This doesn't seem quite fair, but you have to admire this guy's competitiveness.
Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters
Participants take part in the "Iron League" bodybuilding and body fitness regional tournament in Russia's southern city of Stavropol Oct. 29.
Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters
Participants perform during the "Iron League" bodybuilding and body fitness regional tournament in Russia's southern city of Stavropol Oct. 29.
Another bit of the old west bites the dust.
AP reports:
GARY, S.D. — Horseback riders have driven more than 500 cows and calves through a South Dakota town in what is likely the last installment of a three-decade tradition.
One day each fall, rancher Dennis Kamrath and dozens of friends, relatives and volunteers drive his herd from pasture land west of Gary to the family farm in Canby, Minn.
The 15-mile trek has become a tradition for Gary, population 227, but the 59-year-old rancher says the expense of calving across the border in South Dakota is getting to be too much.
Gary Historical Association President Roger Baer says the drive has blossomed into a tourist draw. He said seeing cattle hustling down a town's main thoroughfare recalls days gone by. More than a hundred onlookers lined the route Saturday.
Dirk Lammers / AP
A rider leads a herd of more than 500 cows and calves through the main downtown street of Gary, S.D., Saturday, Oct. 29. Hundreds of residents came out for the annual Gary Cattle Drive, which made its final run after more than 30 years.
Dirk Lammers / AP
Riders lead a herd of more than 500 cows and calves into the town of Gary, S.D., Saturday, Oct. 29 en route to the animals' winter home in Canby, Minn. Rancher Dennis Kamrath said this year's Gary Cattle Drive will be the last, as he no longer plans to bring his cows to South Dakota each spring to calf.
I guess that's what you would expect him to say. Full story.
Reuters
Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, newly appointed Crown Prince speaks at an intrerview at the Riyadh Governor's Palace, October 29.
Fahad Shadeed / Reuters
Saudi men turn out in large numbers to show support and allegiance to newly appointed Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud at the Riyadh Governor's Palace, October 29.
Jeff Beiermann / The Omaha World-Herald via AP
Corey Mcintosh harvests what's left of his uncle's corn field on the Missouri River bottom west of Loveland, Iowa. Corey's uncle, Lyle Mcintosh, said the field was 80 acres big before the Missouri River flood covered the field for 2.5 months. Afterwards, there was only 3.5 ares of standing corn left. The field produced 87 bushels per acre instead of a decent year's average of 200 bushels per acre.
Forunately, the Missouri River bottom land represents a tiny portion of farmland in Iowa and Nebraska.
The Omaha World-Herald reports:
The once-raging Missouri River has calmed, but the flood fight continues for Nebraska and Iowa farmers who work the rich bottom ground along its banks.
In many places, the churning water left behind ravines, gullies and drifts of sand several feet deep.
Many affected farmers quickly finished their scanty harvests and turned their attention to mending their scarred land.
Adnan Abidi / Reuters
Family members of Ziona Chana pose for a group photograph in Baktawng village, India, on Oct. 7, 2011. Ziona is the head of a religious sect called "Chana," which allows polygamy and was founded by his father, Chana, in 1942. Ziona has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren.
Reuters reports:
The more, the merrier is certainly true for Ziona Chana, a 66-year-old man in India's remote northeast with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren -- and he wouldn't mind having more.
They all live in a four story building with 100 rooms in a mountainous village in Mizoram state, sharing borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh, media reports said.
"I once married 10 women in one year," he was quoted as saying.
Adnan Abidi / Reuters
Zuali, 37, twentieth wife of Ziona Chana, adjusts his shirt as his sons and driver watch before heading toward the construction site of a church in Baktawng, India, on Oct. 5, 2011.
Adnan Abidi / Reuters
Ziona Chana's family members wave from a vehicle on their way to a church construction site in Baktawng, India, on Oct. 5, 2011.
His wives share a dormitory near Ziona's private bedroom and locals said he likes to have seven or eight of them by his side at all times.
The sons and their wives, and all their children, live in different rooms in the same building, but share a common kitchen.
The wives take turns cooking, while his daughters clean the house and do washing. The men do outdoor jobs like farming and taking care of livestock.
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Children of 67-year-old Ziona Chana have lunch at their home on Oct. 28, 2011.
