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Posted on Just Cruisin 2, 22-May '13, 11:46AM

I started yesterday in a good mood and it lasted most of the day. Then, last night, I fired up the computer to check what was going on with Facebook. My account was hacked and someone had started an ‘open group’ with my name. I started receiving cryptic messages that wanted to know what ‘the […]

Posted on Jame's 1948 , 22-May '13, 7:11AM

  An Historian Who Made History   On a tombstone in the burial ground of Nonconformists in London called "Bunhill Fields," one can find these words:   Here lies interred the mortal remains of the Rev. Joseph Ivimey, in his … Continue reading →

Posted on QC Ghost, 21-May '13, 4:16PM

Entrusted with a government credit card, an Internal Revenue Service worker allegedly used the plastic for a years-long Amazon.com shopping spree that netted her hundreds of items, including a chocolate fondue fountain; Bollywood movies; Pampers; Harlequin romance novels; Omaha Steaks; Apple Bottoms skinny jeans; mango body wash; and a Ginsu knife set.Democrap Yetunde Oseni, 37, was named this month in a U.S. District Court felony complaint charging her with embezzling government funds. Oseni has worked since 2000 as a secretary in an IRS office in Lanham, ...

Posted on The Scoundrel, 18-May '13, 11:45PM

According to news articles I have read; a 15 year old boy and two 16 year old boys took a 12 year old girl into a basement with intentions to sexually assault the young girl. The boys not only sexually assault the girl – they tape the attack while also flashing gang signs and then […]

Posted on Taking a Crack At It, 9-May '13, 9:02PM

Rock Island Mayor Dennis Pauley's most recent appointments ( which were not officially confirmed by the city council) repeats the pattern of his predecessors as colonial rulers. Regardless of who local ethnic groups choose or designate as their representatives, colonial rulers choose their "leaders." The "in your face" decision sends a clear message to the group as to whose views matters when it comes to consideration of decisions affecting the community. Not wanting to make a "surprise" announcement, Mayor Pauley informed city aldermen before last Monday night's meeting, May 4, ...

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  Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2013. There are 223 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: Large quantities of ice from LaCrosse and Lake Pepin are beingshipped on ice boats, towed by steamers to St. Louis and points below.
1888 -- 125 years ago: With the Mississippi River at 18 feet above the low water stage,Rock Island is waging a valiant fight to keep the river from flooding the entire city.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Approval has been given by the city commission for paving 45thStreet between 7th and 11th Avenues.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Herndon Wright, of East Moline, has won the discus-throw title, by aheave of more than 140 feet, to set a new high school record at Champaign.
1963 -- 50 years ago: With the Selective Service Law recently extended by Congress forfour more years, Mrs. Hazel Doris reminded young men that they must register withinfive days after attaining their 18th birthday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Over 500 Quad-Cities area retired volunteers were honoredrecently for their community services at a Retired Senior Volunteer Program luncheonat Palmer Auditorium in Davenport. Guest speaker, William Moffitt, director of productengineering of Deere & Co., spoke about leadership and stressed the importance ofcommunity volunteers.




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