• Unabomber's possessions auctioned in Atlanta to benefit victims

    Here's a story about the auction, here's the wikipedia article on Ted Kaczynski, and here's his manifesto.

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    In this undated photo released Tuesday, May 17, 2011 by the US Marshals Public Affairs Office, displays one of the lots being sold that were owned by Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, in an online auction that begins in May 18. Proceeds from the auction will be used to compensate Kaczynski?s victims. AP Photo/US Marshals Public Affairs Office)

    David Goldman / AP

    The hoodie and sunglasses used by Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, are displayed as Kaczynski's personal items are auctioned off online with proceeds to benefit the victims' families Wednesday, May 18, 2011 in Atlanta. The items include handwritten letters, typewriters, tools, clothing and several hundred books.

    David Goldman / AP

    A code sheet belonging to Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, is displayed as personal items of Kaczynski are auctioned off online with proceeds to benefit the victims' families Wednesday, May 18, 2011 in Atlanta. The codes were decoded by the FBI and determined to contain many admissions and discussions of Kaczynski's crimes.

    David Goldman / AP

    Photos of Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, are displayed along with some of his books as personal items of Kaczynski are auctioned off online with proceeds to benefit the victims' families Wednesday, May 18, 2011 in Atlanta. The items include handwritten letters, typewriters, tools, clothing and several hundred books.

     

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  • After a tornado disrupted their lives, high school students go to prom

    As the AP reported:

    TRENTON, Ga. — The "Cinderella dress" Delana Blevins had so looked forward to wearing to prom just needed a few alterations when the tornadoes ripped through northwest Georgia late last month, blowing it away along with the rest of the tailoring shop. All she found in the rubble was a scrap of beading from the bodice.

    Jenni Girtman / AP

    In a May 6, 2011 photo, Marcella Lackey, 18, left, takes a look at handbags as she and her friends, Ashley Thompson, 18, holding her 2-year-old sister Maddie Blevins, and 16-year-old Kristin Thompson, right, finish 'shopping' for prom at Trenton, Ga., City Hall where Rescue Prom has collected prom donations. Lackey's original prom dress disappeared from her aunt's home in a tornado. With their community hobbled by destruction, the prom had to be pushed back two weeks from April 30. The students got their prom, though, thanks to the free dresses from Rescue Prom, and free hairdos and makeup from shops in Chattanooga, just across the state line in Tennessee.

    Jenni Girtman / AP

    In a May 6, 2011 photo, Delana Blevins, 17, Taylor Barton, 20 Blevins' boyfriend, and Marcella Lackey, 18, work on accessories after choosing a dress in Trenton City Hall where Rescue Prom collected thousands of prom items.

    Jenni Girtman / AP

    In a May 6, 2011 photo, Marcella Lackey, 18, a junior, gets a couple of opinions in Trenton City Hall where Rescue Prom has collected prom items free to those in need. Lackey's original prom dress disappeared from her aunt's home in a tornado. With their community hobbled by destruction, the prom had to be pushed back two weeks from April 30. The students got their prom, though, thanks to the free dresses from Rescue Prom, and free hairdos and makeup from shops in Chattanooga, just across the state line in Tennessee.

    Billy Weeks / AP

    In this photo taken May 14, 2011, Dade County High School student Delana Blevins gets her hair styled by Jessi Callahan at Alternative Visions Hair Academy in Chattanooga, Tenn. Miss Blevins joined many of her classmates as they received a free hairstyle before going to the prom. T

  • United States Naval Academy freshmen endure 14-hour Sea Trials

    Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    A member of the United States Naval Academy freshman class wears body armor, helmet and carries a rifle through a mud-filled ditch as part of the "Wet and Sandy" challenge during the rigorous Sea Trials May 17, 2011 in Annapolis, MD. Under strict safety supervision, about 900 freshmen, or "Plebes," faced 14 hours of 32 rigorous physical and mental challenges during the trials, a daylong, action-oriented event modeled after the Marine Corps 54-hour Crucible and the Navy's Battle Stations.

    Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    Members of the United States Naval Academy freshman class participate in the pipe patching exercise during the rigorous Sea Trials May 17, 2011 in Annapolis, Maryland. Under strict safety supervision, about 900 freshmen, or "Plebes," faced 14 hours of 32 rigorous physical and mental challenges during the trials, a daylong, action-oriented event modeled after the Marine Corps 54-hour Crucible and the Navy's Battle Stations.

    Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    Members of the United States Naval Academy freshman class link arms and lay back into the Severn River as part of the "Wet and Sandy" challenge.

    Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    A United States Naval Academy freshman pours water out of her boot and eats a quick snack during the rigorous Sea Trials in Annapolis.

    Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    Members of the United States Naval Academy freshman class push through tough physical exercise.

    Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    Members of the United States Naval Academy freshman class Company 16 lead a two-mile run across the Naval Academy Bridge during the rigorous Sea Trials.

    Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    A member of the United States Naval Academy freshman class carries another during tough physical exercise.

     

  • Chip East / Reuters

    The National Debt Clock, which displays the current United States gross national debt and each American family's share, hangs on a wall next to an office for the Internal Revenue Service near Times Square, in New York, May 16, 2011. The Treasury Department said the nation had hit its $14.294 trillion debt limit -- a milestone that has little practical impact beyond injecting a note of urgency into the debate over taxes and spending that has dominated Washington this year.

    National Debt Clock displays milestone reached today

    Here's a news story about the milestone, and another about the ensuing debate.

  • Media tour of Obama 2012 campaign headquarters in Chicago

    John Gress / Reuters

    Campaign staff work in President Barack Obama's new campaign headquarters in Chicago, May 12, 2011.