The family, all 167 of them, consumes around 200 pounds of rice and more than 130 pounds of potatoes a day. They are supported by their own resources and occasional donations from followers.
"Even today, I am ready to expand my family and willing to go to any extent to marry," Ziona said.
"I have so many people to care (for) and look after, and I consider myself a lucky man."
Ziona met his oldest wife, who is three years older than he is, when he was 17.
Adnan Abidi / Reuters
A view of Ziona Chana's house in Baktawng, India, on Oct. 6, 2011. He lives in this 4-story, 100-room house with 181 members of his family.
He heads a local Christian religious sect, called the "Chana," which allows polygamy. Formed in June 1942, the sect believes it will soon be ruling the world with Christ and has a membership of around 400 families.
Hindu, India's dominant religion, does not allow polygamy, but the nation's laws allow Muslim men to have more than one wife.
India, the world’s second-most populous country behind China, has a birth rate of 2.6 babies for each woman. That pace is expected to keep India's population rising. Analysts say India will reach 1.53 billion population by 2030, when it will surpass China as No. 1 in population.
The United Nations Population Fund, which predicts the world population will reach 7 billion by Oct. 31, says that the world will be on its way to 9 billion 20 years later.
- msnbc.com editors Natalia Jimenez and Jim Gold, with wire service reports.
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Thai residents make their way across a flooded street near to the rising waters of the Chao Phraya river on October 29, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Around 370 people have died in flood-related incidents since late July according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Thailand is experiencing the worst flooding in 50 years with damages running as high as USD 6 billion which could increase as the floods swamp Bangkok.
Damir Sagolj / Reuters
Men paddle their makeshift raft through a flooded street in central Bangkok October 29, 2011. Receding floodwaters north of Bangkok have reduced the threat to the Thai capital, the prime minister said Saturday, but high tides in the Gulf of Thailand will still test the city's flood defences.
Damir Sagolj / Reuters
A man drinks water on a mattress floating along a flooded street in central Bangkok October 29, 2011. Receding floodwaters north of Bangkok have reduced the threat to the Thai capital, the prime minister said Saturday, but high tides in the Gulf of Thailand will still test the city's flood defences.
Aaron Favila / AP
Thai residents use an improvised raft as they move to higher ground along a flooded area in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. The complex network of flood defenses erected to shield Thailand's capital from the country's worst floods in nearly 60 years was put to the test Saturday as coastal high tides hit their peak.
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Local residents use rafts in an area near the Chao Praya river in Bangkok on October 29, 2011. Floods engulfing parts of the Thai capital should start to recede soon, the prime minister said on October 29, after barriers along Bangkok's swollen main river prevented a disastrous overflow.
From the story:
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said in her weekly radio address that floodwaters that had wreaked havoc to provinces north of Bangkok in the last several weeks had started to recede, and she urged citizens to let the crisis take its course.
"We have the good news that the situation in the central region has improved as runoff water gradually decreased," she said. "I thank people and urge them to be more patient in case this weekend is significant because of the high tide."
Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
A foreign soldier investigates the crater caused by an explosion at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul October 29, 2011. At least four people were killed when a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of foreign soldiers in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Saturday, officials said, with an unspecified number of NATO-led troops among other casualties.
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Two NATO helicopters land on site of a suicide attack near Darul Aman palace in Kabul on October 29, 2011. At least 14 people, including foreign forces, were killed when a Taliban car bomber struck
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Afghanistan's security force and NATO troops inspect the site after a suicide attack near the Darul Aman palace in Kabul on October 29, 2011. At least 14 people, including foreign forces, were killed when a Taliban car bomber struck a US-run NATO convoy travelling through the Afghan capital Kabul. The attacker detonated his Toyota Sedan car at 11:20 am (0650 GMT) in the southwest of the city, and the area was now blocked by Afghan and international forces, said police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai.
S. Sabawoon / EPA
A man whose relative was killed in a suicide bomb attack, cries in Kabul, Afghanistan, 29 October 2011. A suicide bomb attacker detonated his explosives-filled vehicle near the convoy of NATO soldiers of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) at Dar-ul-Aman square in Kabul, killing at least ten and injuring four others.
