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Date: September 4th, 2006

Happy Labor Day

4 September, 2006 (08:54) | Human Interest | By: ricjames

HoodaThunk? wishes everyone a happy and safe Labor Day holiday. Hope your summer has been fun and, for those of you who are or have school-age kids, here’s to your school year being a success.

VDOT goofs traffic assessment, WaPo spins it big

4 September, 2006 (08:52) | The Media, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Yesterday’s Washington Post had a “news” story in the Loudoun Section regarding the traffic assessment VDOT performed for the proposed Dulles South buildout plan. The original assessment showed a gnarled traffic mess coming out of the proposal and suggests that traffic will be nearly immobile by 2025. Turns out that VDOT erred in their assessment. [...]

Priest jokes: when can you laugh out loud in church?

4 September, 2006 (07:56) | Human Interest, Religion | By: ricjames

Let’s face it, cracking a joke in the middle of mass isn’t normally considered sanctioned behavior. Every so often, the priest will tell a mild funny and he’ll get a chuckle. So yesterday’s sermon begins and it addresses the concept of actually carrying our faith into our lives outside the walls of the church. Many [...]

“Croc Hunter” Steve Irwin dead at 44

4 September, 2006 (06:57) | Human Interest | By: ricjames

Steve Irwin, known popularly as the Crocodile Hunter, has died from injuries sustained from a stingray barb. He was 44. Irwin was killed by a stingray barb to the heart on Batt Reef, off the remote resort town of Port Douglas in northeastern Queensland state, his wildlife park Australia Zoo said in a statement. Crew [...]