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Fateful Maine flight salvaged B-52s 50 years ago
January 13, 2013 2:51 PM
ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN, Maine (AP) - The B-52 Stratofortress is a legendary aircraft, one of the longest-serving in U.S. military history, even flying missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. But it would not have become the workhorse it is without one disastrous flight 50 years ago next week, when a B-52 on... more » -
Celebrating 50 years of bringing water to southern Colorado
August 18, 2012 2:33 PM
The debate over distribution of water flowing from the Rocky Mountains is one that probably won't end anytime soon. Five decades ago this week President John Kennedy was in Pueblo to sign off on a new project for the water flowing down the Arkansas River. Today people are... more » -
Orangutan turns 50 at Zoo
March 28, 2010 10:09 AM
The Phoenix Zoo is used to hosting birthday parties, but this one's a little different. Duchess the orangutan turned 50 on Saturday, and the zoo treated her to gifts, an ice cake filled with fruit and a rendition of "Happy Birthday" by hundreds of zoo visitors. Zoo officials say... more » -
Kansas town still grieves 'In Cold Blood' deaths
November 9, 2009 11:31 AM
It's one of America's most haunting crime stories: four members of a Kansas family brutally murdered on Nov. 15, 1959, at their rural farmhouse. The slayings of the Clutters - chronicled in Truman Capote's book, "In Cold Blood" - have overshadowed the town of Holcomb for the past half... more »
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