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San Francisco commuters face another night of long delays with the latest Bay Bridge Update suggesting that the bridge won’t reopen until late tonight or early Friday morning.
The bridge has been out of service since Tuesday, when a cable snapped on the bridge, landing on evening peak hour traffic below. The bridge has been closed since then as Caltrans has attempted to make repairs. (more…)
To say 42-year-old Anthony Toth is a fan of defunct airline Pan Am is an irresponsible understatement.
Toth has drawn media attention for his lovingly detailed reconstruction of a PanAm cabin in his garage, and the Wall Street Journal profiled Toth’s long descent into madness decades-long love for the airline. The fixation started early on, and by his 10th birthday, he was requesting subscriptions to airline timetables and meticulously chronicling flight interiors on family trips. By the age of 12, Toth had already tried his hand at mocking up a PanAm cabin in his family’s basement, fashioning seats out of wood and employing collected items discarded by others on his PanAm flights like cardboard coasters and paper tray linings. (more…)
First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden escorted Yankees legend Yogi Berra out on to the field tonight at Yankee Stadium as part of the World Series pre-game ceremonies paying tribute to the nation’s veterans.
Mrs. Obama and Dr. Biden, both sporting maroon windbreakers that said “WORLD SERIES” across the front, walked arm in arm with Berra, who served in World War II. The crowd applauded as they made their way towards the pitchers mound.
The trio was joined on the field by retired Army Capt. Tony Odierno who threw out the ceremonial first pitch, a little high but right over the plate.
Odierno is a West Point graduate who lost his arm while serving in Iraq. He was awarded a Bronze Star with Valor and a Purple Heart and now works for the Yankees in Stadium Operations. Tony is the son of General Raymond T. Odierno, the current Commanding General of the Multi-National Force in Iraq. (more…)
