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News You Should Know: Winchester Rifles to Be Discontinued
Posted by Cavgirl on Thursday, January 19 @ 09:18:38 EST (2461 reads)
Topic Current News and Events
| According to a story on the AP newswire, the traditional Winchester rifles carried by pioneers, movie stars and Wild West lawmen will be discontinued in March. The company, originally based in New Haven, CT, and currently owned by Belgium Corporation Herstal Group, has stated it has lost money for the last several years manufacturing the older model rifles and guns. By March, the company plans to only manufacture modern, high-end models, that are manufactured outside the United States.
The actual news story is HERE
A sad day indeed, when the most popular, and well known American firearm, is being discontinued...
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News You Should Know: USS MONITOR RESEARCHERS DEBUNK 142-YEAR-OLD LEGEND OF 'CAT IN THE CANNON'
Posted by Cavgirl on Tuesday, August 30 @ 11:54:46 EDT (4201 reads)
Topic Current News and Events
| Article from NOAA
Aug. 25, 2005 — Conservators from The Mariners' Museum and NOAA scientists were able to debunk a 142-year-old legend with 90-percent confidence this past week after spending most of August documenting and excavating the bore of both 11-inch Dahlgren cannons from the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor's iconic gun turret. One of the most popular legends in the history of the Monitor, it began with a crewmember from the vessel, Francis B. Butts, who claimed during the night the ironclad sank, he shoved his coat and boots in one cannon, and a cat in the other.
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News You Should Know: ABC News Anchor Was a Voice of the World
Posted by Cavgirl on Monday, August 08 @ 08:22:05 EDT (964 reads)
Topic Current News and Events
| By Patricia Sullivan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 8, 2005; Page A01
Peter Jennings, 67, the urbane anchorman of ABC's evening newscast for the past 22 years, died yesterday at his home in New York, his network announced.
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News You Should Know: 'Star Trek' Star James Doohan Dies
Posted by Cavgirl on Wednesday, July 20 @ 13:23:44 EDT (1069 reads)
Topic Current News and Events
| From the Associated Press:
By BOB THOMAS
LOS ANGELES (AP) - James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original ``Star Trek'' TV series and movies who responded to the command ``Beam me up, Scotty,'' died Wednesday. He was 85.
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