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...wildcatter" Ray Cullen's efforts to convince a man named Judge R. E. Brooks to invest in drilling for crude in 1920: "That the judge couldn't find oil in a barrel didn't matter to Cullen; all that mattered was that Brooks and a dozen other leading Houston citizens had committed money to this drill site. Cullen politely suggested Judge Brooks pick the spot to break ground, and he did. When Cullen realized they had nothing to mark it, he walked to a mound of what Texans tastefully call "cow chips," pick up a few dry chunk, and piled...
Most reports of the chaos have focused solely on the numbers: 700,000 Kentuckians thrown into the dark last Tuesday, nearly 200,000 of those concentrated in Louisville alone, with more than a dozen deaths now being investigated. But behind those statistics, Louisville residents on Sunday - without power for yet a sixth day in a row - described a city struggling to adapt to a new status quo. Fuel shortages and restrictions were common at the busiest gas stations. Along many city streets, entire rows of cars were frozen in place, trapped under fallen tree trunks and branches. Some citizens made...
Live a Little. Off the mainland, at the San Juan Marriott Resort, you get a suite, with chauffered airport pickup and a dozen roses waiting in your hotel along with champagne and strawberries, all as part of their "Romantic Rendezvous" package. To properly appreciate the champagne, you can take tasting lessons with a sommelier, then enjoy a candlelit 3-course dinner. The next day, relax with breakfast served on your balcony, and take a packed picnic to the beach. Clean off the salt and sand with a romantic bath prepared in your suite. $536 per night, available through...
...with an Idol auditioner, it is impossible to know. But the man who did more than a dozen TV interviews--saying he was doing it for his kids, for our kids, for the needy, for justice--seemed to mean it. On Good Morning America, he admitted having considered Oprah Winfrey for the Illinois Senate seat. On Today, he likened himself to a Frank Capra hero and said his arrest was like those of Mandela, M.L.K. and Gandhi. On The View, he said the Mandela-M.L.K.-Gandhi comparison had been taken "out of context," as had his recorded...
...unclear where the 16,000 sets of armor are currently located or being used. Body armor is now standard issue for all military personnel in war zones like Iraq and Afghanistan. Since 2001, the U.S. military has sourced body armor from nearly a dozen manufacturers. Almost from the start of the war in Iraq in 2003, the military has been criticized for failing to supply armor in sufficient numbers; more recently, the criticism has centered on the quality of the armor...