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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
When Animal Control Officer Joe Dainelis responded to a call about a tiger in the drive of a vacant home, he had real concerns. When he arrived, he was convinced that he was looking at a young tiger lying in the driveway of the home and approached it with care. He grabbed a pole and a shield, and called…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
An error is a familiar term in baseball. Although most errors occur on the playing field, some may turn up in other places. Recently the Chicago Cubs announced that they had made an error with two pictures they put up on a mural at Wrigley field celebrating the 100th anniversary of the team. The display…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 16 views
A New York man has filed a lawsuit seeking two undecillion dollars after suffering from a dog bite. The damages sought in the suit are believed to be the largest amount of compensation ever sought. Experts believe the amount, a 2 followed by 33 zeroes, is more than the actual amount of money on earth.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
Police in New Mexico say a woman who apparently dialed the wrong number and offered to sell drugs to a police detective was arrested. Authorities say 30-year-old Renea Lucero called a police detective thinking the number belonged to a friend of her boyfriend. She asked the detective if he was interested…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
Authorities in Seattle say an attempted carjacking failed when the three would-be carjackers tried to steal a car none of them could drive. A 70-year-old woman told police that she was getting something out of her trunk when she turned around to see a gun in her face. Three teens demanded her keys and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Election officials in Ohio say most of the votes in the 2012 Presidential elections were cast for the official candidates, but there were some write-in votes. In the Canton area, write-in votes were reportedly cast for actor Clint Eastwood, New York Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow, and comedian Jon…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
In 2012, several students at Burns High school in Lawndale N.C. were looking for something to do. They decided to play a prank. Their target? The high school football field. Their weapon? Goats. That’s right. The students released a dozen goats on to the football field in the middle of the night. Because…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
Police in New York say a man’s plan to coast an SUV with no brakes downhill to a scrap yard turned out to be a very bad idea. The twenty-eight-year-old man told police that he had disconnected the battery before coasting down a hill to take the car to a junkyard. He also said he knew the vehicle had…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 16 views
And yet I know that these words about testing are landing on some hearts that refuse to receive them this morning. We live in a society that values comfort above all else, but we do that to our great harm, in many cases. Consider this guy (show pic). Know who he is? It’s William Perry. Still don’t know…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 9 views
Now in the first place, seizing the opportunity is important because of the nature of the opportunity itself. After all, we’re talking about eternity. We’re talking about the difference between heaven and hell. We’re talking about the difference between eternal life and eternal death. It doesn’t get…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 6 views
I am an addict! I have discovered that I am addicted to my grandson. Every so often, I just have to get into that Camry and drive 16 hours so I can hold him while he drools on my shirt. I know it’s hard for you to understand, but it makes perfect sense to me. I just got back from one of those excursions.…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 5 views
His obsession began innocently enough, with the puppies and broken-winged birds many little boys beg to bring home. Over the years, Antoine Yates' taste in animals grew ever more exotic, neighbors said, and his collection came to include reptiles, a monkey or two, and a hyena. But when Yates' most exotic…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 18 views
Happened to me back in the summer. Kathy and I were ready for vacation. We were going to the National Association Meeting in Oklahoma City. Since driving there would take us through Arkansas, guess what we did. That’s right! We drove! (The reason for those of you who don’t know is that my grandson and…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 1 view
SelHis neighbor found him lying in a pool of blood. He was 19-year old Grant Williams. The pool of blood wasn’t the most disturbing part of the picture however, for coiled around Mr. Williams was a snake . . . a 13 foot long Burmese Python to be exact. They said the snake mistook Grant Williams for food…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 76 views
On a recent episode of the television reality program “Survivor,” a contestant did the impossible and voted himself off the program. According the rules of the show, a contestant cannot vote against themselves, but the contestant Tyson managed to vote against himself in an unusual way. When Tyson’s alliance…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 7 views
One pastor said he recently took a 45-minute drive in an old, beat-up van with a guy He barely knew. Along the way they ended up talking about Jesus and whether this man would give his life to Christ. His response laid out humanity's resistance to the gospel with striking clarity. He said, "My biggest…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 6 views
I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE WHAT I WAS WITNESSING. IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME THIS STORY, I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY NEVER HAVE BELIEVED IT. BUT I WAS THERE. I SAW IT HAPPEN. I WAS MAKING MY WAS THROUGH THE K-MART PARKING LOT AS A TEENAGER IN SOUTH FLORIDA. IT WAS VERY CROWDED AND YOU HAD TO TAKE YOUR TIME IN ORDER…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 1 view
And there really are many reactions to trouble. You’ve seen them. You’ve probably done them! When trouble comes, some people turn into great pretenders. They act as if nothing’s wrong. They may have just experienced devastation, but they are in denial. They’re kind of like a NC State Wolfpack team back…
David Pereira • Illustration • • 5 views
By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer Ben Feller, Associated Press Writer – June 20, 2009 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Saturday that current financial rules exploit consumers and he put critics of his proposed overhaul on notice: "While I'm not spoiling for a fight, I'm ready for one." Obama…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 5 views
O, and I must tell you that I highly represent that remark! I remember as a kid always being fascinated with smoking. No one had yet shown me the wrinkled faces, the cancer-ridden lungs, nor the patients gasping for air, yet so addicted that they kept on puffing. It just seemed so cool to blow out smoke.…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 4 views
I suppose that all of us can look back on things that happened to us in our lives and see how foolish we were. I sure can. I remember the early 80's. Kathy and I were newly married without a lot of income, but we were absolutely determined to own a home. Let me rephrase: She wasn’t that thrilled. It…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 829 views
The following "urban legend" has been around since 1999: A Vermont native, Ronald Demuth, found himself in a difficult position. While touring the Eagle's Rock African Safari (Zoo) with a group from Russia, Mr. Demuth went overboard to show them one of America's many marvels. He demonstrated the effectiveness…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 8 views
I heard recently about a man who filled his car with gas at a self-service gas station. After he had paid and driven away, he realized that he had left the gas cap on top of his car. He stopped and looked and, sure enough, it was lost. He thought for a second and realized that other people must have…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 7 views
1. Only in America . . . can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. 2. Only in America . . are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink. 3. Only in America . . . do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions, while healthy…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 14 views
A few stupid criminal stories: One man robbed a liquor store at gunpoint and demanded all of the cash from the register. He then asked for some liquor, but the cashier declined saying that he didn't look 21. The robber again demanded, but the cashier declined saying that he could not give liquor to anyone…