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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
Artist Replaces Paintbrush With Jet Engine Thrust
Associated Press | May 01, 2013
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida - The hurricane-force thrust from a jet engine pushes Tarinan von Anhalt into the air as she splatters an array of colors into the wind and onto a blank canvas to create the abstract designs she has become known for. Instead of paintbrushes, she uses $10 million jet engines from a Learjet to hurl blues and purples with a force that creates intense power and heat. "The timing of the velocity and the heat and the paint and so many other conditions is what creates art," she told The Associated Press on Tuesday from a tarmac in West Palm Beach. Von Anhalt began creating such one-of-a-kind - and pricey - artwork in 2... more
Lincoln Impersonators Rub Gangly Elbows in Ohio
Associated Press | Apr 15, 2013
COLUMBUS, Ohio - John Cooper's obsession with being Abraham Lincoln began one score and five years ago. Its beginnings were humble. Tall, lean and bearded, the Ohio man already bore a passing resemblance to the Rail Splitter, or so he was told. One Halloween he donned a frock coat he found in his mother's attic, and his wife fashioned a stovepipe hat out of cardboard. A little spray paint on his beard, and he was ready for trick or treat with the kids. He was so convincing that before long he was invited to come to schools in costume around Presidents Day. Then people started paying him to show up at their events in character to talk abo... more