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An inmate who fought with jail guards about a plate of undercooked pancakes has drawn a term of more than five years in prison. The incident took place four months before he would have been released from the Calhoun County jail on a previous offense. The pancake incident resulted in three new charges being filed. Talris Terrell “Sweet Tea” Brown, 43, eventually entered a no contest plea to the new charges of aggravated assault, resisting an officer with violence, and the introduction of contraband into the Calhoun County jail. The contraband charge was leveled because Brown armed himself with a...

It’s hard to believe that a fight this bad could erupt when the only thing she asked for was some maple syrup for her pancakes. A mass brawl ensued when one girl asked another table if they could have some syrup, and got the response: ‘B***h, your pancakes look fine to me’. The fight started in a Denny's restaurant in Chicopee, Massachusetts, when one group of girls did not have enough maple syrup. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1359339/Video-girls-fighting-maple-syrup-Dennys-restaurant-goes-viral.html#ixzz1EhiRfsgD

News Crew Attacked At Natomas Murder Scene SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Grieving family and friends attacked a reporter and photojournalist from a Sacramento news station Sunday as they covered the aftermath of a deadly shooting in north Natomas. KTXL reporter John Lobertini and photojournalist Rebecca Little were attacked at an IHOP restaurant on the 2900 block of Advantage Way by a number of bystanders who had gathered at the site of the murder. Video captured by CBS13 news crew a short distance away shows several people shouting profanities at the news crew at about 4:00 p.m. as a growing crowd began...

More than two-thirds of New York City's public school students will begin getting more nutritious free or low-cost school lunches under First Lady Michelle Obama's pet project to get kids to eat well and exercise. President Obama signed into law Sunday the $4.5 billion Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which expands the free lunch program and requires that schools provide more nutritious lunches. "We've seen the connection between what kids eat and how well they perform in school," he said. Some 680,000 out of 1.1 million New York children participate in the school lunch program - a big chunk of the...

For anyone who's been showing off their smiley-face or heart-shaped pancakes, it's time to step up your game because jimspancakes.com has set the bar mighty high. "Just trying to make some cool pancakes for my daughter" is the tagline of his site, which chronicles the special breakfasts he makes for his extremely cute 3-year-old. How has Jim changed the game? First of all, he uses colored pancake batter. Second, as the art director of his own small ad agency he knows how to draw. Third, he works in three dimensions. (check link for more photos of his creations)

First Lady Michelle Obama brought renewed energy to the NAACP today, delivering the keynote speech at the annual convention one day before the nation's largest civil rights group is expected to condemn what it calls racist elements in the Tea Party movement. The nation's largest and oldest civil rights organization will vote on the resolution Tuesday during its annual convention in Kansas City, Mo. In addition to jobs and the economy, anti-Tea Party activism has been a large focus of the gathering, which conservative leaders say is driven solely by a political agenda. The resolution is part of the movement...

Saturday a week ago I had a $5,000 blueberry pancake. Actually, I had two of them. They were just as delicious as the ones I had last fall. All of them were courtesy of the Scaly Mountain Women’s Club. Scaly Mountain is an unincorporated community just down the Dillard Road from us, about ten miles from the intersection of the North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia borders. In the summer, Scaly Mountain swells to several thousand people. In the winter, it shrinks to a few hundred. But, there is never a shortage of fine people who willingly give their time,...

Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday named a street after activist Rachel Corrie, who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in a 2003 protest against house demolitions in Gaza. The dedication ceremony was held on the seventh anniversary of Corrie's death. Corrie's mother, Cindy, said her daughter stood for many other foreign activists who have come to the West Bank and Gaza in recent years to serve as a buffer between Palestinians and Israeli troops.

A news release from the Corrie family after yesterday's court session in Haifa notes testimony that Rachel Corrie "arrived dead at the hospital." If she was already dead, why were doctors at An Najah Hospital "treating" her ? [Photos of Corrie at An Najar are posted on the blog] As I have reported before, ISM Media Coordinator in 2003, Michael Shaik stated definitively both to me and in other media:" An ambulance rushed her to A-Najar hospital where she died." So--let's get this straight. Your daughter repeatedly kneels in front of an Israeli military bulldozer on a demolition mission; she...

