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Smile and say “Cheesecake!”
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jmcgee
From the Brooklyn Desk… The Bench has just gotten word that Friday is National Cheesecake Day. The good people at Junior’s — a Brooklyn institution, if ever there was one — are offering a free slice of their iconic desert all day, in honor of the restaurant’s 60th anniversary. Go. Eat. Enjoy. Want seconds?
Singing nuns get death threats
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jmcgee
Disturbing news out of France, about a group of nuns who made headlines recently: Benedictine nuns from a secluded convent in southern France have received death threats after winning a deal aimed at creating a chart-topping album, a newspaper reported on Thursday. The nuns from the Abbaye de Notre-Dame de l’Annonciation near Avignon had their…
BREAKING: Ken Howell rehired
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jmcgee
From the Chicago Tribune: The University of Illinois says an instructor who recently lost his job over a complaint about his religious beliefs can continue teaching. However, the university says it will pay those teaching Catholic-related courses rather than have them paid by a church group. The university said Thursday the St. John’s Catholic Newman…
Don’t make plans for June …
By
jmcgee
That seems to be the message from some ads at bus stops in Colorado. CNN has the story, below.
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