Bettie Page, ‘50s ‘Queen of Pinups,’ to receive historical marker in Nashville

Bettie Page, a ‘50s model and Playboy centerfold who helped set the stage for the sexual revolution of the ‘60s, is finally getting recognized in Nashville.

The Tennessee native, nicknamed the “Queen of Pinups,” is set to receive a historical marker in downtown Nashville. The marker will be placed near Hume-Fogg High School, where Page graduated second in her class in 1940.

About time.

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25 yo pizza delivery man runs into burning house, saves four children who tell him another might be in the house. He goes back in, finds the girl, jumps out a window with her

One injured saving children from morning house fire

A person was severely injured saving a child from a early morning house fire in Lafayette. According to Lafayette Police, a passerby called 911 to report a house fire around 12:30 a.m. Monday morning on Union Street.

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Groundbreaking Cancer Treatment Produces Remission In Every Patient In Trial

Eighteen rectal cancer patients took a new drug from GlaxoSmithKline rather than face brutal treatments like chemotherapy and life-changing surgery, and all eighteen saw their tumors completely disappear, according to the trial results published Sunday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). It is believed to be the first trial ever conducted in which all subjects became completely cancer-free.

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Netflix ‘quietly cancels’ series created by Duchess of Sussex

The former ‘Suits’ actress – who, along with her husband, abandoned royal duties for a life in Los Angeles back in 2020 – created the series through the couple’s Archewell Productions company and had described it as a family series that centres on the adventures of a 12-year-old girl who finds inspiration in a variety of influential women throughout history.

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Chelsea Manning can’t enter Canada due to prior convictions, says immigration board

Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. intelligence analyst who was convicted in one of the largest breaches of classified information in American history, will not be allowed to enter Canada due to her prior convictions in the United States.

In a decision dated April 8, the Immigration and Refugee Board sided with the federal government that she should be denied entry due to the gravity of her espionage record.

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A new take on an old Christmas tradition brings hope and joy to families in Steubenville, Ohio

A new take on an old Christmas tradition brings hope and joy to families in Steubenville, Ohio

Some local news I thought you might enjoy – Steubenville is across the Ohio River from us and the nearest ‘big’ town. The closed steel mills mentioned are on our side of the river, in Weirton; my grandfather and many of my friends worked in those mills. Grandpa’s job was so important that he was declared an essential employee and exempted from the WW2 draft, to his everlasting shame because he wanted to serve. My dear friend and next door neighbor, Betty, was the quality control inspector for the big shells the battleships used when the steel plants were converted for wartime and women became the workers. What stories she had! Back then, people flocked to this area for good jobs, but since the 70s and cheap overseas steel it’s been a dying region. It’s good to see something positive happening.

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