When Reuters Miscaptioned a Photo, They Changed an Accidental Death into a Murder A news story which shocked the world this week dealt with the crushing of American citizen Rachel Corrie by an IDF bulldozer, who ostensibly blocked with her body a bulldozer about to demolish the home of a Palestinian terrorist in Gaza, made huge headlines all over the world. I asked to speak with the spokesman of International Solidarity Movement Mike Shaik, who passed me on to Lynn Clausen, a 24-year old resident of Washington from the Christians Peacemakers Team based in Hebron, which trains the ISM volunteers....

HELENA - The oft-ridiculed bill to create a state pancake is no more, as a Senate committee voted late Thursday to kill it. [There's' more at the link, but how much is needed (unless you want to read about Huckleberry pancakes) ]

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Fresh off a big-buck fundraiser in Minneapolis, Democrat Barack Obama dropped in on a humble St. Paul pancake house Thursday to chat with diners about their concerns. The presidential contender spent more than 40 minutes making his way from table to table at the Copper Dome Restaurant, shaking hands and even picking up a baby as photographers, videographers and reporters crammed between diners to follow his every move. "This seems like a pretty good spot. This is where the happening people meet," Obama said shortly after walking into the restaurant, a neighborhood fixture. Word of Obama's visit spread quickly and...

A Brief History of Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) For centuries, the English have celebratd Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent, with merriment and antics and, especially, great quantities of pancakes. In fact, the fried flat cakes became so important to the holiday that is has also been called Pancake Day, or Pancake Tuesday.Long ago, strict Christian Lenten rules prohibited the eating of all dairy products, so keen housewives made pancakes to use up their supplies of eggs, milk, butter and other fats. They could be easily made and cooked in a skillet or on a griddle. Families ate stacks...

"My Name Is Rachel Corrie," a play about the 23-year-old college student and human rights activist who was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza while defending a Palestinian home from demolition five years ago, has been staged in so many places around the world that her parents can't keep track. It debuted at the Royal Court Theatre in London in April 2005. Since then, it's been staged in Peru, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Greece and Canada. Soon it will be seen in Argentina, Africa, Spain, France and Australia. "There are plans for it on all the continents with the...

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Top Lakeland restaurant serves up Peking duck-style squirrel pancakesLast updated at 14:41pm on 16th October 2007 Nuts: Grey Squirrel is served in canapes A top restaurant is serving up free grey squirrel pancakes to hungry diners.  Peking duck-style squirrel wraps are being offered to diners at The Famous Wild Boar Hotel. The restaurant at Crook, near Windermere, in Cumbria, is giving diners the chance to try the canapes free of charge. The grey squirrels were caught in the hotel's 72-acre woodland grounds and have been prepared by head chef Marc Sanders. Hotel general manager Andy Lemm said: "Although we do...

A member of the Spanish Battalion in the UN peace-keeping force testifies about the Croat-Muslim conflict in Mostar at the trial of former Bosnian Croat leaders. One of the questions for him was: is a hospital surrounded by enemy mortar positions a legitimate target?At the trial of former Herceg Bosna leaders, the prosecution called yet another member of the Spanish Battalion, who testified under a pseudonym and with image distortion about the Croat-Muslim conflict in Mostar. In the examination-in-chief, he confirmed a number of reports filed by the Spanish Battalion about the shelling, sniping and humanitarian situation in East Mostar....

Shrove Tuesday is the term used in United Kingdom,, Ireland, and Australia to refer to the day after Collop Monday and before Ash Wednesday (the liturgical season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday). In these countries, this day is also known as Pancake Day, because it is customary to eat pancakes on this day. The reason that pancakes are associated with the day preceding Lent is that it was the start of the traditional 40 days of Lent liturgical fasting, during which only the plainest foodstuffs were eaten. Therefore, rich ingredients such as eggs, milk, sugar and flour are disposed...

