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Military Tributes at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Associated Press | May 24, 2013
CONCORD, N.C. - Honoring the military and those who served will be the focus at the Coca-Cola 600 this Memorial Day weekend. Retired Lt. Col. Oliver North will receive the Stonewall Jackson Award presented annually by Charlotte Motor Speedway. Track general manager Marcus Smith said North is deserving of the award because of his decades of service. North will have a busy Sunday at the track. He'll give a speech during pre-race ceremonies, sign autographs for members of the military at The Speedway Club and take part in a "Welcome Home the Troops" luncheon at the nearby zMax Dragway. North served 22 years as a Marine officer and earned s... more
Service Members Get Largest Pizza Delivery
United Press International | May 24, 2013
The delivery of 30,000 pizzas to U.S. military service personnel in Afghanistan has been named the world's largest pizza delivery by Guinness World Records. Mark Evans, a retired Air Force master sergeant and founder of nonprofit group Pizza 4 Patriots, said Guinness officials notified him that last summer's massive pizza delivery to U.S. service members in Kandahar, Bagram and Camp Bastion was officially the world's largest pizza delivery, ABC News reported Thursday. Evans said he is "completely pleased and overwhelmed" by the record. "The world record is secondary to taking care of our soldiers and sending them a slice of home," Evans... more
Bruins Connect With Army Rangers in Playoff Push
Associated Press | May 20, 2013
BOSTON - In the corner of the Boston Bruins' locker room, hanging from the hooks in Andrew Ference's stall, is a yellow running singlet with the team's "Spoked B" logo on the front. It's the same one Lucas Carr had on when he finished this year's Boston Marathon about 2 minutes before the bombs went off at the finish line, the one Carr was still wearing when he headed back down Boylston Street to help those injured in the explosions. "He was right there," said forward Shawn Thornton, one of the Boston players who has struck up a friendship with the U.S. Army sergeant who was running the marathon for the team's charity. "You can't say eno... more
Women Dress as Pirates for Talk by Former Hostage
United Press International | May 06, 2013
A retired merchant seaman giving a talk at the Parkham Women's Institute in southwest England was surprised when the audience showed up in pirate costumes. But Capt. Colin Darch said he was not frightened or offended by a roomful of middle-aged and elderly women wearing eye patches and pirate hats, The Daily Telegraph reported. "They seemed to be a little embarrassed but it didn't offend me in the slightest," he said. "It's been five years now and sometimes I have to remind myself just how terrifying and frightening it was. "In any event, the ladies didn't look the slightest bit like Somali pirates -- more like the pirates of Penzance."... more
German WWII Bomber to be Salvaged Off UK Coast
Associated Press | May 06, 2013
LONDON - A famous German World War II bomber nicknamed "the flying pencil" has spent decades submerged in the English Channel after being shot down in the Battle of Britain. Now, divers are braving dangerous tides to bring it to the surface. British officials on Friday announced a complex salvage operation just off the Kent coast in southeastern England to rescue the only known surviving example of the German Dornier Do 17 bomber. The operation is under way and if all the preparations go well, the plane will be lifted from the water in three or four weeks. But the director of London's RAF Museum, which has been raising money for the salv... more