The Taliban promptly claimed responsibility for the Kabul attack, which took place near Darulaman Palace, the bombed-out seat of former Afghan kings on the southwest outskirts of the capital. NATO said there were "several" casualties among its forces and Afghan civilians, but did not provide details.
The Kabul attack was the deadliest of three separate incidents Saturday that targeted either the U.S.-led coalition or Afghan government offices in the country.
Peter Foley / EPA
Fireworks light up New York Harbor for the 125th Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty viewed from New Jersey, USA, 28 October 2011. One hundred and twenty-five years ago, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, was unveiled in New York Harbor.
Larry W. Smith / EPA
St. Louis Cardinals players react after the final out of game seven of the World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011.
The Cardinals defeated the Rangers 6-2 to win the best-of-seven World Series 4-3.
See more images from this year's series from here.
The Duluth News-Tribune via AP
In this Nov. 4, 1991, file photo, Residents of Duluth, Minn., work to dig out their cars after a multi-day storm dropped 37 inches of snow on the city. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the storm, often called the Halloween Blizzard.
Judging just from the photograph you would think this storm happened more than 20 years ago ...
KBJR-TV reports:
Duluth, MN - 20 years ago, one of the biggest blizzards ever to hit the Northland, slammed the area with a vengeance. It was the 1991 Halloween Blizzard, or the Mega Storm as it's known.
Read the full story here.
South Florida Water Management via AP
In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 photo provided by the South Florida Water Management District, workers are shown holding a nearly 16-foot long Burmese Python that was captured and killed in Everglades National Park, Fla. The Python had recently consumed a 76-lb. adult female deer. The reptile was one of the largest ever found in South Florida.
South Florida Water Management via AP
In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 photo provided by the South Florida Water Management District, a nearly 16-foot long Burmese Python is shown, that was captured and killed in Everglades National Park, Fla.
AP reports:
Officials in the Florida Everglades have captured and killed a 16-foot (4.88-meter)-long Burmese python that had just eaten an adult deer.
Read the full story here.
NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA
NGC 281 has been nicknamed the Pacman Nebula because it looks like the "Pac-Man" video-game character in visible light. This infrared view, captured by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Explorer, casts the nebula in a different light. You can see a series of cloud columns pointing toward the central star cluster, making the nebula look as if it's a Pac-Man with sharp teeth.
Just in time for Halloween, a new image from NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer puts some fangs on the Pacman Nebula.
The nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia, formally known as NGC 281, was given its more whimsical nickname years ago because, in visible light, it looks like the dot-chomping character from the "Pac-Man" video game (as you can see below in the picture from the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona).
NSF / AURA / WIYN / Univ. of Alaska / T.A. Rector
This visible-light image of NGC 281 emphasizes the nebula's "Pac-Man" shape: a bright circle with a wedge missing to represent the character's mouth.
NGC 281 is a cloud of gas and dust about 9,200 light-years from Earth, with a cluster of hot stars in the center. The dust obscures much of the light coming from the central cluster, designated IC 1590, particularly in the dark, dusty wedge that represents the Pacman's "mouth."
The newly released infrared view from WISE cuts through the murk and reveals the hot stars at the center of the reddish-greenish nebula. The stars' ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds are blasting away at the surrounding dust from the inside out, giving the nebula a shell-like appearnce. Around the inner lining of the shell, you can see lots of eroded pillars of dust that point toward the center. Contained within the tips of those pillars are infant stars, squeezed into existence by the pressure of the radiation and the winds.
You can think of those jagged pillars as the teeth of the Pacman. And if they also happen to look like a jack o' lantern's teeth, so much the better. After all, this is the weekend for things that go bump (or, in this case, bang) in the night.
More cosmic treats for Halloween weekend:
Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter or adding me to your Google+ circle. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for other worlds.
Jorge Saenz / AP
Players of the United States celebrate at the end of the women's hockey final against Argentina at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. The United States won 4-2.
Jorge Saenz / AP
Chile's players celebrate at the end of the women's hockey final bronze medal game against Canada at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011.
Read the full story here.
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Visitors to Liberty Island pass the front of the Statue of Liberty on Oct. 28, 2011 in New York City.
Msnbc.com news services report
For her birthday this year, Lady Liberty is getting a high-tech uplift. Five webcams attached to the torch held high in New York harbor offer views not seen by the public in nearly a century.
