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True Confessions: I'm a Wedding Crasher!
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Her name is Yamileth and she is no longer a prostitute. But she was. For 41 years she worked the streets, starting when she was 13 and needed to support a drug habit....
Tying the knot in Tanzania
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The minister rapped three times on our door, representing the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. As our four dogs barked furiously and irreverently and about 18 peop...
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I am a charming clever cat who enjoys life, laughing and change! I am a lesbian who enjoys learning about life and culture from all over the world! I Act, Sing, and Model...
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Paris + Hot = Almost Unbearable
I understand now why most Parisians leave this city for the month of August. We've been hit with a heat wave that is a sneak preview of one hot summer. No AC, mixed with ...
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In 2008, ExxonMobil publicly said they would stop funding global warming science deniers. But the Guardian reports that records show that they have continued to fund lobb...
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Welcome to PNN!
I am a charming clever cat who enjoys life, laughing and change! I am a lesbian who enjoys learning about life and culture from all over the world! I Act, Sing, and Model...
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Under-bite helps Pabst become World's Ugliest Dog
PETALUMA, Calif. – A prominent under-bite, scrunched face and floppy ears are the hallmarks of a winner. The winner of the World's Ugliest Dog contest , that is. Pabst,...
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THE WORLD WILL NEVER KNOW WHO THE REAL MICHAEL JACKSON WAS, BUT THERE IS ONE THING THAT WE KNOW FOR SURE: HE WAS AN ICON! BRIAN M.W. ...
MORNING PRAYER
BY EXCOBA Eternal God in whom mercy is endless and treasury of compassion- inexhaustible look kindly upon us and increase your mercy in us, That in difficult moment we mi...
True Confessions: I'm a Wedding Crasher!
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. – A North Dakota woman accused of breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby while drunk has pleaded guilty to child neglect . Stacey Anvarinia, 36, could fac...
