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Authorities, however, have yet to file charges against Fisher, who at 75 is in poor health. The treasure hunter, who received widespread fame with the discovery of the 1622 wreck of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha in 1985, says he no longer personally dives for the coins. But Fisher is adamant that he has sold no fakes. "The whole thing is absolutely baloney," he says. "There are thousands of different markings on these coins, and no one could ever counterfeit one of them because they are all different. These coins are absolutely real." A similar controversy over silver...
Stewart also initiated John Paul Rollert '00 and Noah Z. Seton '00 into the council Hall of Fame for their work on the Dining Services Task Force and Coop book prices...
...time to get to the Yards for the game against Toronto at 7:35 p.m. The next day take a guided stadium tour and visit the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Baseball Center, a national landmark that also houses the Baltimore Orioles Museum and the Maryland Baseball Hall of Fame. You might also venture over to the Ripken Museum, in nearby Aberdeen, Md., which has pictures and memorabilia documenting the Ripken baseball dynasty. Besides baseball, Baltimore has its magnificent Inner Harbor, the National Aquarium, Maryland Science Center and the B. & O. Railroad Museum...
Wind up your baseball tour in Cooperstown, N.Y., where, lore has it, the game began more than a century ago. Make your way to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the repository of such memorabilia as the bat Babe Ruth used for his "called shot" in 1932 and the uniform Hank Aaron wore the night he hit his 715th career home run. Plan to get there for the annual Hall of Fame weekend, July 25-27. Festivities include the induction of this year's new Hall of Famers--including Don Sutton and Larry Doby--autograph sessions and the 52nd annual Hall...
...moon. Upon arrival, a maximum of 72 participants are broken up into six teams of 12. From that moment on, the activities are nonstop. You'll build and launch your own rockets, participate in very realistic space simulations, and tour the Kennedy Space Center and the Astronaut Hall of Fame. You'll also visit at least two shuttle launching pads and perhaps, if your timing is right, even catch one of three shuttle launches scheduled for this summer. Not only will you know what it feels like to walk on the moon, but you'll also learn a lot about...