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  • President presents Medal of Honor to Sergeant First Class Leroy Arthur Petry, U.S. Army Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:21PMTHE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, Chaplain Rutherford.  Please be seated.  Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the White House as we present our nation’s highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, to an extraordinary American soldier —- Sergeant First Class Leroy Petry.
  • The amazing story of America's newest hero: Medal of Honor recipient Leroy Petry Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:03PMFirst Sgt. Leroy Petry receives the Medal of Honor: His story and the White House ceremony's full transcript.
  • Remarks by President Obama in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 4:09PMTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Chaplain Rutherford. Please be seated. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the White House as we present our nation’s highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, to an extraordinary American soldier —- Sergeant First Class Leroy Petry.
  • The plant is perfectly planted in a pleasing plot Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 9:26PM22A quick catch-up: a couple of months ago I shamelessly advertised in this column the availability of Frank -- that's short for "Frankenplant," the name my kids dubbed a plant that started out as one of a trio of tropical-looking plants in an 8-inch pot and ended up taking over an upstairs bedroom. That probably sounds like an exaggeration. It isn't. Frank was a quirky thing from the start. The ...
  • Box-office rebound on horizon? Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 12:46PMThe fast $86.2 million driven home by Fast Five in its first weekend wasn't just a promising sign of a major box office rebound, it would seem to indicate that its studio's extended slump has also taken a welcome turn for the better.
  • Austin Anxiety: Coping with the Texas Wildfires Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 3:24AMNo one used to worry about fires amid central Texas' wet springs. But this season has been dry and the lightning has been striking
  • Texas: The Austin Hills Are Alive -- with Wildfires Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 2:55AMNo one used to worry about fires amid central Texas' wet springs. But this season has been dry and the lightning has been striking
  • Dream Weaver: Craziest Dreams Ever Monday, April 11, 2011 @ 3:09AMHave you woken up in the middle of the night and wondered what your dreams mean? Rest easy, here are some of the most bizarre dream meanings ever.
  • Superfan keeps on strutting Mr. C-I-Double-A tradition Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ 10:46PMAbraham Mitchell will pull his car into the restricted-access entrance today underneath Time Warner Cable Arena, where security will usher him to his own private dressing room.
  • Curbed Awards: Curbed Awards 2010 Media: Bougiest New York Times Quotes! Thursday, December 30, 2010 @ 8:37AMIt's only been three months since Curbed National launched, but even still we decided to make up a bunch of awards as a way to recap the stuff we've covered. Over the next few days, we'll be feting the most...
  • In Italy, a Family-Centered House With a Modern Attitude Thursday, December 2, 2010 @ 12:04PMThe Colombo home, built of wood and cement, is so unusual in northern Italy that passersby sometimes stop to take photos.
  • Razorback Legend: Ken Hatfield Sunday, November 21, 2010 @ 10:14PMKen Hatfield / Former player and coach
  • So many stories, so little time Thursday, October 28, 2010 @ 2:30PMKeeping a marriage proposal secret. A storm-plagued seashore wedding. The child in a national tuna promotion. A "remarkable" woman attorney. The coed who won a part in a major motion picture. What's behind certain hospital shower curtains. Piercings and
  • Grizzly bears spotted near Brady Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 8:46AMGrizzly bears have again been spotted east of the Rocky Mountain Front, this time popping up near Brady, about 50 miles north of Great Falls. Kevin Keller sent these pictures to KRTV in Great Falls of young grizzly bears spotted in the area.
  • Grizzly bears spotted near Brady Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 11:43AMBRADY - Grizzly bears have again been spotted east of the Rocky Mountain Front, this time popping up near Brady, about 50 miles north of Great Falls.
  • Member Center Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 11:36AMGrizzly bears have again been spotted east of the Rocky Mountain Front, this time popping up near Brady, about 50 miles north of Great Falls. Kevin Keller sent these pictures to KRTV of young grizzly bears spotted in the area.
