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Today is Monday, July 15

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Today, July 15 in 
1901 Over 74,000 Pittsburgh steel workers went on strike. 
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Today's Bonehead Award: 
Carjacker picked car with kids inside, 
was beaten to death when parents caught him 
                                                                  
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Don't part with your illusions. 
When they are gone you may still exist, 
but you have ceased to live.
--- Mark Twain

But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
--- Don Marquis
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The young man was contrite as he confessed to his steady
girl that he was seeing a therapist.

"That's nothing." she replied.  "I'm seeing a therapist,
two engineers, a plumber and a doctor."

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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD
and a Darwin Award has been earned by

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Eric Hood,
54,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania

Carjacker picked car with kids inside, 
was beaten to death when parents caught him 

Eric Hood, identified as the man who allegedly stole a car with children
in it and was subsequently beaten to death by an angry mob, had a long
criminal history, including 24 arrests.

The theft happened at approximately 9:50 p.m. Thursday near 29th and
Dauphin streets in Strawberry Mansion.

According to police, a mother was traveling with her three kids when she
stopped to visit the father of two of her children at a pizza shop,
leaving the car running with the children inside.

According to police, both the mother and father ran after the car and
pulled Hood out of the driver's seat, when he was stopped by traffic.

The alleged carjacker assaulted the dad and fled, according to police,
but was stopped by a larger crowd who kicked and punched him repeatedly.
The assault continued until police arrived.

Philadelphia Police Homicide Captain Jason Smith says the father and Hood
got into an altercation.

"Hood managed to break free from the father and fled across 29th Street.
It was at this time that a crowd of individuals stopped Mr. Hood and
forced him to the ground," Smith said. "The crowd kicked and punched Mr.
Hood until the arrival of responding police. At some point Mr. Hood
became unresponsive."

Police are reviewing video posted on Instagram and surveillance video
from the scene to see exactly how large the crowd was and they are
working to identify the people who took part in the beating.

"The video is very clear," Smith said. He then urged the people involved
to come forward.

"I think it's a much better idea to make contact with us then us with
them," he said.

The Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine Hood's cause of
death and run tests to see if he had drugs in his system.

Hood had a lengthy arrest record with 24 arrests - the last one dated in
2007.

The mother of the kids left in the vehicle could also face charges for
leaving them in a running car.

Police say the parents have cooperated and were questioned by detectives
then released.



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Father teaching his daughter to drive:  
"Stop on red, 
go on green, and
slow down when I turn purple."

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29 of the Most Beautiful and Colorful Places on Earth

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A young woman visiting her new doctor for the first time
found herself alone in a small waiting room. She began
undressing nervously, preparing herself for the upcoming
examination. Just as she draped the last of her garments
over the back of a chair, a light rap sounded on the door
and the doctor walked in.

Coming to an abrupt halt, he looked his patient up and
down carefully.

"Miss Jones," he said, "it seems quite obvious that until
today you have never had an eye exam."

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While hiking in the mountains one day I came across a 
gorgeous gorge that I thought was an echo canyon. I shouted, 
"Hello there." But the response sounded to me like, 
"Hello where?"

I tried again. "How do you do?"

A moment later the report came back sounding like, "How do 
I do what?"

Baffled and amused I decided to give it the ultimate test. 
"You're not really an echo canyon, are you?"

The response from the big ditch confirmed my suspicions. 
"Brilliant deduction, Einstein."

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Early in their marriage, my Dad did something really stupid. My Mom
chewed him out for it. He apologized, they made up.

However, from time to time, my Mom mentioned what he had done. "Honey,"
my Dad finally said one day, "why do you keep bringing that up? I thought
your policy was 'forgive and forget.'"

"It is," she said. "I just don't want you to forget what I've forgiven
and forgotten."

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Today, July 15 in
1099 Jerusalem fell to the Crusaders. 

1410 Poles and Lithuanians defeated the Teutonic knights at Tannenburg,
Prussia. 

1789 The electors of Paris set up a "Commune" to live without the
authority of the government. 

1806 Lieutenant Zebulon Pike began his western expedition from Fort Belle
Fountaine, near St. Louis, MO. 

1813 Napoleon Bonaparte's representatives met with the Allies in Prague
to discuss peace terms. 

1834 Lord Napier of England arrived in Macao, China as the first chief
superintendent of trade. 

1870 Georgia became the last of the Confederate states to be readmitted
to the Union. 

1885 In New York, the Niagara Reservation State Park opened. 

1888 "Printers' Ink" was first sold. 

1895 Ex-prime minister of Bulgaria, Stephen Stambulov, was murdered by
Macedonian rebels. 

1901 Over 74,000 Pittsburgh steel workers went on strike. 

1904 The first Buddhist temple in the U.S. was established in Los
Angeles, CA. 

1916 In Seattle, WA, Pacific Aero Products was incorporated by William
Boeing. The company was later renamed Boeing Co. 

1918 The Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I. 

1922 The duck-billed platypus arrived in America, direct from Australia.
It was exhibited at the Bronx Zoo in New York City. 

1942 The first supply flight from India to China over the 'Hump' was
carried to help China's war effort. 

1958 Five thousand U.S. Marines landed in Beirut, Lebanon, to protect the
pro-Western government. The troops withdrew October 25, 1958. 

1965 The spacecraft Mariner IV sent back the first close-up pictures of
the planet Mars. 

1968 Commercial air travel began between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., when
the first plane, a Soviet Aeroflot jet, landed at Kennedy International
Airport in New York. 

1971 U.S. President Nixon announced he would visit the People's Republic
of China to seek a "normalization of relations." 

1972 NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft became the first to enter the asteroid
belt. 

1987 Taiwan ended thirty-seven years of martial law. 

2006 The social networking service Twitter was launched. 

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