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JACKSON, Miss. - Donnie Register has a new reason to be thankful he's married — police say his wedding band deflected a bullet and probably saved his life.

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Two men walked into Register's shop at The Antique Market on Saturday and asked to see a coin collection, police Sgt. Jeffery Scott said.

When Register retrieved the collection, one of the men pulled a gun and demanded money. A shot was fired as Register threw up his left hand, and his wedding ring deflected the bullet, police said.

"The bullet managed to go through two of his fingers without severing the bone," said his wife, Darlene Register. "A part of the bullet broke off and is in his middle finger. The other part is in his neck, lodged in the muscle tissue. But it's not life-threatening."

She said she gives God all the credit.

Police were searching for the robbers, who Scott said "stole a substantial amount of cash."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071202/ap_on_fe_st/odd_lifesaving_jewelry_1

here's the other vocab.

This picture shows how frogs physically change from a tadpole, and going into a frog form. Another example of metamorphosis is this.




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loquacious: talkative
obsequious: servile; obedient; dutiful
oligarchy: government by the few
quotidian: usual or customary; everyday
tempestuous: tumultuous; turbulent; stormy
tautology: needless repetition of an idea, words
supercilious: arrogant, scornful
fatuous: unreal; illusory
apathy: lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting

vocab 9

This is the piccy i chose for the word, "empathy." Meaning, Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives. In the piccy, like, it shows a perfect example on how pregnant women feel when they have this baby in them, and using this "empathy belly," teenagers can now experience what the pregnant women feel. Empathy. whoohoo.



This right here, is a good example of the word plagiarize. This pic, they are taking the puma sign, making it into their own shirt, in their own way. NO BITING! just go buy a puma shirt. lol.



This pic might be hard to understand, but i'll explain it. This is a screenshot from a game, "Assassin's Creed," and its about an assassin carrying out his jobs without being noticed, so he has to blend into the crowd, or watch from high buildings to get to the best position he can to get to the target. So he travels most of the time in incognito. yay assassins! go ninjas!