  • Chicken fowls up neighbors' relations Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:40AMLOWELL -- Centralville residents Bob Ryan and Robert St. Sauveur have barely spoken since Ryan moved into 16 East Sixth St. 15 years ago. "I pretty much keep to myself and he keeps to himself," said Ryan, sounding every bit like St.
  • Chicken fowls up neighbors' relations Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 11:14AMLOWELL -- Centralville residents Bob Ryan and Robert St. Sauveur have barely spoken since Ryan moved into 16 East Sixth St. 15 years ago. "I pretty much keep to myself and he keeps to himself," said Ryan, sounding every bit like St.
  • Life & Style Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 6:55AMLast weekend, they were celebrating — albeit not too loudly — at 33 Portland Place, the run-down West End mansion acquired by Edward Davenport in controversial circumstances about 10 years ago.
  • Red alert Monday, June 7, 2010 @ 8:08AMHow common is it for a fox to attack a human?
  • 'Don't ask' deal in the works Monday, May 24, 2010 @ 1:42PMFEDERAL EYE | As vote nears, lawmakers and gay rights groups weigh compromise to reverse ban.
  • Kibbutz reframed Thursday, May 20, 2010 @ 4:05PMThere was a minor storm on Kibbutz Be'eri last Friday. Dudu Bareket's exhibition, "Disorder," which was to open in the kibbutz gallery on Saturday, was changed at the last minute.
  • Small town, big talent Sunday, April 18, 2010 @ 8:03AMBowling Green’s Anne Marie Hartung didn’t pick up basketball until the seventh grade, spending her early summers not on the AAU circuit but on her family’s farm 8 miles outside of town.
  • Hmmm... No eBay bids on footprint castings of Barefoot Bandit. POLL: What's your take on him? Monday, April 12, 2010 @ 1:07PMFootprints, even if they do belong to Colton Harris-Moore, aren't a $300 draw on eBay.
  • Robbie Maddison jumps the Corinth Canal in Greece Thursday, April 8, 2010 @ 7:07PMAustralian stunt Motocrosser Robbie Maddison not only jumped over the 85-metre wide Corinth Canal at height of nearly 100 metres in Greece on Thursday, but he also had a bigger hurdle to overcome: fear. Motocross Freestyle, with breathtaking tricks such as flips performed at heights of up to three storeys high, is one the worlds most dangerous sports. Robbie Maddison is one ...
  • Robbie Maddison jumps Corinth Canal, Greece Thursday, April 8, 2010 @ 11:57AMChalk it up as another successful jump for FMX legend and "stunt" jumper Robbie 'Maddo' Maddison. While we were sleeping here in the states, Maddo mounted his Honda CR500, eyed up the ramp massive Red Bull ramp, and crushed yet another insane leap -- this time over the Corinth Canal in Greece. Obviously the hardcore moto fans knew he would stomp it, but if he hadn't, the outcome could've been ...
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 6:57AMHighly Recommended THE MOVIE: I'm just going to come out and say it: I loved Fantastic Mr. Fox . Wes Anderson's stop-motion animated adaptation of the Roald Dahl children's book captivated me from start to finish. It's a charming blend of old-school kids movies, literature, and the sort of meticulous, virtuoso filmmaking that Anderson fans clamor for. Make no mistake, the writer/director's move ...
  • Falling boulder wreaks havoc in Rockville, Utah Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 8:16PMThe tiny southwestern Utah town of Rockville lived up to its name when a 30-foot boulder broke free from a mountainside there, slammed into another boulder and shattered, sending giant chunks of rock plowing into sheds, cars, a home and a chicken coop.
  • Knickrehm teacher uses poster contests to open up the world to her students Saturday, January 16, 2010 @ 1:46AM“Posters, chinchillas and her smile. Those three are in a dead-even tie.”
  • Knickrehm teacher uses poster contests to open up the world to her students Monday, January 11, 2010 @ 2:24AM“Posters, chinchillas and her smile. Those three are in a dead-even tie.”
  • A FEW MINUTES WITH ...: A keeper of odd things Sunday, January 10, 2010 @ 2:32AMYou never saw David Josar's name in this newspaper -- because he worked for the competition. As a Detroit News reporter, off-and-on starting during the strike of the 1990s, Josar broke his share of big stories.
