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Updated Jan. 26, 2024 at 12:50 p.m. On this day in 1961, Wayne Gretzky was born. How did Wayne Gretzky start playing hockey? Growing up in Brantford, Ontario, Gretzky practiced his skills on a backyard rink and played junior hockey. Though he was small in stature, Gretzky’s intelligence, stamina, and knowledge of the game would […]
COLLEAGUE KILLS 10 AFGHAN POLICE A rogue Afghan police officer drugged and shot dead 10 of his colleagues early today at a checkpoint in Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan, Al Jazeera reports. The man collaborated with Taliban insurgents, who joined him in shooting the officers. Weapons and ammunition were missing from the checkpoint after the […]