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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, was known for a lot of things. Born in 1884 in Lamar, Mo., Truman grew up (and eventually retired in) Independence. During his presidency, he ordered the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, witnessed the signing of the charter of the United Nations and expanded the social security program. But did you know he also had an outstanding newspaper bill? Truman’s overdue debt from 77 years ago was paid Wednesday at a special ceremony at an Overland Park, Kan., retirement community where his former paper boy now lives. George Lund, an Independence paper boy in the 1930s, accepted the $56.63, which includes nearly eight decades of accrued interest. The former ... Continue reading →
advertisement Photos and Videos PHOTOS: Etan Patz Search Resumes LOOK From the Archives: 2001 Etan Patz Declared Legally Dead Missing 6-year-old New York City boy Etan Patz is declared legally dead. "This is a sad day for the Patz family, it really is a sad day for New York, but it is also a very important day for bringing accountability to Jose Antonio Ramos," the Patz family attorney said. Ramos has long been the main suspect in the case. He is serving time for a separate case in Pennsylvania. More Photos and Videos The NYPD is questioning a New Jersey man in connection with the Etan Patz case, the 6-year-old boy who vanished more than 30 years ago as he walked to the school bus ... Continue reading →
Kimberly-Clark ProfessionalHalf of the microwave door handles in office break rooms are tainted, found a new study that examined 5,000 swabs taken from from offices.By Brian AlexanderYour co-workers may seem friendly but, if a study released today is any indication, they could be aircraft carriers for germs.According to University of Arizona microbiologist Charles Gerba, who researches the environmental presence of infectious bacteria and viruses, employees in offices arrive in the morning, “put their stuff on their desks” where, he says, the germ payload is often more than you’d find on the typical toilet seat, “and then go to break rooms to get coffee. The two things you spread in a break room are office gossip and germs.”Gerba consulted on the new study, conducted by a ... Continue reading →
Edison Talking Doll cylinder. (Nov. 1888) Few, if any, sound recordings can lay claim to as many “firsts” as the small, mangled artifact of a failed business venture discovered in 1967 in the desk of an assistant to Thomas Edison. This cylinder recording, only 5/8-inches wide, represents the foundations of many aspects of recording history. It was created in 1888 by a short-lived Edison company established to make talking dolls for children, and it is the only surviving example from the experimental stage of the Edison dolls production when the cylinders were made of tin. As such, this recording of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” as sung by an anonymous Edison employee, is the earliest known commercial sound recording in existence. It is also the first ... Continue reading →
Thousands participating in "Walk of Unity" through #Joplin tornado damage zone on 1-yr anniversary. Continue reading →
