When Sailing Is Deadly

Source: The New York Times

A HIGHLIGHT of the New England yachting calendar is an immensely popular sailboat race called the Figawi. Ted Kennedy used to love to participate. The race, which began in 1972, takes place over Memorial Day weekend and typically attracts more than ...
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Grandpa & His Sousaphone: Sailor and Saint

Source: Crosswalk

Recommend this article to your friends. The tiny skiff sailed across the English Channel in the foggy dead of night. Icy winds and frothy waves tossed the boat from side to side, nearly capsizing the fragile ...
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Embsay Primary School pupils step out with brave fundraiser

Source: Craven Herald

Youngsters from Embsay Primary School joined injured serviceman Phil Packer on the latest leg of his 2,012 mile walk to raise £15 million to build a centre for inspirational excellence for young people facing adversity. P ...
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Mysterious shipwreck identified

Source: BBC News

26 May 2012 Last updated at 05:07 ET A wooden barque similar to the Flower of Ugie A mysterious shipwreck that lay in the Solent for 160 years has been identified by archaeologists as the 19th Century sailing barque the Flower of U ...
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The almanac

Source: United Press International

UPI Almanac for Saturday, May 26, 2012. Today is Saturday, May 26, the 147th day of 2012 with 219 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Mercury and Uranus. Evening stars are Saturn, Mars and Venus. Those bor ...
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Great railway journeys: readers' tips, recommendations and travel advice

Source: The Telegraph

The cost of that first date was 95 shillings (£4.75) each; 28 shillings (£1.40) for the sleeper and the princely sum of five shillings (25p) for our high tea. Without a shadow of doubt it was the best money I’ve ever spent. It wil ...
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Richard Branson donates cash to youth charities on his swing through Vancouver

Source: Vancouver Sun

 In a Vancouver hotel room, Richard Branson sits in profile watching CNN, a cellphone glued to his ear. Bright sunlight glitters through the plate glass window of his suite at the Fairmont Pacific Rim and as he turns, flashing a radiant ...
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Das brief

Source: Salina Journal Online

Letter from German girl kept by Salina man for more than 65 years At first glance, the letter looked ordinary -- a young girl writing to a naval officer boyfriend. Then Ron Cullins noticed the words at the end of the letter, written on May 30, 1940 ...
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Monsters’ Ball: The Week’s Best Comments

Source: Videogum

Guys, come next Tuesday all of the mysteries of this long and glorious weekend will have been revealed. We will know our success and our failures. We will know which guilty pleasure movies we guiltily watched the second half of on cable late one nigh ...
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