Just to be safe, don’t stand too close: Republican president candidate Donald Trump, who has slipped to second place in Iowa polls, pleaded for support and seemed mystified as to why he doesn’t do better with evangelical Christians. “I am a great Christian,” Trump told a rally in Sioux City.
That Trump, R-Pharisee, wasn’t immediately struck down by lightning was offered by evangelicals as proof of God’s mercy and forbearance.
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How much for the raspberry beret? Prince has opened his Minnesota home to fans to listen to the pop star perform and tour his Paisley Park Studios. Prince, known for valuing his privacy, hasn’t explained the new openness, but he is charging $40 for the tours and selling T-shirts and CDs.
In other words, Prince is partying like it’s $39.99.
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Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, the English poet and military adventurer who popularized tobacco, was executed in London for treason.
To save money, after he was cremated his remains were kept in a Sir Walter Raleigh pipe tobacco tin.
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