Archive for January 3rd, 2007
Woman Survives 200-Foot Plunge Down SoCal Cliff
The 23-year-old woman who plunged her SUV off a 250-foot cliff and spent the night clinging to some shrubbery was in good condition Tuesday and will likely leave the hospital tomorrow — less than 72 hours after the crash.
Heather Kain’s mother said her daughter was in her GMC Envoy in a cliff-side parking lot in [...]
Posted: January 3rd, 2007 under Survival.
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Miracle on ice
America’s 1980 Olympic hockey team looms large in the sporting imagination.
History has framed the Miracle On Ice as one of those rare sporting achievements that transcend sport. The two hockey games that comprise the “miracle” – the 4-3 win over the mighty Soviets and the 4-2 gold medal clincher against Finland – are credited with [...]
Posted: January 3rd, 2007 under Sports.
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German U-boat that sank them, saves them
George STONEMAN and his wife, Ena, are looking back thirty-one years to the day when a German U-boat saved their lives … after sinking the liner they were aboard.
The STONEMANS and their little daughter, June, spent five days drifting helplessly in a lifeboat in the tropical Atlantic and they were close to death. Suddenly, the [...]
Posted: January 3rd, 2007 under Life Stories.
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What if Annie Oakley had shot Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1889?
By David Clay Large
One chilly November afternoon in 1889, a fur-coated crowd assembled in Berlin’s Charlottenburg Race Course to enjoy a performance of Buffalo Bill’s Wild Wild West Show, which was touring Europe to great popular acclaim. Among the audience was the Reich’s impetuous young ruler, Kaiser Wilhelm II, who had been on the [...]
Posted: January 3rd, 2007 under History.
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What if falling in love saved your life?
To the 70 wedding guests, bride Donna Davies looked radiant in her flowing dress. Only the long, white gloves covering her arms gave a clue to the personal hell behind her smile.
For just under a year earlier Donna’s life looked bleak. Lying in hospital, her life hung in the balance. Years of self-harm had culminated [...]
Posted: January 3rd, 2007 under Love / Romance.
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