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Weekend of June 9-11, 2017

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"The Divine test of a man's worth is not his theology but his life."

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Seriously Funny
Fathers Days
By Mordechai Schiller

Before you go out and buy yet another necktie for dear old Dad, stop and think what "father" means.

Not just what he means to you. You should know that already...in your bones.

But what is a father? And how does the meaning of the word inform and shape our lives?

Reality Check
Qatar, Trump and double games
By Caroline B. Glick

What the shunning means and why the media is condemning rather than celebrating this historic move

Controversy!
How the Jewish identity of 'Wonder Woman's' star is causing a stir
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey

The film has resurfaced questions about Jews and race

Coupling
10 simple ways to make any woman fall for you
By Shannon Symonds

With over 50 million single men in the United States, you'll need to stand out in the crowd and become someone every woman will fall for

Wellness
White bread actually healthier than whole wheat?
By Kendra Pierre-Louis

One size fits all nutrition may be a thing of the past

Consumer Intelligence
Ticked off over a ticket? Try using some tech tools
By Christopher Elliott

Travelers are frequently targeted for bogus parking citation scams. Here's how to defend yourself

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Kristen Hartke

You can make the best doughnuts you'll ever eat. Here's how (Techniques; Recipe; Incl. instructs for variations)

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• Lisa Benson

• Bob Gorrell

• Rick McKee

• Michael Ramirez

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On this day in . . .

• 68, Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging

• 1650, the Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas

• 1815, end of the Congress of Vienna: New European political situation is set

• 1909, Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the first woman to drive across the United States. With three female companions, none of whom could drive a car, in fifty-nine days she drove a Maxwell automobile the 3,800 miles from Manhattan, New York, to San Francisco, California

• 1915, William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania

• 1934, Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen

• 1946, King Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world's longest reigning monarch

• 1954, Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army --- giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"

• 1959, the USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles

• 1966, a merger was announced between the National and American Football Leagues, to take effect in 1970

• 1967, during the Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria

• 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy

• 1985, the former Dean of Agriculture at the American University of Beirut, Thomas Sutherland, is is kidnapped in Lebanon by practitioners of that "religion of peace". (He was released in November 1991 along with fellow hostage Terry Waite)

• 1986, the Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

• 1999, after 78 days of intense NATO airstrikes, Yugoslav and Western generals signed a pact clearing the way for a Kosovo peace plan

• 2004, the body of Ronald Reagan arrived in Washington to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda before the 40th president's funeral

• 2008, retail gas prices rose above $4 per gallon. ALSO: Ken Griffey Jr. became the sixth player in baseball history to reach 600 homers in the first inning of the Cincinnati Reds' 9-4 victory over the Florida Marlins

• 2009, North Korea's highest court sentenced American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years' hard labor for trespassing and "hostile acts." (The women were pardoned in early August 2009 after a trip to Pyongyang by former President Bill Clinton.)

• 2014, an attack by Taliban gunmen at busy Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, ended with about three-dozen people dead, including the attackers who disguised themselves a government security officers

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