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DIED. Joseph Gallo, 87, who broke away from the family wine business to form his own dairy empire, sparking a lifelong battle with his elder brothers, Ernest and Julio, over the use of the Gallo name; in Livingston, Calif. As a ranch manager for his brothers' wineries, he started a dairy in 1979 with 4,000 cows. Though he lost the fight to use the Gallo name, his Joseph Farms company, which encompasses nearly 13,000 acres, is now one of California's biggest makers of cheddar, Colby and other cheeses...
...junior Ashwin Kumar broke out of a funk dating back to Jan. 27 by defeating the Jaspers’ Diego Alvarado 6-3, 6-4. Kumar’s tenacious tennis had Alvarado on his heels from the first serve of the match. Kumar was shuffled back two spots in the lineup after his recent struggles, while senior co-captain Scott Denenberg (No. 2) and junior Dan Nguyen (No. 3) each moved up one spot...
...better engagement present than any couple ever gets. Most families never get the chance to say goodbye to loved ones. Down here in New Orleans, no one got to say goodbye to the hundreds of fathers, brothers, and grandmothers lost on the last August 29th, when the levees broke. My family and friends took full advantage of the chance to say goodbye to Pops. Sure, none of us except the priest at Calvary Hospital ever explicitly wished him well wherever he is right now. But we said goodbye with some delicious six-foot long sandwiches and all-ins over...
...Wilsdorf, never one to shy from promotion, gave an Oyster to Mercedes Gleitze, who wore it to swim across the English Channel. The Oyster Perpetual broke the sound barrier with Chuck Yeager in 1947 and reached the peak of Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953. Rolex is still considered the gold standard among watch collectors. After all, nothing says you've made it like a Rolex...
...considerable water damage, especially building 21, because the roof was blown off. Before the fire, the street had been without power since 9 p.m. the previous night. Workers from NSTAR, the electrical utility company, were working in the back alley of the building to restore power when the fire broke out. The workers discovered the fire, called the BFD and then entered the building, banging on doors to warn people to leave.When the firefighters arrived, the occupants of the building were leaving. MacDonald said that many of them came out without shoes or in their pajamas, “fleeing...