May 2022

IN BRIEF

Tom Brady to join Fox Sports when playing career ends NEW YORK – Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady will join Fox Sports as its lead football analyst once his playing career ends, the network said Tuesday. When that actually happens is un clear, because Brady recently changed his mind about retiring and said he plans to continue playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for his 23rd NFL season.

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Doris Teague

BLANKET - Doris Freda Teague, 83 of Blanket passed away on Monday, May 9, 2022. Family will host a visitation on Friday, May 13th from 6 to 8 pm at Heartland Funeral Home in Early. A graveside service will be held at 10 am on Saturday, May 14th in the Blanket Cemetery, Blanket Texas.

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Patricia Duncan

BROWNWOOD - Patricia Ann Duncan 3/20/1947 - 5/7/2022 The gates of heaven opened wide today for the precious soul of Patricia Ann Eoff Duncan of Early, Texas. She was besieged for decades by Lyme Disease and finally Dementia, but her long-suffering has now ended and she is eternally rejoicing with the beloved angels and saints of God Almighty.

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White, dark chocolate team up for unique twist on dessert

Celebrations like Cinco de Mayo come and go, but certain specialties that make up a delicious fiesta could, and should, be enjoyed all year long. A perfect example: chocolate pecan “cigars.” They are so simple to make and just the right little something when you’re having a chocolate craving or you want to surprise your dinner guests with a unique twist on dessert!

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Widow eager to continue affair over the phone

Dear Abby: I am widowed after 45 years of marriage. A male work friend of 20 of those years wants to have a relationship with me but he’s still married. We have already had incredible phone sex because he said he’s in a sexless marriage. I enjoy our long conversations. He lives up north and I reside in Florida, so we won’t meet in person. Since his wife refuses him sex and because he has been attracted to me from the day we met at work 20 years ago, what do you think about our continued phone sex?

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Jill Biden was president’s eyes and ears in Ukraine

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – The first telephone call Jill Biden made from her black SUV after an unannounced meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart inside the embattled country was to her husband. Jill Biden and Olena Zelenska, who had not been seen in public since President Vladimir Putin sent Russia’s military into her country nearly 11 weeks ago, had just spent about two hours together at a school in Uzhhorod in western Ukraine.

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