Virginia mom challenges one school book a week. Shes had dozens removed.

 Posted on August 6, 2024  |  15 minutes  |  3043 words  |  Valentine Belue

Jennifer Petersen keeps 73 school books she detests in her basement. She ordered most from Amazon. In the last year, she read each one. She highlighted and typed up excerpts from more than 1,300 pages — of the 24,000-plus pages she read — that she says depict sexual acts. Then she filed challenges against 71 of the books with Spotsylvania County Public Schools, the Virginia district where one of her children is a student and the other is a recent graduate. [Read More]

Amanda Peet

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  597 words  |  Valentine Belue

Amanda Peet estimated Net Worth, Biography, Age, Height, Dating, Relationship Records, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & many more details have been updated below. Let’s check, How Rich is Amanda Peet in 2019-2020? Scroll below and check more detailed information about Current Net worth as well as Monthly/Year Salary, Expense, Income Reports!BiographyAmanda Peet was born in New York City, NY on January 11, 1972. A movie actress who starred in TV’s Jack and Jill and in The Whole Nine Yards. [Read More]

Astros employee's missing World Series ring found after viral post

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  278 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Explore More A viral Facebook post helped a longtime Minute Maid Park worker find his Houston Astros World Series ring after misplacing it at Sunday’s game.  Janie Arredondo posted on Facebook on June 18 saying her friend’s dad, Reynaldo Muñoz, had lost his 2022 World Series ring while working the Astros’ Father’s Day game. The post said Muñoz took the ring off to wash his hands when he was then called for assistance. [Read More]

By walking in competitors shoes, a company saw what its customers want

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  427 words  |  Patria Henriques

The big idea: When Paul Grangaard became chief executive and president of Allen Edmonds in 2008, he staged a turnaround of an iconic American brand. The creator of classic, high-quality shoes for men — worn during the inauguration of every president from Ronald Reagan through George W. Bush — was on the verge of bankruptcy. How could the company revive sales of its premium quality (and priced) shoes during the Great Recession? [Read More]

College football is wracked by change, but Army-Navy is forever

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  939 words  |  Tobi Tarwater

Even with college football engulfed by change — for good and bad but mostly bad — Army-Navy is always Army-Navy. The cadets and midshipmen march onto the playing field, regardless of where it is; the parachutists jump into the stadium; the “stars,” as the players call the endless parade of generals and admirals, drone on about the greatness of it all; and then — finally — the teams stage a rock fight of a football game. [Read More]

Grizzly bear attacks Montana 72-year-old; man fires handgun to save himself

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  497 words  |  Tobi Tarwater

A 72-year-old man is in a hospital after he shot and killed a grizzly bear that attacked him while he was picking huckleberries alone in a Montana forest. The adult female grizzly charged the man, the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks agency said Friday, adding that it was a “surprise defensive encounter.” The man suffered significant injuries before he killed the bear with a handgun, and he had to be hospitalized, the wildlife agency said in a statement. [Read More]

In UFC 300, Holly Holm embraces underdog mentality against Kayla Harrison

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  986 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Holly Holm has been watching Kayla Harrison. An Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran of 10 years, Holm only watched fights from rival promotions when her teammates competed. When she caught Harrison during Professional Fighters League broadcasts, she came away intrigued. Harrison is bigger than Holm and her expertise as a grappler posed challenges for a former boxer. The way Harrison dominated lower-profile competition invited questions about her true capabilities. “I’ve watched her with PFL and always thought, ‘I wonder if I would ever fight her,’” Holm said. [Read More]

Kofi Kingston

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  576 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Kofi Kingston estimated Net Worth, Biography, Age, Height, Dating, Relationship Records, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & many more details have been updated below. Let’s check, How Rich is Kofi Kingston in 2019-2020? Scroll below and check more detailed information about Current Net worth as well as Monthly/Year Salary, Expense, Income Reports!BiographyKofi Kingston was born in Kumasi, Ghana on August 14, 1981. WWE Superstar who has held the Intercontinental Championship, the United States Championship, and the Tag Team title. [Read More]

Los secretos de la impresionante variedad de arepas de Colombia

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  281 words  |  Valentine Belue

Los secretos de la impresionante variedad de arepas de Colombia 25 enero 2018 En América Latina la arepa es tal vez el legado más representativo de la cocina indígena en la cocina contemporánea, asegura Julián Estrada, antropólogo colombiano especializado en gastronomía y propietario de un restaurante en las cercanías de Medellín. Allí lo visitó BBC Mundo para que le contara más acerca de la diversidad de este plato que, asegura él, de una forma u otra existe desde México hasta Chile, con diferentes nombres, texturas, procesos, tipos de maíz y, esencialmente, sabores. [Read More]

Noah Lyles is dating Jamaican sprinter Junelle Bromfield and following in the footsteps of Usain Bol

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1104 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Noah Lyles may have won the World Athletics award for men’s track athlete of the year, but that won’t be on his mind for long, as the U.S. sensation eyes Olympic glory and making everlasting change to finally be recognized as one of the sport’s greats. Hailing from Gainesville, Florida, the 26-year-old sprinter started the year the same way he left the last: undefeated in his specialist event – the 200-meter dash. [Read More]