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HERKIMER, N.Y. - Justin Strzelczyk, a former player for the Pittsburgh Steelers (news), died Thursday in a fiery head-on collision with a tanker truck after he led state troopers on a 40-mile highway chase during morning rush hour. Strzelczyk, 36, was an offensive lineman with the Steelers for nearly a decade until the team released him in February 2000. State police said Strzelczyk crashed his pickup truck into the westbound empty tanker just moments after swerving around a tractor-trailer that pulled across the highway to block the eastbound lanes. Strzelczyk drove 15 miles on three tires and a rim after...

Mom Sent To Jail For Smoking Around Kids POSTED: 6:43 am EDT August 13, 2004 BOWLING GREEN, Va. -- A woman was sentenced Thursday to 10 days in jail for defying a court order not to smoke around her children. Tamara Silvius was banned last year from smoking around the youths, now ages 8 and 10, as part of a custody arrangement with her ex-husband.

I just thought I'd make the announcement here, first, on FreeRepublic so all my fellow Freepers can be envious. Just a few minor details to work out and I'll be off to Tahiti. Ahhh, I can't wait... Here's the e-mail that I just received: FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,EURO WINS INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT DEAR SIR/MADAM, RR RESULTS OF SECOND CATEGORY DRAWS After a successful completion of the second category draws of EURO WINS GAMES INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 10th June 2004, we are pleased to inform you of the official announcement today, 30TH June 2004, that you have emerged one...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The power went out at Raleigh-Durham International Airport around 9:30 Sunday night. There are unconfirmed reports it was caused by the crasah of a small plane.

So here's the deal, my son, a sophomore in high school has a project he's working on. As part of this project he asked me, "What three things would have been different today if Algore had been elected president instead of George W. Bush?" I gave him some answers but told him it might be more fun to put the question out to fellow Freepers and see what answers he may get. I know we are talking about Algore but please keep it clean. Regards, Hatteras

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I haven't seen an actual Freeper NCAA Tournament Bracket set up and at the suggestion of Freeper GraniteStateConservative, I figured I would go ahead and set something up. Here's the link ...or go to the source URL. Freeper Bracket Challenge Group ID # 75790 Password: jimrob For bragging rights so step right up!

I just had this sent to me and I can't figure out how it is done. Can any IT/Techie type splain it?Copperfield Illusion

Okay, so I'm sitting here minding my own business and the wife calls. She says she has come up with an idea for a Halloween costume for a party on Saturday night. She wants to be Cruella DeVille and I'm supposed to be one of the Dalmations. She even has ears and a tail from an old Underdog costume that my son wore when he was about 5 or 6 years old. I told her there are at least two things wrong with her idea. First, thinking that I would actually submit myself to ridicule by being led around on...

Michael Peterson in fight in prison, hospitalized The Associated Press ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) - Novelist and convicted murderer Michael Peterson was back in his prison cell Wednesday as administrators tried to determine whether he was assaulted or started a fight. Peterson was examined at Nash General Hospital after Tuesday's fight and returned to his single-bed cell about three hours later, said Bonnie Boyette, correctional administrator at Nash Correctional Institution. "His condition is not life threatening," Boyette said Wednesday. She said the fight with one other person occurred between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday. Boyette said the fight happened...

Radio host infuriates cyclists By BRUCE SICELOFF, Staff Writer G105 radio host Bob Dumas told listeners last week that he just hated to see bicycle riders on the road. He laughed at stories about running cyclists down, and he talked up the idea of throwing bottles at bikers. It wasn't funny to cycling enthusiasts across the Triangle. This week they are lobbying government officials and local advertisers in a campaign to punish radio station WDCG and its corporate owner, Clear Channel of San Antonio, and to promote bicycle safety."One caller said her dad had purposely hit a biker on the...

In an effort to let all the fellow hurricane watchers have a little break from the constant updates of the multiple tracks of Hurricane Isabel, I thought some might enjoy this. Have at it, Science Majors...The Worst Jobs in Science From fart sniffer to postdoc, the most torturous ways to make a living in science.By William Speed Weed Ah, science! Ennobling. Fascinating. Deeply challenging. Also, dangerous, gross and mind-bogglingly boring. We at Popular Science are sometimes brought up short by the realization that there are aspects of science—entire jobs, even—that, when you strip away the imposing titles and advanced degrees,...

<p>July 28, 2003 -- Jane Barbe, whose voice was familiar to millions of telephone users across the country who ever dialed a wrong number or had to "Please listen to the following options" in a voice-mail system, died July 18 in Roswell, Ga., of complications from cancer. She was 74.</p>

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Friday, May 23, 2003 6:10AM EDT Man lost permit, but kept guns Orange deputies couldn't take firearms from Farb, who later killed 3, shot himself By ANN S. KIM AND ANNE BLYTHE, Staff Writers HILLSBOROUGH -- Sheriff's deputies revoked Roderick Morris Farb's concealed weapons permit a day after he was involuntarily committed for threatening suicide, but they did not have the authority to confiscate any firearms he had, according to Orange County Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass. On Monday, less than two weeks later, Farb, 56, fatally shot his estranged wife, Erin Elizabeth Farb, 43; her daughter, Ashley Thomas, 9; and David...

Montgomery County Police Chief Charles A. Moose is facing problems caused by his fame from leading the manhunt for two sniper suspects in the case that terrorized the region for three weeks in the fall. He also faces duty in the war on Iraq. He has also come under severe criticism from the Fraternal Order of Police, which says Chief Moose refused to support pay raises for county police while his annual salary was raised to $160,619, the highest for a chief in Maryland.

The caption provided by SpaceImaging.com: "Baghdad, Iraq - This one-meter resolution image was collected by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite on Oct. 7, 2002. The image shows the Memorial of the Unknown Solder (upper right) and the Sijood Palace with its peacock-shaped gardens along the Tigris River (lower left). The Sijood Palace was the first Presidential site to be inspected by U.N. authorities under U.N. resolution 1441 adopted on Nov. 8, 2002. IKONOS satellite imagery is being used by U.N. agencies as an inspection tool."

<p>JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. -- A Johnston County school bus driver has been suspended with pay as the sheriff's office and school officials investigate a complaint filed by two parents.</p> <p>The parents claim bus driver Wanda Forest used poor judgment and put their children's lives at risk when they said the children were told to jump from the school bus while it was still moving Friday afternoon.</p>

While watching the coverage this weekend, I caught Brian Williams talking with Buzz Aldrin who attempted to read a "poem" before he broke down in tears. I was curious to find out what it was that moved him so and, for what it's worth, this is what I have found:Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin received an e-mail Saturday after the shuttle Columbia tragedy. While reading its contents (what we reported to be a poem commemorating the astronauts) on NBC television, Aldrin began to cry and could not go on...

By ELLEN SUNG, STAFF WRITER RALEIGH -- A State Fair employee was killed this morning and a teenage girl injured in an accident on the Bonzai ride. About 10:55 a.m., an attendant on the dual-pendulum ride operated by Amusements of America, slipped on the platform in front of one of the ride cars while it was in full swing. He was thrown 30 feet over the neighboring Starship 2002 ride and landed near a pizza stall, state agriculture officials said. The ride had two workers at the time: the attendant and an operator. A girl in the car that hit...