    John Gress / Reuters

    Volunteer receptionist Hattie Hester answers the phone while surrounded by photographers as they toured President Barack Obama's new campaign headquarters in Chicago May 12, 2011.

    Here's a story about the campaign headquarters, and more coverage of the 2012 race. 

  • Crowd gathers to watch first landing of Airbus A380 at San Francisco International Airport

    Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

    Spectators watch a Lufthansa Airbus A380 land at San Francisco International Airport on May 10, 2011 in San Francisco, California. Lufthansa became the first major airline to bring the Airbus A380 to San Francisco International Airport with a daily non-stop to and from Frankfurt, Germany.

    Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

    Spectators wait for a Lufthansa Airbus A380 plane to land at San Francisco International Airport on May 10, 2011 in San Francisco, California.

    Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

    A Lufthansa Airbus A380 plane lands at San Francisco International Airport.

    Here's more about the landing event from an airplane enthusiast.

  • Jeff Roberson / AP

    Floodwater is seen inside a building Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis residents are waiting for the Mississippi River to reach its peak expected as early as Monday night as the river rises near its highest level ever in Memphis, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods.

    Photographer describes covering the floods in Memphis

    Associated Press photographer Jeff Roberson said about making this picture:

    I’ve been covering floods for The Associated Press for nearly 20 years, and I’ve spent the last two weeks following the latest one down the Mississippi River. You’re looking at one of the latest stops in my journey, a building in Memphis with two signs outside: “Peaches Bar” and “For rent.” I took this picture through a window — really, the hole where a window used to be — while standing in thigh-deep water. The routine was pretty typical for flood coverage: Make sure my tetanus shot is up to date (it is), grab the go pack I keep in the attic, drive to the edge of the water, put on chest waders and walk into the floodwaters, very slowly, being careful not to step into a manhole or off the end of a submerged ledge. If you can call any of that typical.

  • Dean J. Koepfler / The News Tribune via AP

    In this Tuesday May 3, 2011 picture, Kim Thompson exhales vapor from her e-cigarette outside her new business called "The Vaporium" in Lakewood, Wash. Thompson, a 20-year smoker, opened the business selling electronic cigarettes or personal vaporizers as an alternative to traditional cigarettes in January and says the business is doing well. The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department is considering a ban on battery-powered electronic cigarettes that deliver nicotine without smoking. The News Tribune reports that regulations proposed Wednesday, May 4, 2011 would ban e-smoking — or "vaping" — in the same public places where the use of real cigarettes and cigars are prohibited by state law. King County adopted such a ban in January.

    E-smoking facing the same bans as cigarettes in some localities

    Do you have experience with e-smoking or "vaping?" How do you think its impact on public spaces compares to conventional smoking?

  • F.A. Reinhart / AFP - Getty Images

    This photo ca. 1898 courtesy of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC shows Geronimo (Guiyatle) by F.A. Reinhart, Omaha. Native American leaders in the United States expressed outrage on May 4, 2011 that the name of legendary Apache warrior Geronimo was used as a military codename during the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden. "To associate a native warrior with bin Laden is not an accurate reflection of history, and it undermines the military service of native people," said a statement by Jefferson Keel, president of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI). Geronimo, an Apache chief who lived from 1829 to 1909, was a famed warrior who fought in what is now the US state of New Mexico, battling US and Mexican authorities as the American West was being settled. Keel said using the name of Geronimo during last weekend's US special forces operation against bin Laden in Pakistan was an affront to native peoples because it linked them to one of the most reviled enemies of the United States.

    Historical image of Geronimo, Apache chief, whose name was used as code during bin Laden raid

    Here's the full story.

  • TIME Magazine cover to show Osama bin Laden covered with a red X

    Time.com and AP

    This picture provided by Time magazine shows the cover of a special issue of the magazine on the death of Osama bin Laden, to hit newsstands on Thursday, May 5, 2011. The cover image features a red “X” over bin Laden’s face, and the magazine says it is the fourth cover in Time’s history to feature the red “X.” Other covers showed Adolf Hitler on May 7, 1945, Saddam Hussein on April 21, 2003, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on June 19, 2006.

    The Osama bin Laden cover was commissioned and painted in 2002.  Here's a link to all four red x covers.

  • Osama bin Laden's death resonates at Arlington Cemetery

    Photographer Evan Vucci of the Associated Press was going to a funeral in Arlington National Cemetery when he saw another scene to photograph. Here he describes what he found:

    Fighting back tears, former Marine Adam Furr looked at me and said, “It doesn’t seem like it’s in vain anymore.”  I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve photographed burials at Arlington since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  But I’ll always remember today.  Twenty minutes before I was to photograph the burial of Marine Sgt. Sean Callahan, I saw Furr kneeling by the grave of Lt. Col. Kevin Michael Shea and relaying, to his fallen friend, the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed. When Furr heard the news he knew that a visit to Arlington was in order, to let an old friend know.

    Evan Vucci / AP

    Former Marine Adam Furr, of Centreville, Va., visits the grave of his friend Marine Lt. Col. Kevin Michael Shea at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 2, 2011.

    Evan Vucci / AP

    Friends of Marine Sgt. Sean Callahan, of Warrenton, Va., who was killed in Afghanistan, hug near his casket after a burial service at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 2, 2011.

    Evan Vucci / AP

    Marine Cpl. Daniel Callahan receives a flag during a burial service for his brother Marine Sgt. Sean Callahan of Warrenton, Va.,, who was killed in Afghanistan, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 2, 2011.

     

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