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We went up north over the weekend, to see if the leaves were changing yet. It was a beautiful day but we went a weekend to early. Next weekend the color change should be in full swing.Colorful leaves are visible Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 as a motorist travels on M-72 in Leelanau County, Mich.
texan
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Danika Starr, 9, sits with her father's winning pumpkin at the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival Weigh-off
contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 8, 2012.
The pumpkin weighed 1,775 pounds, making it a new California record.
Starr wins six dollars for each pound, which equals $10,650.
contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 8, 2012.
The pumpkin weighed 1,775 pounds, making it a new California record.
Starr wins six dollars for each pound, which equals $10,650.
texan
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Army Pfc. Derek Southard, center, is hugged by his mother Shawn Southard, left, and his sister
Jaylee Hepner, right, during a welcome home ceremony for soldiers from the Army's
1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, on Oct. 10, at Fort Stewart, Ga.
Overall about 2,200 soldiers from Fort Stewart's 3rd Infantry Division have deployed to
Afghanistan this year.
Jaylee Hepner, right, during a welcome home ceremony for soldiers from the Army's
1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, on Oct. 10, at Fort Stewart, Ga.
Overall about 2,200 soldiers from Fort Stewart's 3rd Infantry Division have deployed to
Afghanistan this year.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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The lady on the left is the reason why you should always have 2 alarm clocks.
texan
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His body pierced the atmosphere at speeds topping 700 miles per hour, appearing to achieve another of his goals:
to become the first skydiver to break the speed of sound, according to the project website.
He sped toward Earth on the 65th anniversary of legendary American pilot Chuck Yeager's flight shattering
the sound barrier on Oct. 14, 1947.
to become the first skydiver to break the speed of sound, according to the project website.
He sped toward Earth on the 65th anniversary of legendary American pilot Chuck Yeager's flight shattering
the sound barrier on Oct. 14, 1947.
texan
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Brian Utley, a jump observer from the International Federation of Sports Aviation, said preliminary figures showHis body pierced the atmosphere at speeds topping 700 miles per hour, appearing to achieve another of his goals:
to become the first skydiver to break the speed of sound, according to the project website.
He sped toward Earth on the 65th anniversary of legendary American pilot Chuck Yeager's flight shattering
the sound barrier on Oct. 14, 1947.
Baumgartner reached a maximum speed of 833.9 mph.
That amounts to Mach 1.24, which is faster than the speed of sound.
No one has ever reached that speed wearing only a high-tech suit.
Read more: Skydiver survives 24-mile high jump, breaks sound barrier, officials say | Fox News
packageguy
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ajblakejr
Age quod agis
Army Pfc. Derek Southard, center, is hugged by his mother Shawn Southard, left, and his sister
Jaylee Hepner, right, during a welcome home ceremony for soldiers from the Army's
1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, on Oct. 10, at Fort Stewart, Ga.
Overall about 2,200 soldiers from Fort Stewart's 3rd Infantry Division have deployed to
Afghanistan this year.
Army Spc. Cory Allen kisses his daughter Lacey Allen during a welcome home ceremony for soldiers from
the Army's 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, on Oct. 10, at Fort Stewart, Ga.
The contrast.
The imagery.
texan
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Must post this. I look at those eyes. That hunger in her eyes to learn.
Nathalie Bardou, AP — A teenage activist recently shot and critically wounded by the Taliban risked her
life to attend school, but the threat from the militant group is just one of many obstacles Pakistani girls
face in getting an education.
Nathalie Bardou, AP — A teenage activist recently shot and critically wounded by the Taliban risked her
life to attend school, but the threat from the militant group is just one of many obstacles Pakistani girls
face in getting an education.
texan
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Let us not forget those in harms way.
No politics, I just covet heartfelt prayers for our military and wisdom from above for our country's
leadership for all we are currently involved in.
U.S. Army soldier Spc. Katie Luna of 572nd Military Intelligence Company, 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry
Regiment, cries while paying respects during a memorial service for platoon member, late Spc. Brittany Gordon
at Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Oct. 19, 2012.
Gordon was killed last Saturday along with a U.S. civilian and two others, after an Afghan police officer
detonated a suicide vest he was wearing, a military officer said.
No politics, I just covet heartfelt prayers for our military and wisdom from above for our country's
leadership for all we are currently involved in.
U.S. Army soldier Spc. Katie Luna of 572nd Military Intelligence Company, 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry
Regiment, cries while paying respects during a memorial service for platoon member, late Spc. Brittany Gordon
at Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Oct. 19, 2012.
Gordon was killed last Saturday along with a U.S. civilian and two others, after an Afghan police officer
detonated a suicide vest he was wearing, a military officer said.
