Archive for February, 2009
Friday, February 27th, 2009
Today in Anchorage
Today: Sunny to partly cloudy. High 23F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: Occasional snow showers. Low 16F. Winds light and variable. Chance of snow 60%. Snowfall around one inch. Tomorrow: Occasional snow showers. High 26F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 60%. 1 to 2 inches of snow […]
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Too True
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Obama: US combat in Iraq to end by Aug. 31, 2010
President Barack Obama greets Marines following his speech at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. Obama moved to fulfill the defining promise of his campaign, announcing that all U.S. combat troops will be withdrawn by September 2010. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer 50 mins ago CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Declaring […]
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Nothing is too Good for our Boys in the Trenches
New Disability Board Disappoints Tom Philpott | February 26, 2009 Review Board to Disappoint Vets Disabled Since 9/11 Complaints from veterans and from a high-profile commission that the services routinely were “low-balling” disability ratings for military members found medically unfit spurred Congress last year to take action. Among other things it ordered the Department of […]
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Petronius, bishop, confessor
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
St. Galmier, of Lyons, about 650
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Saint Honorine
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Commemoration of St Gabriel Possenti
St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (1838-1862 ) Born in Italy into a large family and baptized Francis, he lost his mother when he was only four years old. He was educated by the Jesuits and, having been cured twice of serious illnesses, came to believe that God was calling him to the religious […]
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Feast of St Leander
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
On This Day
280 Birth of Constantine the Great, the first Roman emperor to be converted (ca. 312) to the Christian faith. 1526 Saxony & Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes) 1531 Evangelical German monarchy/towns form Schmalkaldische Union 1563 William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral 1670 Jews are expelled from Austria by order […]