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Total U.S. coronavirus deaths reported this morning
498,901. The president will hold a moment of silence this evening for those who have died.
As of this morning, 13.1 percent of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 5.7 percent are fully vaccinated, according to the
House Democrats are on the verge this week of passing
Pershing cited in Union Leader report of species prediction for Gulf of Maine
A report by Andrew Pershing, a University of Maine associate professor with the Climate Change Institute, was cited in a New Hampshire Union Leader story about researchers using historical fish diet data to predict which species will inhabit the Gulf of Maine in the future.
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These Are The Other Murders The Chameleon Killer Was Suspected Of
By Nicholas Vrchoticky/Feb. 17, 2021 9:08 am EDT
Terry Peder Rasmussen, The Chameleon Killer, was a serial killer straight out of the wildest fiction. The murderer earned his name through his MO. He didn t undergo plastic surgery to physically change his appearance, but he did have an uncanny ability to assume new identities whenever it suited him. Rasmussen is suspected of using his false personas to infiltrate the lives of single women with children and gain their trust before murdering them and moving on to somewhere new.
Luckily, The Chameleon Killer isn t someone we have to worry about claiming new victims anytime soon. Rasmussen was put behind bars for the murder of his common-law wife, Eunsoon Jun, in 2002, and was sentenced to serve 15 years to life in prison. Rasmussen died there from a series of lung issues in 2010. With Rasmussen finally out of the picture, it would be safe to assume that The Chameleo
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Just when you think nothing can be more ridiculous than what you’ve already seen and heard, Congress comes back in session. But never mind the lunacy of impeaching the same president twice in one term and trying him in the senate after he has left office. There will always be something even more ridiculous just around the bend.
Trust me, I know.
I used to root for the original New York Mets, who in their maiden season in 1962 won 40, lost 120 and inspired Manager Casey Stengel to say, “Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?” and “I been in baseball 100 years and this team has shown me ways to lose that I’ve never seen before.” And, oh, yes, one more of many: “The wind must’ve got a hold of it; otherwise my mind tells me my fielders would be running toward the ball instead of away from it.” The only thing that could have been more ridiculously comical than the Mets that year