The webcams went live during a ceremony on Liberty Island marking the 125th anniversary of the dedication of the copper-clad monument, which was a gift from France to the people of America.
From computers afar, viewers are now able to watch live video streams of traffic, boats and airplanes in high-resolution panoramic images showing the Manhattan skyline, the city's borough of Brooklyn and neighboring New Jersey.
Michael Nagle / Getty Images
Anatoliy Sgrshchenko sits with other new citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Liberty Island on Oct. 28, 2011. One hundred and twenty five citizens were naturalized in honor of the Statue of Liberty's 125th birthday.
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New York Harbor is seen in this live video feed from one of the Statue of Liberty webcams.
Denny Simmons / The Evansville Courier & Press via AP
Learning a new computer program was both frustrating and fun for first-grader Kylea Devoy in Robyn Wells' New Harmony School class in New Harmony, Ind. on Oct. 27, 2011.
New Harmony School is located in extreme southwestern Indiana. The school is one of the few remaining Kindergarten through Grade 12 schools in the state. The school, with an enrollment of less than 200, is in one of the smallest school districts in Indiana. Officials say that that small class size allows for individualized education for each student.
However, The Evansville Courier & Press reported on Oct. 27 that New Harmony has found that its strength is also its weakness. The district expects state financial support to be reduced by about one-third next year because funding levels are based on enrollment.
The district, which has long prided itself on being independent, is now considering options that include raising property taxes, reopening as a charter school, or even merging with another school district. Read more…
See more of Denny Simmons' pictures of the New Harmony School.
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A farmer takes water from a mostly dried-up pond to soak his vegetable field on the outskirts of Yingtan, China, on Dec. 10, 2007.
Akhtar Soomro / Reuters
Two-year-old Saghar, a flood victim, takes a bath in a relief camp in Sukkur, Pakistan, on Sept. 7, 2010.
No resource is more precious and vital than water.
As the world population grows to 7 billion on Oct. 31, as projected by the United Nations Population Fund, the amount of water available per person shrinks.
Yet the per-person consumption of resources — especially in industrialized nations — grows exponentially, analysts warn. Shifting rainfall patterns exacerbate the problem.
Marcio Silva / Amazona Spress via Reuters
A woman carries water she drew from a pool of a drying tributary of the Amazon River as the season drought worsens to one of the worst in recent years, in Parana do Paraua, Brazil, on Nov. 24, 2009. After a rainy season that caused some of the worst flooding in recent history, the seasonal drought that followed proved to be especially bad as well.
The International Water Management Institute (IMWI) predicts that by 2025 about 1.8 billion people will live in places suffering from severe water scarcity. Many already do.
"Take the Horn of Africa for example: Somalia's population has risen roughly fivefold since the middle of the 20th century," Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, said at an Oct. 17 meeting of academics. "Precipitation is down roughly 25 percent over the last quarter century. There's a devastating famine under way right now after two years of complete failure of rains, and [there is] the potential that this is entering a period of long-term climate change."
Amit Dave / Reuters
People gather to get water from a well in the village of Natwarghad, India, on June 1, 2003, in the midst of a severe drought. Dams, wells and ponds went dry across the western and northern parts of Gujarat, forcing people to wait for hours around village ponds for the irregular state-run water tankers to show up as the temperature soared to over 110 degrees.
Conflicts over water shortages could play out as class warfare as the rich commandeer the water and other resources of the poor, Upmanu Lall, director of the Columbia Water Center, warned at the academics meeting.
But solutions are possible.
“Nations need to find ways to deliver food security across regions facing water scarcity and ensure that poor farmers who underpin global food production are resilient enough to cope with future challenges,” IMWI says.
Ahmad Masood / Reuters
An Afghan man pushes a hand cart with water containers near a public water pump in Kabul on Jan. 13, 2010.
Increasing agricultural productivity through effective management of water resources not only helps eliminate hunger, it also leads to long-term increases in rural wealth and lifts poor farmers beyond subsistence-level farming, IMWI says.
"There's quite a bit of land that could produce food if we had the water to go with it," said Lester Brown, an environmental analyst who heads the Earth Policy Institute in Washington. "It's water that's becoming the real constraint."
