Reminder, be sure to come to downtown Henderson tonight for the Meet Me In The Street festival for some free live music!
The Wenatchee Valley in Washington is decked out with millions of blossoms as a backdrop for the state’s 93rd annual Apple Blossom Festival, beginning tomorrow. An estimated 100,000 people will enjoy events including parades and a carnival and, of course, lots of apples, along with applesauce, apple butter, and apple pies. Apples are a perennial American favorite — we each eat more than 16 pounds of them a year, and recent studies have shown that apples are beneficial in warding off certain cancers and brain diseases. Apples are a nearly $2 billion a year crop in the U.S. Washington is the leading producer of apples by a wide margin. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov.
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Hookers Downgrade US Credit Rating
Shortchanging by Secret Service Draws Strong Rebuke – April 20, 2012
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) – Days after Secret Service agents shortchanged a group of prostitutes in Colombia , the international trade group representing hookers downgraded the United States ’ credit rating from AAA to B.
The strong rebuke from the International Alliance of Professional Escorts came after a Secret Service agent reportedly paid one of its members $30 for an $800 service, or only 4% of the stated price.
The statement from the International Alliance of Professional Escorts said that in downgrading the United States’ credit rating it was sending a clear message that its “members should be aware that doing business with the government of the United States carries with it a significant risk.”
“We are urging our members to avoid conducting transactions with the United States and to focus on more reliable customers, like the International Monetary Fund,” the statement added.
Just hours after the announcement from the escorts’ group, the U.S. Congress passed the following resolution blasting the Secret Service for its actions: “We strongly denounce the Secret Service for consorting with prostitutes, which has traditionally been Congress’s role.”
But it was not all bad news this week for the Secret Service, which today reported a 5000% jump in enlistment. The agency said that enlistment offices across the country have been packed with prospective agents.
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