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An archer has achieved a one-in-a-million feat of marksmanship after splitting one arrow with another. What makes the shot even more remarkable is that Tilly Trotter is blind. The 74-year-old grandmother pulled off the shot, known among archers as a "Robin Hood", at a practice session of the Wellington Bowmen in Somerset. Mrs Trotter, who has been an archer for two years at the invitation of granddaughter Charlotte, said: "The second arrow made such a noise going into the back of previous arrow I thought I had hit the ceiling or done some expensive damage. "Then I heard people jumping...

Forgotten Post-Achaemenid Archer Still Waits to Shout!Bas-relief of the post-Achaemenid archerRelief of a unique post-Achaemenid archer, which was remained unknown for hundreds of years, has been discovered during archeological excavations in the furthest parts behind Salman-e Farsi dam in Fars province. Tehran, 6 May 2007 (CHN Foreign Desk) – Continuation of archeological excavations in the vicinity of Salman-e Farsi reservoir, Iranian Fars province, resulted in discovery of a huge rock with relief of a archer who is riding a horse dating back to post-Achaemenid period (333-248 BC). This unique bas-relief is on verge of destruction. Announcing this news, Alireza Jafari...

If John Kerry becomes President he will find himself on the horns of a dilemma - which close friend to ditch when he chooses a new Secretary of State. According to today's Washington Post, Kerry would pick his national security team within a few weeks after winning the White House and two of his closest friends, Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) or Richard Holbrooke reportedly want the job of running the State Department.

NEW YORK - George Archer, the former Masters champion who died in September at age 65, kept a lifelong secret that his widow reveals in a recent issue of Golf for Women magazine: He was illiterate. He won 12 times on the PGA Tour, including his 1969 victory at Augusta National. Mrs. Archer says her husband worried about going back to the Masters to defend his title. "He was afraid that fans would want him to personalize the autographs he signed or that he'd have to read some prepared sentences on television," she wrote. She said his condition today likely...

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. -- George Archer, one of the best putters in PGA Tour history and winner of the 1969 Masters Tournament, died at his home Sunday after a long battle with Burkitts Lymphoma. He was 65. A San Francisco native, the 6-foot-5 Archer turned professional in 1964 and won 12 times on the PGA Tour. He enjoyed even more success on the Champions Tour, capturing 19 titles. He also earned eight Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions victories. "His transition was so graceful and courageous," said his wife Donna, who was at his bedside when he passed away. "The last year was...

Ex-Detroit Mayor Archer backing ex-aide Hendrix for job 5/31/2005, 6:31 p.m. ET By DEE-ANN DURBIN The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Former Mayor Dennis Archer endorsed his former aide Freman Hendrix in the Detroit mayor's race Tuesday, saying Hendrix has the honesty and integrity for the job. "Rarely if ever has a candidate for mayor been so well-prepared for the job," Archer said. "Freman has the experience and maturity to lead this city forward and he has the judgment and temperament to bring everybody along." Archer also presented the Hendrix campaign with a $10,000 check at a Tuesday afternoon news...

As Social Security’s critics know, the government program is robed in myths, for example, that it is “insurance” financed with a “trust fund,” paying “guaranteed” benefits “as a matter of earned right.” These myths have given most Americans a mistaken understanding of Social Security. As a result, they perniciously affected policymaking in the past and severely constrain reform options today. Beginning in 1935, when Social Security was enacted, the program’s administrators made a huge effort to shape the public’s understanding of and beliefs about it. In speeches, articles, pamphlets, and other mass-circulation literature, they described Social Security as “insurance” under...

Tests reveal Amesbury Archer ‘King of Stonehenge’ was a settler from the Alps The man who may have helped organise the building of Stonehenge was a settler from continental Europe, archaeologists say. The latest tests on the Amesbury Archer, whose grave astonished archaeologists last year with the richness of its contents, show he was originally from the Alps region, probably Switzerland, Austria or Germany. The tests also show that the gold hair tresses found in the grave are the earliest gold objects found in Britain. The grave of the Archer, who lived around 2,300BC, contained about 100 items, more than...

A PRIS ONER who ran a marathon around a jail yard for charity has received a donation from one of Britain's most famous inmates. Lord Jeffrey Archer this week posted a £500 cheque to Limerick prisoner Pat Scanlan. Scanlan - serving seven years for a drugs offence - ran 628 laps of Limerick prison yard in December for the Chernobyl Children's Project. The prisoner (43) got the surprise of his life on Thursday when he opened his mail and discovered a personal letter from Archer accompanied by the cheque. "Pat was delighted," a prison source said. "Apparently he (Archer) learned...

YOU don't expect to find anyone's prison diaries a hoot, but then, Jeffrey Archer is not like other men. All last week the Daily Mail serialised A Prison Diary by FF8282: Belmarsh: Hell, which covers the three weeks that Archer spent in a Category A prison. 'INTO THE ABYSS' screamed the headline over the Monday episode, which promised us the tale of how 'the millionaire Tory was plunged into a terrifying new world of humiliation and degradation'. Frankly, it was a touch disappointing. Taken from court after to his bewilderment being sentenced to four years for perjury, he does a...