Friday, November 13, 2009

PICTURES: WWII "Samurai Subs" Found -- Carried Aircraft


PICTURES: WWII "Samurai Subs" Found -- Carried Aircraft: "Two bombers inside the samurai sub I-14's watertight hangar (pictured in a computer-generated cutaway image) could catapult off the deck within minutes of surfacing, say archaeologists who found the wreck of the World War II Japanese submarine off Hawaii in February 2009.

In dry dock the I-14 submarine stood almost four stories high and, at 375 feet (114 meters), was longer than a football field. The Japanese aircraft-carrying submarine held up to three folding-wing float planes armed with 1,800-pound (816-kilogram) bombs."

Monday, November 09, 2009

News Flash! Oregon voters adopt sales tax | Jeff Mapes on Politics - OregonLive.com

News Flash! Oregon voters adopt sales tax | Jeff Mapes on Politics - OregonLive.com: "In Tuesday night’s election, the so-called meal tax won in a landslide, with 59 percent of Ashland voters saying they wanted to continue the tax for another 20 years."

Sunday, November 08, 2009

Near death, aided by ghostly companion - CNN.com

Near death, aided by ghostly companion - CNN.com: "At first, James Sevigny didn't know where he was. He was sprawled on the ground when he came to, and he shivered as he noticed how much of his blood had splattered across the snow.
Sevigny had had a premonition that he would die like this. He just didn't have any inkling that it would happen on this spring morning.".........