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Odomurderer
The first time his truck’s odometer, the one registering the distance traveled between fuelings, read 187.3 miles. That was also the first time he heard the vehicle call to him. “Kill three pedophiles,” it silently burned into his mind over and over. The command became engrained in his brain, and he knew he had to…
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Shooting down the Chinese balloon that has been floating over the U.S. is the first thing Biden has done to battle inflation.
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Astral Paralysis
She lay on her back, able only to turn her head slightly and her eyes barely further. Sleep paralysis, something she had only read about but had never experienced till now. Her inability to move would have remained unknown to her had it not been for the crushing weight on her chest that made breathing…
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Transmitted
“So, what is it that ails me?” he asked the doctor nervously. “It appears that your immune system has been compromised,” the doctor answered. “What does that mean?” It means your immune system is so weak that it cannot fight off diseases.” “Am I going to die, then?” “Not unless you get a cold or…
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Pin Cushion
“Hon, can you come here and look at this thing on my hip?” he asked. His wife walked over, bent down, and looked where her husband’s finger was pointing. “It looks like a sliver or maybe a real thick hair,” she announced before asking, “Want me to get the tweezers and pull it?” “Please,” he…
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Nineteenth-Century Settlers and Mining Ventures in Northern Nevada
The discovery of gold in Gold Canyon by Abner Blackburn, a member of the Mormon Battalion in 1849, sparked a rush of miners seeking their fortunes in the Sierra Nevada region. However, the miners did not establish permanent settlements and instead moved back and forth across the mountains in search of “pay dirt.” As early…
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The Unknown Irishman
It had begun to snow pretty hard when I stepped inside the Virginia City Visitor Center to drop off newspapers and chat with Liza McIlwee. She is into reenacting and works behind the old bar from the Crystal Palace, now the center’s front desk. “I was sitting on a bench in front of the Tahoe…
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Women were created because sheep can’t cook and men because a vibrator can’t mow the lawn.
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God created man and woman. Social justice warriors created all others.
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Counting to ten only makes it premeditated.