17-yr-old, Johnny Strange scales Mt Everest; breaks world record

On June 8th Johnny Strange, a 17-year-old high school senior, broke the world record for youngest person to climb the highest summit on every continent, the Seven Summit challenge, by scaling Mount Kosciuszko in Australia. The previous record was held by 18-year-old Samantha...

National Guard gears up for 2009 hurricane season

""One team, one fight" is the mantra for local, state and federal leaders preparing for a 2009 hurricane season that forecasters say could include nine major storms. "If that forecast is even close to being accurate, the timing of this [workshop] is vital to us being...

Vote for Dave Hahn for the ESPY!!

OK, if the truth be known, I don't get ESPN, nor do I pay much attention to sports - or TV for that matter. But today it came to my attention that my good friend, Dave Hahn, has been nominated for an ESPY. What...

Australian Troops Out Of Iraq in '08

Australian Troops Out Of Iraq in '08Mr Smith goes to Washington By Samantha Hawley One of Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister Mr Stephen Smith's first tasks on the American stage was to lock in a timetable for...

Mom rolls up her sleeves for uniform fight, defending Civil Rights of Child

"Ronda Berkowitz is an unhappy mom. Her daughter is about to enter McKinley Middle School in Racine, where the powers-that-be are planning a uniform policy that, Ronda says, could violate her daughter's civil rights. "I believe that it really is against my child's civil...

Kent Firefighter Dies Trying To Scale Mt. McKinley

" May 18, 2007 Alaska - Kent firefighter Brian Massey and his climbing partner fell 1,900 feet to their deaths during a descent of Mount McKinley, North America's highest mountain, Denali National Park and Reserve officials said Friday. Mizuki Takahashi, 36, of Lake Forest...

Bradford Washburn, father of modern Museum of Science, dies at 96

"I heard the sad news of Bradford Washburn's passing this morning via a friend, and posted it on The MountainWorld Blog as well as NowPublic, but wanted to add this important remembrance from the Boston Globe. An amazing man he...

More Votes Than Registered Voters

The mainstream media censored the vast majority of the evidence of fraud, so that most Americans to this day, have never heard a fraction of what was amiss.

Today in history - Sept. 14

"Today is Thursday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2006. There are 108 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key was inspirebd to write his poem "The Star-Spangled Banner" after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in...

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