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Born: 9 June 1915 Birthplace: Waukesha, Wisconsin Best Known As: Inventor of the solid-body electric guitar Name at birth: Lester William Polsfuss Les Paul is a musician and inventor credited with inventing the solid-body electric guitar in 1941. A harmonica and guitar player from an early age, in his late teens he moved to Chicago, where he became a minor star on the country music circuit. By the late 1930s he was in New York as a regular player on Fred Waring's radio show. During World War II he served with the Armed Forces Radio Services, where he played...

Wonder Woman is still fighting crime, after all these years. Lynda Carter, 56, who played the superhero on TV, discovered the dead body of a woman floating in the Potomac River while canoeing Thursday. The actress flagged down nearby boaters and they called rescuers, who pulled the body from the river, a spokesman for the Washington D.C. Fire Department said.

Since our last meeting we have been through a disastrous election. It is easy for us to be discouraged, as pundits hail that election as a repudiation of our philosophy and even as a mandate of some kind or other. But the significance of the election was not registered by those who voted, but by those who stayed home. If there was anything like a mandate it will be found among almost two-thirds of the citizens who refused to participate. Bitter as it is to accept the results of the November election, we should have reason for some optimism. For...

Wings made out of cardboard, parts attached with chicken wire – these are some of the features of the gimmicky ‘flying machines’ that took off from a 20-foot ramp and then plunge into the chilly waters of the Serpentine in Hyde Park, London, on Saturday. Red Bull’s “Flugtag 2008” is a competition in which home inventors “fly” their machines as far as they can off the starting ramp, while winning points for style, in an homage to the pioneers of aviation, the Daily Telegraph reported. But no matter how far they go, all will eventually meet a cold, watery end....

PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh woman who sent Comcast Corp. a check made out for "My Right Arm and Zero Dollars" is up in arms because she says someone published a copy of the check on the Internet.

Youtube video of "America Again" by Carman: America Again

8 things you need to know about Obama and Rezko Tale in national spotlight, thanks to Clinton January 24, 2008Recommend (66) All of a sudden, seems as if everybody's talking about Barack Obama and Tony Rezko. Even Jay Leno. Rezko already was a big story in Chicago, accused of influence-peddling in the Blagojevich administration and set to face trial Feb. 25. » Click to enlarge image Presidential hopeful Barack Obama and Tony Rezko (left). (AP, file photo) RELATED STORIES Brown: Time for Obama to come clean Mitchell: Why do civil rights heroes cheer 'Rezko card'? Sweet: The 'polka-dots' doctrine FROM...

Texas Gov. takes blame if FLDS raid 'stepped across some legal line' The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 06/06/2008 02:15:33 PM MDT Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he accepts personal blame if Texas "stepped across some legal line" in its raid on a polygamous ranch, while at the same time defending the removal of more than 400 children from the FLDS' Yearning for Zion Ranch in April. In a report today in the Dallas Morning News, Perry said, "I still think that the state of Texas has an obligation to young women who are forced into marriage and underage...

New turn for 'Click & Clack' and PBS Most TV series are propelled into the world by creative vision, ambition, all-out effort, and dreams of market domination. With "Click & Clack's As the Wrench Turns," the upcoming PBS cartoon featuring "Car Talk" stars Tom and Ray Magliozzi, it took something else - a whole lot of cajoling. Cajoling the proudly indolent Magliozzis into believing that a series about themselves would require minimal work on their part. Cajoling PBS into buying the concept of an animated show for grown-ups. And now comes the real trick: cajoling PBS viewers into sampling a...

DUANESBURG, N.Y. - A 29-year-old man leaped out of a plane at 10,000 feet with a camera but no parachute Saturday. His body was found next to a house with a damaged roof, police said. Sloan Carafello of Schenectady, who was observing on the flight, followed an instructor, student and videographer out the door, wearing no skydiving gear, officials said.

Since Obama likes to say that McCain would be a President George Bush 3rd term, then I would think that Obama would be a Jimmy Carter 2nd term.

Guys if you think the Obama butt kissing is bad on the national and international level TRY living in Chicago.

I have an interesting photo for our times of financial distress among many, but I don't know how to post it. Any help?

As the incredible events of 1944 seem to drift farther from our minds and Che Guevara and MLK, Jr. are pressed into the children's brains by the baby boomers' offspring (the ones whose parents saved the Western World on those bloody days in Normandie)... This may offend some, but let's be honest. America is about everyone, true, but the reason we had a national identity and prosperity beyond imagination was because of Europeans. Everyone "helped" on the sidelines, but our ancestors did the heavy lifting and had the imagination to make it work. I am not aplogizing for not kow-towing...

The Glaring Differences Between Two Cultures The global Islamic population is approximately 1,200,000,000 - - thatʼs ONE BILLION TWO HUNDRED MILLION - - or 20% of the world's population! Now consider this statistic! Individuals that claim to be Muslim have received the following Nobel Prizes: Literature: 1988 - Najib Mahfooz Peace: 1978 - Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat 1994 - Yaser Arafat 1990 - Elias James Corey 1999 - Ahmed Zewai Economics: (zero) Physics : (zero) Medicine: 1960 - Peter Brian Medawar 1998 - Ferid Mourad TOTAL: 7 Now let’s consider the global Jewish population. The number of Jews in the world...

Today In Music History - June 06 2006 - Billy Preston, the exuberant keyboardist who landed dream gigs with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and enjoyed his own series of hit singles, including "Outta Space" and "Nothing From Nothing," dies at the age of 59. 2006 - Jazzman Hilton Ruiz has dies from complications following an accident in New Orleans. Ruiz had turned 54 barely a week earlier. 2002 - Founding Ratt guitarist Robbin Crosby succumbs to AIDS after an eight-year battle with the disease. Crosby, who co-wrote many of the pop-metal band's best-known songs, is 42. 2001 -...

Howdy, Well, once again I'm here looking for a bit of advise. I've been tinkering with the idea of getting a WiFi Internet Radio, but, as always, I'm overwhelmed with choices. I don't want to have to run it through the computer or anything like that. I want to be able to just tske it to the kitchen or the back sewing room, plug it in and turn it on. And, thanks to FReepers advise from the last time, I now have a wireless router-- a Linksys WRT100 range plus. In fact it was the router that got me thinking...

Mexico is beginning to look like a real war zone. The headlines in the news media are reminiscent of those from some of the most brutal days of the Iraq War. They speak of executions, beheadings, cryptic messages and dozens of people killed in a single day. But the war against drugs that Mexico is waging is not one that can easily eliminate the enemies. snip The Mexican government has made the fight against drugs its No. 1 priority.snip The rival drug cartels are killing each other off, law enforcement agents are hunting down drug dealers, and their hit men...

How would you call it? Updated 6:00pm 6/5/08 (WSB Radio) -- The umpire who was hit during a championship baseball game in Stephens County is cautiously reacting to the incident. David Scott told Channel Two Action News, "It came as a surprise, disbelief more than anything. I'd say the video pretty much speaks for itself. Other than that, I really don't have anything to say about it. I'm currently under a doctor's care and still waiting for all the results to be evaluated." Scott's attorney says they're waiting for that medical evaluation to determine if they will take any legal...

This parrot is called Mr. Big and he's listening to one of my videos with the Blind Boys of Alabama singing, Hallelujah. Mr. Big seems to enjoy this entertainment. LOL Check it out for a little laugh. Jimmy