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MONDAY, October 18, 2010

After 14 years of drilling, workers completed a 35-mile, $10 billion tunnel through the Swiss Alps between Zurich and Milan.  As the  giant drill bit broke through at mid-point, officials were at a loss to explain the sudden appearance of three Chilean miners.

Chants of "Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!" echoed through St. Peter's Square as the crowd cheered the canonization of Australia’s first saint, Mary MacKillop.   The 19th century nun founded “The Little Sisters of Matthew, Mark, Luke and Olivia Newton-John.”

NFL officials are looking into allegations that Bret Favre, while playing for the New York Jets, sent  obscene images to a woman over the internet.  Which is new for Bret --  the first time he’s ever been accused of fumbling with a zipper.

Longtime “NFL Today” commentator Brent Musberger told a journalism class that he favors performance enhancing drugs for athletes -- you know, like the three martinis he has delivered to his dressing room before going on the air.

A note stuffed in a bottle and tossed into the Florida surf floated all the way to Ireland.  The note read:  “Please send help!  I‘m all alone and falling in love with a soccer ball!”

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