divers Tasked to Investigate Claims By Ken Regis The U.S. Navy was summoned to nearby Badluck Lake, Wisconsin to investigate claims made by several residents of Armbegone, a fishing village with a population of 850 permanent residents. “We learned that an extraordinary number of local residents had similar experiences at the lake and we wanted to confirm their accounts and, at a minimum, recover their property” said Master Chief Petty Officer and Master Diver, Gil Abel who is stationed at the U.S. Navy’s facility in Great Lakes, Illinois. Navy divers search in vain for lost weapons After...

While giving a press conference in Paris, President Barack Obama told reporters that the mass shootings that plague the United States just never happen in other countries. “With respect to Planned Parenthood, obviously, my heart goes out to the families of those impacted,” Obama said in response to a reporter’s question. “I mean, I say this every time we’ve got one of these mass shootings; this just doesn’t happen in other countries.” For those living under a rock, the city of Paris itself was just hit with a series of simultaneous terrorist attacks. The majority of 130 deaths were in...

During the Hundred Years' War, England had a centralized, state-controlled organization for manufacturing arrows in bulk. These were then issued as required to the soldiers on campaign. In June 1413, for example, Henry V appointed Nicholas Mynot to be “keeper of the king's arrows,” based in the Tower of London. Mynot was responsible for making arrows, but the royal fletchers alone could not supply the total need, so additional orders were placed with outside suppliers. In August 1413, for example, London-based fletcher Stephen Seler was paid for 12,000 arrows. We have some total figures available. In 1418, Henry V's government...