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s Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in. She is the court’s first (ISPANIC JUSTICE

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LET’S CHEER A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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s !LASKA Gov. Sarah Palin resigns.

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s .!3! ANNOUNCES THAT ITS ,#2/33 PROBE found water on the moon when it was crashed into a crater there in October.

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s !LL TELEVISION STATIONS IN THE United States begin to broadcast only digital signals. s 3INGER Michael Jackson dies.

s 4HE New York Yankees win baseball’s World Series.

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s 4HE Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl XLIII. s 4HE 5 3 celebrates the 200th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln.

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s US Airways Flight 1549 lands IN THE (UDSON 2IVER IN .EW 9ORK City after birds fly into its engines. US Airways %VERYONE SURVIVES Capt. Chesley the emergency Sullenberger landing. s !RTIST Andrew Wyeth dies. s President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are inaugurated as the 44th president and 47th vice president of the United States.

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What Was in the News in 2009?

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Christopher: Why did the tired worker tear off part of his calendar? Cookie: Because he wanted to take a month off!

Caesar: What is a calendar’s favorite fruit? Charles: Dates!

Cathy: Why are calendars so busy? Casey: Because they have a date every day!

!LL THE FOLLOWING JOKES HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON Can you guess the common theme or category?

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Indiana Gazette

Indiana Gazette, December 28, 2009,Pg. 20, Indiana, Pennsylvania, US

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