mattreed8 11 photos · 14 followers “Crown King fire still burns in Arizona” Continue reading →
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Troy Peissig's surprise at acing an $18,000 hole-in-one contest at a charity tournament has been replaced by bitter disappointment now that he hasn't been paid a dime nearly two years after making the 170-yard shot. Now state authorities are intervening, and issued an arrest warrant last week against the operator of an insurance company they say failed to pay up on a policy purchased by the Missoula tournament. Peissig, a scratch golfer, said it is a case of "how a good situation can go bad quickly." The Montana commissioner of securities and insurance said Kevin Kolenda of hole-in-won.com has been unresponsive in the case and now faces felony charges. The agency said Kolenda also has failed to pay in other cases ... Continue reading →
Photos: Stage 3 of the Tour of California: San Jose to Livermore Tour of California: Stage 3 - May 15, 2012 Peter Sagan of Slovakia (Team Liquigas-Cannondale) surged to the front in the final 100 yards to win his third straight stage and extend his race lead Tuesday in the Tour of California. The third stage took riders from San Jose to Livermore and up and over Mt. Diablo in between. The Tour continues Wednesday with the longest leg of the race: a 130 mile stage from Sonora to Clovis. Stage 4: Sonora to Clovis Start: 10:35 am – Est. Finish: 3:52 pm Total Distance: 130.2 mi./209.6 km Posted By: AdminSF ( Email ) | May 15 at 6:38 pm Photos: Stage 3 of the ... Continue reading →
HONOLULU (AP) — Dude, that was the gnarliest wave ever. Guinness World Records says so. The record-keeping agency is acknowledging a 44-year-old Hawaii pro surfer for catching a 78-foot wave off the coast of Portugal, saying the November run beats a 2008 record by more than 1 foot. Big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara of Haleiwa, on Oahu's North Shore, told The Associated Press that the ride of his life was a fluke. He said he originally didn't want to attempt the waves that day after wiping out numerous times on even bigger swells in the same spot, above an undersea canyon known as one of the biggest wave-generators on the planet. "I was really beat-up that morning," he said. "This day, I did not want to ... Continue reading →
An interview with filmmaker Sean Pamphilon about his latest work-in-progress, The United States of Football Reuters Did football contribute to Junior Seau's apparent suicide? Following Seau's death from a reportedly self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest Wednesday, speculation ran rampant that the popular retired NFL linebacker's seeming decision to kill himself may be linked to head trauma stemming from the sport—as was the case with Dave Duerson, a 50-year-old former NFL safety who shot himself fatally in the chest last year and subsequently was discovered to be suffering from the same degenerative brain disease found in 20 other deceased players. Seau's death—which happened on the same day the NFL suspended four current and former New Orleans Saints players for their role in a cash-for-injuries scandal ... Continue reading →
Couple in Illinois Ponzi scheme caught in Arizona (AP) – 27 minutes ago TONOPAH, Ariz. (AP) — Acting on a tip, U.S. marshals in Arizona put an end to an Illinois couple's life on the lam, a dozen years after they fled punishment for running a Ponzi scheme that targeted friends, the elderly, and even family members, authorities said.As fugitives, Nelson Grant Hallahan, 65, and wife Janet Hallahan, 54, lived in several states in the Southwest and had used a number of aliases, the Marshals Service said Sunday.The two were arrested by deputy marshals Saturday afternoon in Tonopah, a desert community 50 miles west of Phoenix. Officials believe they hid in Arizona for the past couple years."The 12-year run from justice of the Hallahans, also ... Continue reading →
I had just arrived in New York in April, 1970 and I was staying with a Newspaper Owner called Dan RATTINER, who invite me to stay at his place in the Hamptons. I had been there a week when a call came through from the 'new' magazine called Scanlan's, ( named after a little-nown Nottingham Pig Farmer) and run by two 'tearaways' from San Francisco called Warren Hinckle III and Sydney Zion who burned through $750,000 of borrowed money in the space of nine months. Their Art Director, JC Suares, tracked me down with Anna's help and asked me if I would like to go to Louisville and work with an ex-Hell's Angel- who had shaved his head! called Hunter S. Thompson. I jumped at ... Continue reading →
