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1 Lucky Lotto hits Flaxmere

2 CHB youngsters told Ross Shield

can be step towards big things

3 A slow and painful death after

gastro outbreak

4 Grieving widow files lawsuit after

DHB admits IT error

5 Private rubbish collectors against

new council plan

Quiz

1 What nickname was given to Josef Mengele, the camp doctor at Auschwitz concentration camp?

2 Who does the satirical magazine Private Eye have the affectionate nickname Brenda for?

3 In what year did Charles Lindbergh make the first solo Atlantic crossing flight?

4 What does a cryometer measure? 5 Which actor was born with the

name Issur Danielovitch Demsky?

Joke of the day

QWhat happens to a frog's car when it breaks down?

It gets toad away.

ABible quote

I came that you may have and enjoy life and have it in abundance, until it overflows. —John 10:10

History

1893: One of America's first horseless carriages was taken for a short test drive in Springfield, Mass., by Frank Duryea, who had designed the vehicle with his brother, Charles. 1937: The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, was first published by George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. of London.

1985: In North Korea and South Korea, family members who had been separated for decades were allowed to visit each other as both countries opened their borders in an unprecedented family-reunion program.

2001: The US Congress again opened the federal coffers to those harmed by terrorism, providing $15 billion to the airline industry, which was suffering mounting economic losses since the Sept. 11 attacks.

Birthdays

● Author-comedian Fannie Flagg is

77.

● Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is 75.

● Author Stephen King is 71.

● Actor-comedian Bill Murray is 68.

● Movie producer-writer Ethan Coen is 61.

● Actress-talk show host Ricki Lake is 50.

Quiz Answers

1 Angel of Death; 2 Queen Elizabeth II; 3 1927; 4 Extremely Low Temperatures; 5 Kirk Douglas.

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