Barefoot run ends in Bahamas

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Published: July 13, 2010

Barefoot run ends in Bahamas  | read this item

SEATTLE — His ride ended the way it began: shoes off, in the islands. Just not his islands. This time, Colton Harris-Moore, the tall teenager accused of being the “Barefoot Bandit” who once hopscotched the San Juan Islands of the Pacific Northwest riding stolen speedboats and airplanes, Facebook fame and boundless gumption, crash-landed in the [...]

Marcus Wesson is going to appear on Family Secrets

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Published: July 7, 2010

Marcus Wesson is going to appear on Family Secrets  | read this item

6 years ago, Fresno became the stage of a ill-famed massacre. Marcus Wesson is today on death row for the killing of 9 of his children. They were discovered murdered inside their home, their bodies heaped-up inside a back room. In the convoluted heap, there were 2 adults and seven young kids — 3 of [...]

Fireworks follow sun-scorched July 4 fetes

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Published: July 5, 2010

Fireworks follow sun-scorched July 4 fetes  | read this item

NEW YORK (AP) – The nation’s largest fireworks show lit up the skies in a burst of red, white and blue over the Hudson River straddling New York and New Jersey on Sunday, a scene that was being repeated in hundreds of communities in a sizzling end to a scorching day for much of the [...]

In Honor of George M Cohan

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Published: July 3, 2010

In Honor of George M Cohan  | read this item

A weekend of events in Fox Point honoring the nation’s independence kicked off Saturday with a celebration for perhaps one of the city’s most patriotic sons: Broadway composer and playwright George M. Cohan. A crowd of more than 100 mostly elderly people sitting in lawn chairs and waving little American flags celebrated Cohan’s birthday by [...]

Kobayashi Arrested After Joey Chestnut Named Top Dog in Eating Contest

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Published: June 28, 2010

Kobayashi Arrested After Joey Chestnut Named Top Dog in Eating Contest  | read this item

A Japanese eating champion who sat out this year’s Coney Island Fourth of July hot dog contest apparently couldn’t resist the temptation to hotdog afterward. Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut gobbled his way to a fourth consecutive championship Sunday. But he was suddenly upstaged by the surprise appearance of his biggest rival – six-time champion [...]