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  • Obama's "Beast" gets snagged on ramp in Dublin

    05/23/2011 8:38:56 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 57 replies · 1+ views
    Yahoo ^ | 5/23/11 | Reuters
    DUBLIN (Reuters) – The Presidential Cadillac, nicknamed "The Beast" for its bomb-proof features, failed to make it out of the U.S. Embassy in Dublin on Monday when it became stuck on a ramp. Barack Obama and his wife, en route to his ancestral home in County Offaly, had to abandon the car after the collision in front of waving crowds in Dublin.
  • World-record bass – maybe – pulled from Lake Dixon (San Diego County)

    03/20/2006 2:42:10 PM PST · by Pukin Dog · 28 replies · 988+ views
    SAN DIEGO – Mac Weakley of Carlsbad caught what could be the world-record largemouth bass early today at Dixon Lake in Escondido. The bass weighed 25 pounds, 1 ounce on a hand-held scale, which – if approved – would shatter the world record, the 22-pound, 4-ounce bass caught by George W. Perry at Montgomery Lake in Georgia in 1932. The catch will have to be approved by the International Game Fish Association. That may be a problem, however, because Weakley said he foul-hooked the fish – meaning the hook lodged below the dorsal fin on the fish's side, not in...
  • CNN reporting Hostage Situation North of Atlanta. (Update: Nichols CAPTURED!)

    03/12/2005 8:16:29 AM PST · by Cagey · 712 replies · 28,005+ views
    CNN | 3-12-2005
    That's all I have so far.