  • After son drowns, Merritt Island mom's reaction scorned, defended on Twitter Thursday, December 17, 2009 @ 9:30AMAfter son drowns, Merritt Island mom's reaction scorned, defended on Twitter
  • Mom's Tweet After Son's Death Debated Thursday, December 17, 2009 @ 7:18AMA Central Florida mother whose son drowned in a backyard swimming pool posted about the incident on Twitter a half-hour after she called paramedics -- and she's being attacked because of it.
  • 1989 from abroad Sunday, November 22, 2009 @ 12:05PMThe events of 1989 commemorated 20 years on this week brought back many emotional memories. I was 19 when it happened, still living at home, only not in Czechoslovakia, but in Canada. Like thousands of others of Czech descent, born in new countries, I watched the Velvet Revolution unfold on the TV screen, night after night, until, somehow, miraculously at the end of it, the Communist system ...
  • Her feathered friends Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 9:07PMHAVELOCK — Janet Hatfield is not some free-ranging, motorcycle-riding radical. The bandana-wearing, elementary school-teaching grandmother just wants her chickens back.
  • Town brings in guinea fowl to control tick population at Hampton Bays park Tuesday, September 29, 2009 @ 3:41PMEvery morning, even occasionally on his days off, Denis Carpenter begins his day by stopping by a small chicken coop at Squiretown Park in Hampton Bays and visiting its five little residents.
  • In Portland, urban chickens are old hat Monday, August 24, 2009 @ 2:34PMPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — North Williams Avenue is a street with a soundtrack like most any other in the neighborhoods of Portland. There's the swishing of bikes, the rustling of leaves, the whirring of motors. But then there's something else under those familiar notes: a tiny warble of clucks coming from a chicken coop set in a front yard. Newspapers across the country have been splashing urban and ...
  • ‘Pullet surprise’ goes to Harian Metro duo for chick coop scoop Monday, July 20, 2009 @ 10:02AMKUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — A water tank and chicken coop. How more ‘erotic’ can one get? These were what the police stumbled upon when they checked out the location of the so-called ‘Restoran Berahi’ (Erotic Restaurant), said to offer a unique dining experience – scantily-clad women serving customers! City CID chief Datuk Ku Chin Wah said the restaurant, whose ‘existence’ was front-paged by Bahasa ...
  • 'RESTORAN BERAHI' DOES NOT EXIST - POLICE Monday, July 20, 2009 @ 8:33AMKUALA LUMPUR, July 20 (Bernama) -- A water tank and chicken coop.
  • Banker chronicles fall to homelessness Friday, July 10, 2009 @ 8:55AMFRANKLIN - Not that long ago, Craig Daliessio had a nice life as a mortgage banker, helping other people obtain their dream homes while earning commissions that financed his dream home, too.
  • Hansen's Country Garden invites reflection Monday, July 6, 2009 @ 7:02AMELM CREEK - Serenity surrounds at Hansen's Country Garden. Tucked just off Highway 183 one mile west on 742 Road in Phelps County is Andy and Nancy Hansen's pride and joy.
  • Banksy gatecrashes museum Friday, June 12, 2009 @ 6:10PMFor years, the mysterious artist Banksy covered the walls of his presumed home town, Bristol, with his work, attracting both praise and opprobrium. Yesterday he revealed his latest exhibition, and one that may finally signal he has been accepted by the city. Or it is the ultimate inside job?
  • History in the digging Monday, May 18, 2009 @ 11:31AMFLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — As 17-year-old Gabi Mink scraped away in the dirt, a glint caught her eye.
  • History in the digging Wednesday, May 13, 2009 @ 3:36AMMAY 4, 2009 - (right to left) McCluer North High School seniors Jessica White, D.J. Sims, and Sarah McKay work to clear dirt and bricks from a hole as they excavate the site of St. Ferdinand, one of the oldest European settlements in the country, in Florissant.