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PLEASE WISH THIS K-9 A WARM FAREWELL!

The Tukwila Police Department gave a round-of a-paws to a police dog who retired after seven years on Feb. 1, 2024. A party was thrown for Apollo at the police station, replete with balloons, cake and other treats. (Photo: TPD)

TUKWILA, Wash. — The Tukwila Police Department gave a round-
of a-paws to a police dog who retired after seven years on Thursday.

A party was thrown for Apollo at the police station, replete with
balloons, cake and other treats.
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STAR TREK ACTOR HAS DIED AT AGE 94

William O'Connell | Memory Alpha, das Star-Trek-Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia

William O’Connell, whose extensive TV and film acting credits in
the 1960s and ’70s included a memorably villainous role on Star
Trek
and a string of adversaries in the films of his frequent
collaborator Clint Eastwood, died January 15 at his home in
Sherman Oaks, CA.

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Star Trek Episode 39: Journey to Babel - Midnite Reviews
William O’Connell with William Shatner in Star
Trek Episode 39: Journey To Babel (11-17-1967)

William O'Connell - Rotten Tomatoes
William O’Connell
(May 12, 1929 – January 15, 2024)

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WILL THE EARHART MYSTERY BE SOLVED?

Image of Earhart next to sonar picture
Deep Sea Vision believes they may have come across Amelia Earhart’s wrecked plane in the Pacific Ocean.

(FOX NEWS) – A South Carolina-based ocean exploration
company says it may have found the airplane that Amelia
Earhart flew on her
ill-fated 1937 expedition.

Deep Sea Vision CEO Tony Romeo, a former Air Force
intelligence officer, believes that the airplane-shaped
object that his company captured in a sonar image is
Earhart’s Lockheed 10-E Electra.

Earhart was trying to become the first woman to successfully
complete a circumnavigational flight of the globe when she
disappeared on July 2, 1937. She was last seen in Papua New
Guinea and disappeared near Howland Island in the Pacific
Ocean.

Amelia Earhart's Aircraft Believed to be Found by Unconventional Team of Experts - The Malaysian ...

Brightened sonar image of plane-shaped object
The CEO of Deep Sea Vision says he plans to return to get clearer pictures of the unknown object. (Deep Sea Vision)

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STORE THAT INSPIRED A MOVIE IS CLOSING

JEFFREY’S TOYS - Toy Store - 45 Kearny St, San Francisco, California - 163 Photos & 60 Reviews ...

(FOX NEWS) – The oldest toy store in San Francisco announced
this week
that it is shutting down due to the rampant crime and
violence in the city’s streets, and because of inflation.

Jeffrey’s Toys, the downtown San Francisco toy store that
inspired Pixar’s classic "Toy Story," announced on Friday
that it will be closing permanently at the end of February.


San Francisco toy store, Jeffrey’s Toys, inspiration for 'Toy Story,' closing after 86 years ...

San Francisco’s oldest toy store closing due to inflation, ‘perils and violence' of crime ...

Toy shop that inspired Pixar film Toy Story to close after 86 years | Metro News

Costumes Australia | Costumes and Party Supplies Online
1995

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THE RETRO BLOG HUMOR DEPARTMENT

01.25.24
(FOX NEWS)

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