- msnbc.com editors Natalia Jimenez and Jim Gold, with wire service reports.
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Eliana Aponte / Reuters
A resident shows the water she gets at her home in a poor neighborhood in Mexico City on Dec. 17, 2009. A lack of rainfall and the growing needs of a thirsty capital city full of leaky pipes is draining the many lakes that once covered Mexico City's vast urban plain. City residents know their water by the brownish color as it leaves the spout.
Robert F. Bukaty / AP
Occupy Maine protesters warm their hands while brewing coffee on a fire pit at their encampment across from the State House in Augusta, Maine, early Friday morning, Oct. 28, 2011. About 30 protesters camped out in near-freezing temperatures as they continue their protest against Wall Street.
As the East Coast prepares for some serious cold weather, bringing up to 12 inches of snow, I wonder how much longer the Occupy Wall Street protests will continue. Will their numbers be affected by the coming cold weather?
Here are stories about the forecast for snow in the northeast and the protesters facing the cold.
For more images, check out our Occupy Wall Street tag stream.
Bebeto Matthews / AP
Christopher Guerra, from San Franciso, Calif. is wrapped in a blanket to stay warm as he participates in the Occupy Wall Street protest at the Zuccotti Park encampment on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 in New York. City fire department officials seized at least one generator from the site during an early morning inspection. "They say they were looking for extra gasoline but took the generator," said Guerra, "then they left and came back with cops to search around tents."
Amel Emric / AP
An unidentified gunman stands in the center of the street in Sarajevo, Bosnia on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 at a street in front of the U.S. embassy. An unidentified man shot several rounds at pedestrians in downtown Sarajevo on Friday and injured at least one officer before police special forces took him down. For at least 30 minutes the man stood at a street in front of the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo and shot around from an automatic rifle.
Amel Emric / AP
An unidentified gunman stands in the center of the street in Sarajevo, Bosnia on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 at a street in front of the U.S. embassy. An unidentified man shot several rounds at pedestrians in downtown Sarajevo on Friday and injured at least one officer before police special forces took him down.
I'm surprised with the number of onlookers at the scene where a gunman with a rifle was firing shots outside the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia. AP photographer Amel Emric was very close to the scene, providing clear images of the gunman. One police officer was injured before the man was shot and arrested.
For more information: Gunman opens fire near U.S. embassy in Sarajevo
Amel Emric / AP
Bosnian police unit deploy to the spot after an unidentified gunman (unseen, behind white van at right) was shot down on a street across from the US embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia on Friday, Oct. 28. After the man started shooting at the embassy, all traffic was blocked and heavily armed special police deployed.
Danilo Krstanovic / Reuters
A gunman with an automatic weapon, lies on a street after being overwhelmed after he fired shots at the U.S. embassy, in Sarajevo on Oct. 28. The gunman opened fire at the United States embassy in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo on Friday and police rushed to the scene.
Aaron Favila / AP
A Thai man takes pictures with his son on a custom-built tricycle designed to go through floodwaters in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday Oct. 28, 2011.
Aaron Favila / AP
A Thai uses a broom to paddle a big plastic container along a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday Oct. 28, 2011.
Chaiwat Subprasom / Reuters
A woman pushes dogs in a basin through a flooded street in Bangkok October 28, 2011.
Damir Sagolj / Reuters
Residents fish from a sandbag barrier built to protect their neighborhood from floods advancing into central Bangkok October 28, 2011.
Damir Sagolj / Reuters
A man wearing a life jacket floats as floodwaters rise in central Bangkok October 27, 2011.
Looks like those who haven't evacuated are finding creative solutions to getting around or enjoying the city as the waters rise and it begins to look more and more like Venice.
Jason Lee / Reuters
A man stands at the Beijing Yintai Centre building near the new China Central Television (CCTV) building seen at left, on October 28, 2011.
The much-delayed, but striking steel, concrete and glass headquarters for Chinese state television is expected to finally open in the new year, according to architect Rem Koolhaas, whose firm designed the building. More from Reuters.
Pichi Chuang / Reuters
A woman looks at an art installation named "Forever Bicycles" by dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei during a media preview of the "Ai Weiwei Absent" exhibition in Taipei, October 28, 2011. The exhibition is scheduled to run from October 29, 2011 to January 29, 2012 at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, and features 21sets of Ai's works, including installation pieces, photography, sculpture, and videos.
