By Lawrence Lai
The Silence After: Sandy’s New Landscapes
As the nation prepares for the unofficial start of summer on Memorial Day, New Jersey’s coastal communities are facing a landscape massively altered in October 2012 by Superstorm Sandy. All photos © Mike McLaughlin Union Beach New Jersey native Mike McLaughlin turned his camera to… Read More »
EmailTeacher Makes Super Sweet Graduation Notes for Each Student
Sui Lan Gomez, a teacher in Kamuela, Hawaii, handmade these sweet graduation notes for each of her six students. “I wanted to do something that was fun and creative, and those candy bars have such cool logos,” Gomez told GoodMorningAmerica.com. Gomez has been a teacher… Read More »
Families, Colleagues Honor Fallen Special Ops Soldiers in Rain-Soaked Memorial
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Nineteen new names were chiseled into the black granite face of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Fallen Soldiers Memorial at Fort Bragg, N.C. Thursday. A squall washed over dozens of “Gold Star” relatives — so named for the small banners… Read More »
The Living Is Queasy in Circle Wheel House
“The Wheel House” is a performance piece that uses a circus wheel, fashioned into a home, which two performers (drifters) maneuver through and around while the audience views and, at some performances, travels alongside. The wheel itself is made up to resemble a home with… Read More »
By Lawrence Lai
Cowboys of the Americas
Gauchos, vaqueiros, chagras, charros, huasos. In countries around the Americas, in different languages and by any other name, they are all cowboys. All photos © Luis Fabini Vaqueiros (2010) Sertao, Brazil. A vaqueiro wrestles a bull in the corrals. Luis Fabini’s interest in photography began… Read More »
1938 Superman Comic Worth More Than $100K Found Inside Walls of Old House
A Minnesota contractor who was gutting a dilapidated home he’d bought to renovate got more than he bargained for when he opened up the walls: He came across a 1938 comic book featuring a new hero named Superman. David Gonzalez was intrigued by the rare… Read More »
‘Star Trek’ Spoof at Nuclear Power Plant
Reported by ABC News’ Nichole Smith: There’s no telling what some senior executives will do to support the corporate culture – but a recently surfaced three-year-old video from a nuclear power plant shows executives going where perhaps no executives have gone before. In full Federation… Read More »
‘Extremely Active’ Potential For Hurricane Season
Get ready for an “extremely active” active Atlantic hurricane season, government forecasters said today. Between now and the end of the Atlantic hurricane season (Nov. 30) the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration predicts 13 to 20 named storms, of which seven to 11 could become… Read More »
Targeting Phony Heroes: Stolen Valor Act Awaits Obama’s Signature
Four days before the nation’s veterans make their way down their hometown streets in a flurry of star spangled confetti for Memorial Day, a bill to protect war heroes from impostors is making its way to the White House for President Obama’s signature. The Stolen Valor… Read More »
Teen’s Prom Plea to Kate Upton Lands Him Top Model Date
A Los Angeles teenager who was turned down by one of the world’s hottest models after his YouTube “prom-posal” went viral, has managed to land a first-class backup date when the model that Sports Illustrated named Rookie of the Year agreed to attend his prom… Read More »
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