Church hosts 'porn and pancakes' event Fri Jan 26, 11:08 PM ET ONTARIO, N.Y. - It's not your typical church breakfast. An event billed as "Porn and Pancakes" is being hosted by a church in rural upstate New York. The breakfast discussion on the pornography industry in America is planned next month at the Living Word Assembly of God Church in the town of Ontario, about ten miles east of Rochester. A billboard advertisement near the church shows the words "Porn and Pancakes" written in syrup on a stack of flapjacks. Organizers told a Rochester TV station that the event...

So the Quincy IHOP drivers-license pancake-bandit fiasco is now over. Tonight, after last call, you can weave your way down the Burgin Parkway right by the Star Market. You can stagger into the IHOP and order (although your physician would certainly advise against it) a Rooty Tooty Fresh Fruity without having to fork over your ID to a mall-cop wannabe lurking menacingly at the front door. The IHOP buttermilk-burglar manhunt is off, ocean-frank, finito. IHOP corporate management has apologized to all concerned, although they are no doubt relieved they don’t have a Denny’s situation on their hands. At the Quincy...

New in Gaza: Priest, nun human shields Priest, nun from Michigan join dozens of Palestinians gathered at Gaza houses in effort to prevent bombing, say ‘If Israel claims family member involved in violence, arrest them, don’t’ destroy home populated by entire family’ Ali Waked Published: 11.22.06, 16:17 For the past two months, the IDF has been called activists and their family members in Gaza to warn them of their intent on bombing their homes. Palestinians have found away to prevent the bombings; dozens, even hundreds, gather at the homes of those wanted, thereby thwarting the destruction. In recent days, Father...

Warwick ? Republican Annie Rabbitt easily won her second term to the 97th Assembly District, defeating Democrat Michael Paduch. Rabbitt won by a healthy margin of 3,237 votes. While Paduch won in Rockland County with 2,097 votes to Rabbitt's 1,932, it was Orange County that carried the one-term incumbent to victory, gaining 17,118 votes in Orange versus Paduch's tally of 13,716. Paduch conceded about 11:15 last night after the final tally.

You would think that by the age of 64, most women would be self-conscious enough to ensure their choice of evening wear does not expose parts of the body which have...well dropped below standards. But no one seems to have shared this with legendary entertainer Barbra Streisand as she stepped out in this rather unflattering black dress at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. Streisand seemed to forget what a photographer's flash can do to a black dress as she unwittingly revealed she had left the black bra tucked up in her drawer at home. But this was not...

ISM sending "human shields" to Lebanon to aid Hezbollah By Lee Kaplan Wednesday, August 9, 2006 Adam Shapiro, one of the founders of the International Solidarity Movement, has resurfaced after a long hiatus and has teamed up with Northern California ISM’s Leader, Paul LaRudee, to create a program for ISM "activists" to act as human shields for Hezbollah in Lebanon. The ISM has acted as human shields for Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the PFLP in the West Bank and Gaza for the last four years, according to Shapiro’s wife and ISM co-founder, Huwaida Arraf. LaRudee was recently caught by Israeli...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A play about an American human rights activist who died in the Gaza Strip opens in New York in October, six months after it was pulled from the schedule at another theater amid charges of censorship. "My Name is Rachel Corrie" is a one-woman show based on diaries and e-mails written by the 23-year-old U.S. human rights campaigner killed by an Israeli bulldozer on March 16, 2003, trying to prevent demolition of a Palestinian building. Producers Dena Hammerstein and Pam Pariseau said in a statement on Thursday the play would open at the off-Broadway Minetta Lane...