More on the exhibition which the artist will not attend. The British magazine Art Review recently named Ai Weiwei as the most powerful artist of 2011.
Noah Berger / AP
Yaminah, who declined to give her last name, holds a candle during a vigil for Scott Olsen on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. During an Occupy Oakland protest Tuesday night, a projectile apparently fired by police struck the Iraq veteran in the head leaving him in critical condition with a fractured skull.
The injured vet was working during the day and protesting at night. Full story.
Olsen got a visit from Oakland Mayor Jean Quan who also posted a video apology on Facebook and a statement to protesters on the city's website.
Jim Young / Reuters
St. Louis Cardinals' David Freese is welcomed home by his team after hitting a solo home run to defeat the Texas Rangers in the eleventh inning in Game 6 of MLB's World Series baseball championship in St. Louis, Missouri, October 27, 2011.
Jim Young / Reuters
St. Louis Cardinals' David Freese has his jersey ripped off by teammates after hitting the game winning home run against the Texas Rangers in the eleventh inning in Game 6 of MLB's World Series baseball championship in St. Louis, Missouri, October 27, 2011.
Sarah Conard / Reuters
St. Louis Cardinals' David Freese steps on home plate surrounded by his teammates after hitting the game winning home run against the Texas Rangers in the eleventh inning in Game 6 of MLB's World Series baseball championship in St. Louis, Missouri, October 27 2011.
Unbelievable! I wasn't able to watch the entire game because I had to be at work early this morning, but for those of you who stayed up late, you got to witness what some are calling one of the most exciting games in baseball history. Full story.
The faces really tell the story.
AP reports:
Spc. Christopher Michael Hodges, 26, was randomly firing an assault rifle into traffic from behind his car on the side of an Augusta highway at about 1 a.m. Sunday when Deputy James Paugh pulled over and was shot — apparently not realizing at first that Hodges posed a threat, authorities said.
Michael Holahan / The Augusta Chronicle via AP
Augusta-Richmond County Sheriff's Deputies look at Deputy James D. Paugh's motorcycle at Hillcrest Memorial Park during funeral services for Deputy Paugh Thursday, Oct. 27, in Augusta, Ga.. The deputy was fatally shot early Sunday morning during a traffic stop.
Zach Boyden-Holmes / The Augusta Chronicle viaAP
Heather Hultman wipes a tear from the cheek of her husband, Deputy William Hultman's after Deputy J.D. Paugh's Funeral at Hillcrest Memorial Park Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, in Augusta, Ga.. The deputy was fatally shot early Sunday morning during a traffic stop.
This is pretty bizarre, just in time for Halloween.
AP reports:
The estate of Dr. Jack Kevorkian said Thursday it intends to proceed with auction plans for 17 paintings that are being held at a Massachusetts museum despite a legal battle over the ownership of the art.
Estate attorney Mayer Morganroth said the dispute with the Armenian Library and Museum of America has only increased interest in the paintings by the assisted-suicide advocate. Kevorkian used a pint of his own blood on one of the paintings.
Timothy A. Clary / AFP - Getty Images
Dr. Jack Kevorkian's niece Ava Janus poses with the "Thanatron," often referred to as the "Death Machine" invented by Dr. Kevorkian. It is one of the items on display during a media preview for the sale of the estate of Kevorkian to be held October 28 at the New York Institute of Technology. A portion of the sales will go to the charity Kicking Cancer for Kids.
Richard Drew / AP
Adam Hunter, of Hunter Auction Galleries, adjusts Dr. Jack Kevorkian's signature hat and cardigan sweater from Kevorkian's estate.
Richard Drew / AP
Prescription bottles from Dr. Jack Kevorkian's estate are displayed in New York , Thursday, Oct. 27. Kevorkian's estate is going ahead with plans to auction 17 of his paintings, including one he did with a pint of his blood, even though a suburban Boston museum is refusing to give them up.
Timothy A. Clary / AFP - Getty Images
Dr. Jack Kevorkian's last driver's license is one of the items on display during a media preview for the sale of Kevorkian's estate to be held October 28 at the New York Institute of Technology. A portion will go to the charity Kicking Cancer for Kids.
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