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    The Farmer and The Pigs

    A farmer had five female pigs. Times were hard, so he decided to take them to the county fair and sell them. At the fair, he met another farmer who owned five male pigs. After talking a bit, they decided to mate the pigs and split everything 50/50. The farmers lived sixty miles apart...
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    Some problems can be fixed......

    A Rochester, New York farm wife called the local phone company to report her telephone failed to ring when her friends called - and that on the few occasions, when it did ring, her dog always moaned right before the phone rang. The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this...
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    A Letter to Dear Abby

    Dear Abby, My husband has a long record of money problems. He runs up huge credit-card bills and at the end of the month, if I try to pay them off, he shouts at me, saying I am stealing his money. He says pay the minimum and lets our kids worry about the rest, but already we can hardly keep up...
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    And now for something totally different......

    Mon Jun 13, 8:06 pm ET NEW YORK ? A Chicago family says members of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" cast were real louts during a boozy trip to a Caribbean resort. Yolanda Martinez and some of her relatives filed a lawsuit Monday in New York. They say Teresa Guidice from the "Bravo series"...
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    Bullet in bag gets dominican pitcher arrested

    Sat Feb 27, 1:07 am ET TOKYO (Reuters) ? Dominican pitcher Maximo Nelson, once on the books of the New York Yankees, has been arrested by Japanese police after a live bullet was found in his bag at an airport in Okinawa. Nelson, who had been in the southern prefecture for spring training with...
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    Where the US aid goes.......

    Here's a real eye opener.......... AP: Haiti govt gets 1 penny of US quake aid dollar - Yahoo! News
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    DR and HONDURAS reach deal on ZELAYA

    AP SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic ? The Dominican government announced a deal Wednesday with Honduras' president-elect to give ousted leader Manuel Zelaya safe passage to this Caribbean nation. FULL STORY HERE: DR, Honduras president-elect reach deal on Zelaya - Yahoo! News
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    More quakes for Haiti, DR, and Jamaica ???

    Haiti and its neighbors must prepare themselves for more massive quakes after the devastating tremors this week increased pressure along a lengthy fault line, scientists warned Friday. interesting read: Scientists: Haiti must prepare for more massive quakes - Yahoo! News
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    2 DR aid workers SHOT in PaP

    MSNBC is reporting two DR volunteer aid workers who arrived with the meal trucks ( one being reported as a DR business man ) were shot by angry Haitians and are in serious condition in Barahona after being airlifted back to the DR. link is here: msnbc.com Video Player
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    4 missing while on DR fishing trip....

    4 missing while fishing in Dominican Republic AP SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic ? The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for four people, including two U.S. citizens, who went missing on a fishing trip off the Dominican Republic's southern coast. The Coast Guard says Robert Wayne and...
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    Bomb Threat at SD airport- Jet Blue

    Tue Dec 29, 6:13 pm ET - AP Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic ? Officials say an anonymous bomb threat briefly grounded a JetBlue flight that was departing the Dominican Republic for Puerto Rico. Airline spokeswoman Jenny Dervin says the Tuesday morning flight to San Juan was...
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    New Airline ????

    Saw this today on a news site. Is this a new airline? website: http://www.usa3000.com USA3000 Airlines Flights to Punta Cana from: Philly, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cinncinnatti, St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland Flights to La Romana from : Baltimore They're using Airbus A320's...
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    and now for something completely different...

    Maybe this might bring a smile to someone's face.... News article from the US: AFP 10/25/2009 The police department in the small Minnesota town of Proctor will put a motorized lounge chair up for auction next week after it was seized in a drunk driving incident. The black and blue leather...
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    And the "beach battle" rages on......

    SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic ? Dozens of Dominicans wearing flip-flops and swim suits and carrying coolers and surfboards soaked in the sun outside Congress on Friday to protest a proposal they say will limit public access to beaches and rivers. "This is not the constitution of my...
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    Anyone else see this news story today???

    DR government debates private property access to beaches SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic ? Legislators in the Dominican Republic are debating whether to allow residents access rights to private property so they can reach beaches, rivers and lakes. President Leonel Fernandez recently...