VIRGINIA BEACH-Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson is warning that, according to God, storms and possibly a tidal wave will pound America's coastline this year.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Department of Homeland Security has tapped the nation's truckers to help find a man who has been seen taking photographs of tanker equipment. On three separate occasions, the man also asked truck drivers several questions about deliveries and operations, according to the Highway Information Sharing and Analysis Center. "The individual in question is also reported to have videotaped tank truck operations and deliveries as well as taken photographs of tanker equipment," states the "Be on the Lookout," or BOLO, alert. "Law enforcement has requested assistance in ascertaining the identity or whereabouts of the person in question."...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies, and FRiends! This is the final 2005 edition of Pancakes. Not to worry! The Canteen will be serving up plenty of Pancakes in the new year. Be sure to join us for new chefs with fresh and exciting recipes. No waffles Tomkow! Born on this Day 1856 Woodrow Wilson, U.S. President (1913-21). Woodrow Wilson, nicknamed the "schoolmaster in politics," is chiefly remembered for his...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies, and FRiends!To those of you serving far from home during this holiday season: the FReeper Canteen is here to let you know that we hold you close in our thoughts and prayers. Enjoy the pancakes! Born on this Day 1118 Saint Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (1162-70), the highest church position in England. King Henry II appointed Becket believing that he would be sympathetic...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Good Morning Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies and FRiends! Greetings from freezing cold Spotsyville. Brrrr!Pull up a chair and enjoy the hotcakes. Born on this Day 1896 James H. Doolittle a national hero who received the U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor for leading a carrier-based bomber attack on Tokyo, Japan in April 1942. The "Doolittle Raid" was the first attack on Japan by the U.S. in World War II, and...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies and FRiends!Be sure to hit the hyperlinks. We have links, lots of them! Born on this Day 1667 Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish writer; arguably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, although he is also well known for his poetry and essays. His masterpiece, Gulliver's Travels, a satire on human nature, was tremendously popular immediately after it was published. Poet Alexander Pope, a contemporary...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies and FRiends! Born on this Day 1804 Franklin Pierce, U.S. President (1853-57); judged by many to be a weak president for failing to take steps to avert the Civil War. Pierce's popularity in the North went down sharply after he came out in favor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, repealing the Missouri Compromise and reopening the question of the expansion of slavery in the West....

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies and FRiends! Born on this Day 1873 William Christopher Handy, known as W.C., was an Alabama-born blues composer regarded by many as the "Father of the Blues." As a formally educated musician, Handy was able to notate his music for publication and hence, posterity. Handy distinguished himself with syncopated rhythms, a style unique to his music. On this Day in History 1832 Spanish conquistador...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies, and FRiends!Be sure to visit the links. We have links - lots of them! Born on this Day 1913 Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born actress often cast as the glamorous seductress. Lamarr was also a communications innovator; she co-invented the first form of spread spectrum, a key to modern wireless communication On this Day in History 1906 Theodore Roosevelt departed for Panama to see the progress...

With the sure hand for snatching at defeat we’ve seen working ever since George W. Bush long ago alluded to all the accrued political capital he was going to spend on Social Security reform, the behind-the-scenes political savants of the Bush White House this Sunday gave the Times a story, which undoubtedly brought a smile to the face of every one of the president’s and the administration’s adversaries from Berkeley to Babylon. All members of the Presidential staff members are going to be required this week to attend “refresher lectures” on ethics and the handling of classified material. What could...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies, and FRiends! Born on this Day 1795 James Knox Polk, Democrat U.S. President (1845-49); born in North Carolina, Polk lived most of his life and rose through the political ranks representing the state of Tennessee; to date, he is the only former Speaker of the House to become president 1865 Warren Gamaliel Harding, Republican U.S. President (1921-23); an Ohio-bred politician and former influential newspaper...

