Tim Russert's Father, Timothy "Big Russ" Russert Dies at 85

The Russert Family has just released the following statement on the death of Timothy "Big Russ" Russert.  Mr Russert was the father of the late Tim Russert of Meet the Press.  The family related that...

Glam-mas -- They're not your 1950s grandmothers!

Grandparenting, particularly grandMOTHERING, is under scrutiny these days with the Obama children having a very traditional, hand-ons nana right in the White House with them. It seems that scenario has raised some...

Airborne legacy passed from grandfather to grandson

"Pvt. 1st Class Christopher Mullen grew up with "about a million" Airborne stories. When he graduated from Airborne School Friday, he reminisced about some of the anecdotes his grandfather, Darrell Branstetter,...

Kidnapped Children Found After 20 Years

Police arrest a man in San Jose, Calif., in the 1989 kidnapping of his two grandchildren. Now those children who are now adults will meet their parents after almost 20 years. The grandfather said both parents had...

Despondent Grandfather Longed to 'Be with Caylee'

The grandfather of slain Florida toddler Caylee Anthony has been hospitalized for a 72-hour psychiatric observation, after being found by police at a Florida hotel early Friday.  George Anthony, 57, had been...

Mother Indicted in Caylee Anthony Case

Casey Anthony Tried to Switch cars under and over pass but was apprehended by  Police.Casey Anthony, 22, has been under suspicion and her lawyer told CNN she would surrender if she is named in the...

4-year-old's body pulled out of a Tel Aviv river

" JERUSALEM  —  Israeli prosecutors have filed murder charges against the mother and grandfather of a French 4-year-old whose body was pulled out of a Tel Aviv river. Roni Ron and Marie-Charlotte...

A dying way of life

Imagine if you were living on a First Nations reserve with 50, 60, 70% unemployment and and faced with this.Exactly."A dying way of lifeNew Canada-U.S. treaty and declining salmon stocks could spell the end of...

Fry-Up A Day Keeps Doug's Doctor Away

I love this story, bless the old man, hope he has many more birthdays. " Who said fry-ups were bad for you? Not Douglas Terrey who has celebrated his 105th birthday with yet another full English breakfast....

Girls found dead near small Oklahoma town

There's not much you can say about a story like this..." WELEETKA, Okla. (AP) — The bodies of two girls were found shot to death in rural Oklahoma along a dirt road the best friends walked dozens of times to play and go to sleepovers.By Tuesday, investigators had no...

Junk dealer's $100,000 gold cup found under bed

" DORCHESTER, England (CNN) -- Englishman John Webber thought nothing of the small, shiny cup, passed down from his junk dealer grandfather and stashed under a bed for years, until appraisers said it was an...

Incest and Imprisonment: Daugher Freed after Years of Captivity

A woman's admission to an Austrian hospital has uncovered a startling story of incest and imprisonment."The alleged crimes came to light after the teenager, named as Kerstin F, was dropped off at the Amstetten...

Human Giants

For most people their first giant encounter was most likely with Davidand Goliath, Jack and the Beanstalk, or some other bed time story. Forme it was different.Read this nice article from the link below.

Meet the baby who survived Tenn. tornado

"The happy little boy who sucked on a bottle of milk Monday as his grandparents talked about the tornado that took his mother’s life was given the name Kyson when he was born last year. But since the twister, which tossed him nearly 500 feet into a field, Kyson has a new...

88-year-old man to star in ballet

Wow, this is seriously impressive.  I went as a ballerina for Halloween once and couldn't do a demi-grand rond de jambe to save my life."LONDON - An 88-year-old Briton is perfecting his pirouettes in...

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