With style and humor, forgotten Congressional Cemetery seeks more residents
May 14, 2014: The headstone of J. Edgar Hoover, the first FBI director, at the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. The historic Congressional Cemetery was for decades the final resting place for...
View ArticleSatirical Seventh Ward neighborhood group fights blight with humor and...
Neighborhood associations love to draw attention to prime properties in their area. The newly formed South 7th Ward Home and Garden Society is no exception. Its first event — the Cat’s Claw Award Gala,...
View ArticleInfrared Imagery Cuts through Smoke to See the Funny River Fire
The Funny River Fire in Alaska fails to make me giggle. A dry spring and beetle-killed trees created easy kindling for the blaze, which spread to over 192,000 acres since May 19th. With 760 people on...
View ArticleFunny River Fire Update May 29
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View ArticleHumor: Can This Group of 40 Get a Single Person to Take 40 Photos of Them?
There was a time, before selfies and social networks and WiFi built in to most consumer-level cameras, that getting a group shot in a busy tourist setting required two steps. Step one: ask a stranger...
View ArticleCost of Funny River wildfire: $6.1 million so far
KENAI, Alaska — The cost of battling the 300-square mile Funny River wildfire has climbed to $6.1 million. Fire operations cost $1.13 million and $1.05 million a day at its peak last Saturday and...
View ArticleCost of Funny River wildfire: $6.1 million so far
KENAI, Alaska — The cost of battling the 300-square mile Funny River wildfire has climbed to $6.1 million. Fire operations cost $1.13 million and $1.05 million a day at its peak last Saturday and...
View ArticleFUNNY RIVER FIRE UPDATE May 31
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View ArticleASU humor scholars receive lifetime achievement award
<!– –> Laughter can take on many forms, and for a pair of humor scholars, it has come in the shape of a national award. Arizona State University instructors Alleen and Don Nilsen are recipients...
View ArticleUnmanned aircraft from UAF helps fight Funny River Fire – Fairbanks Daily News
Posted: Monday, June 2, 2014 12:07 am | Updated: 12:08 am, Mon Jun 2, 2014. Unmanned aircraft from UAF helps fight Funny River Fire Staff Report newsroom@newsminer.com newsminer.com FAIRBANKS — Crews...
View ArticleSo, nu? Are Jews still funny?
From South Florida to the Upper West Side, America’s Jews are saying kaddish for Kutsher’s, the famed Catskills summer resort that was the final surviving notch in the Borscht Belt vacation spots...
View ArticleHumor plentiful as seniors graduate from Sharon High
By Cody Shepard The Patriot Ledger Posted Jun. 1, 2014 @ 9:51 pm Updated Jun 1, 2014 at 9:56 PM Article source: http://sharon.wickedlocal.com/article/20140601/NEWS/140609728/12423/NEWS
View ArticleFunny River Fire Crew Discovers Human Remains
ANCHORAGE – Firefighters among the hundreds still battling the weeks-old Funny River wildfire stumbled upon human remains, according to the Alaska State Troopers. On Sunday, June 1,, a fire crew near...
View ArticleJuvenile Misogynist Seth MacFarlane Is Not Funny
The fact that A Million Ways to Die in the West isn’t funny is, frankly, not too shocking. The fact that anyone expected it to be is. The film relies on a steady stream of gross gags and outdated...
View ArticleThe Healing Power Of Humor Used For Sick Children
CBS Miami (con’t) Affordable Care Act Updates: CBSMiami.com/ACA Health News Information: CBSMiami.com/Health Healthwatch Healthwatch On CBSMiami MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Sick kids are no laughing matter,...
View ArticleThe Healing Power Of Humor Used For Sick Children
CBS Miami (con’t) Affordable Care Act Updates: CBSMiami.com/ACA Health News Information: CBSMiami.com/Health Healthwatch Healthwatch On CBSMiami MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Sick kids are no laughing matter,...
View ArticleWhat AZ politician was too funny to be president?
Congressman Morris K. Udall (left) and Gov. Bruce Babbitt in a March 7, 1978, photo. Udall served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1961 to ‘91.(Photo: Republic file photo) Story Highlights Mo...
View ArticleThe Laugh Tract — who’s bringing the funny
click to enlarge Tony Rock performs at Tampa Improv this weekend There’s a lot of variety on comedy club stages this weekend. Men, women, musicians and magicians are all in town to make you laugh....
View ArticleHumor and humanity: Four decades of London’s underground life
London (CNN) — For four decades, London’s underground transport network has been Bob Mazzer’s photographic playground. He has collected surprisingly intimate shots in what, for many, is a most...
View ArticleFunny River Fire Containment Increases, Acreage Burned Unchanged
ANCHORAGE – Officials with the Alaska’s Interagency Incident Command say containment of the Funny River fire continues to increase while the total acreage burned hasn’t changed in the past three days....
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