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OKLAHOMA CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–American Farmers and Ranchers Mutual Insurance announces their sponsorship of FFA Night at the Blazers Hockey game Friday night, January 18th at the Ford Center in downtown Oklahoma City. The event will enable the statewide youth organization, FFA, to raise funds for the Oklahoma FFA Foundation, which will keep five dollars of every $10 ticket sold by members. In addition, all FFA members attending the game will have an opportunity to win one of four animals to be given away at the end of the evening’s game: an Express Ranch heifer, valued at $2,500, a lamb, a goat and a pig.

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And to think that Oklahoma City is only about two and a half hours away.

Harry Potter fans are set to get a double treat in the film of the final story – and movie makers are set to double their money. Crew working on the sixth Potter film, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, have been told J.K. Rowling’s seventh novel, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, will be released in two halves.

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Gioia, from California writes:
Mr. President, A silly question, but who picks your attire for all the important events you attend? Love your ties

George W. Bush
Dear Gioia, I pick my own suits and my own ties. Thank you for the compliment about the ties, and thank you for your question.

Whitehouse.gov (From the “Ask the White House” section)

That stoning is still a form of punishment.

LONDON (Reuters) – Amnesty International on Tuesday called on Iran to abolish the “grotesque and horrific” practice of stoning people to death.

Amnesty, which opposes the death penalty under any circumstances, said an Iranian man had been stoned to death in July last year for committing adultery, despite a moratorium being imposed on such executions in 2002.

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