Rachel Corrie, the pro-Palestinian activist killed by an IDF bulldozer in March 2003, has achieved an afterlife on the stages of London. The Skies are Weeping, a classical music piece inspired by the American protester, will have its world premiere Tuesday night at the Hackney Empire theater, just three days after another production, My Name is Rachel Corrie, concludes its second run at the city's prestigious Royal Court Theatre. A protest registered with the Metropolitan Police will take place outside the premiere, with pro-Israel activists highlighting the "other Rachels," Israeli girls and women who died in suicide bombings during the...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies and FRiends! We have quite a birthday section today. Be sure to visit the links. We have links -- lots of them! Born on this Day 1879 Leon Trotsky Ukrainian-born Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist; founder and commander of the Soviet Red Army; following a power struggle with Joseph Stalin in the 1920s, Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party, deported from the Soviet...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies and FRiends! Born on this Day 1932 actor Robert Reed, best known as Mike Brady onThe Brady Bunch, died 1992 Born on this Day 1945 transvestite and actor Divine, born Harris Glenn Milstead, credits include Hairspray and Polyester, died 1988 Happy Birthday 1945 actor John Lithgow, credits include TV series "3rd Rock from the Sun" andTwilight Zone: The Movie Happy Birthday 1967 Amy Carter,...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies, and FRiends!It's Wednesday again and you know what that means: Tomkow still needs to take a bath? Well, yes, but it also means that it is Pancake time! Born on this Day 1935 Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor and legendary pancake eater Born on this Day 1947 Chris Wallace, "FOX News Sunday" Anchor, son of Mike Wallace of "60 Minutes" Born on this Day 1950...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies, and FRiends! Submitted for your approval: the First Pancakes of October. Where has the past year gone? Happy Wednesday! Born on this Day 1830 Chester A. Arthur, U.S. President 1881-85; sometimes called "Elegant Arthur" for his commitment to fashionable attire Born on this Day 1902 Ray Kroc, Chicago-born "Hamburger King," founder of the McDonald's Corporation The company began in 1940 with a restaurant opened...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies and FRiends! Does anyone know how many shopping days are left until Christmas? Enjoy the pancakes and have a fantastic Wednesday! Born on this Day 1902 Ed Sullivan, emcee of popular television variety show 1950s-60s Born on this Day 1909 Al Capp, American cartoonist best known for his satiric comic strip Li'l Abner Happy Birthday 1967 Moon Unit Zappa, entertainer, daughter of Frank Zappa,...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies, and FRiends! Enjoy the pancakes and have a fantastic Wednesday. Born on this Day 1866 H. G. Wells, British writer best known for his science fiction novels The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine Born on this Day 1947 Stephen King, author of suspense novels including The Shining and Kujo Born on this Day 1950 Bill Murray, actor born in Wilmette, IL;...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies, and FRiends!Enjoy the pancakes and be sure to visit the links. We have links - lots of them! Born on this Day 1849 Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and pioneer in psychology Happy Birthday 1959 Mary Crosby, actress and only daughter of Bing Crosby; best known for role of "Kristin," the scorned lover who shot J.R. on Dallas Died on this Day 1901 U.S. President...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies and FRiends~ Born on this Day 1533 England's Queen Elizabeth I Born on this Day 1936 singer Buddy Holly Born on this Day 1950 author Peggy Noonan Noonan served as a speechwriter for U.S. presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. She coined the phrase "a kinder, gentler nation" and also popularized H.G. Well's "a thousand points of light," two memorable catchphrases used...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies, and FRiends!Thank goodness, the pancakes are back. No waffles for another year! Born on this Day 12 A.D. Roman Emperor Caligula; known for his extravagant, eccentric and sometimes cruel despotism, he was assassinated in 41 by several of his own guards Born on this Day 1924 Buddy Hackett, actor and comedian; film credits include The Music Man andIt's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies, and FRiends! Tomkow twisted the chef's arm and made all kinds of burka-related threats demanding that the Canteen celebrate National Waffle Day. Thank goodness this day only comes once a year! On this Day 1869 Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, New York patented his invention -- the waffle iron Born on this Day 1905 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, delta blues singer and guitarist; best known...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies, and FRiends! Enjoy the pancakes and have a wonderful Wednesday. Born on this Day 1786 Davy Crockett, American folk hero; frontiersman, adventurer, and politician; represented his home state of Tennessee in the U.S. Congress; Crockett died at the Alamo in 1836 Happy Birthday 1920 Maureen O'Hara, actress; born in Dublin, Ireland;film credits include Miracle on 34th Street andThe Wings of Eagles costarring John Wayne...