Back From Battle, Working To Keep Life Together - New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV
28 May 2012, 3:08 am
A Connecticut Army National Guardsman who served 10 months in Afghanistan, he heroically helped save the life of a 2-month-old Afghan boy and sadly witnessed the death of an American comrade. Like so many soldiers who've returned from combat ...

Pride, sweat and beers as Robins fans pack town pubs - This is Gloucestershire
28 May 2012, 1:06 am
Nails were bitten to the quick as they watched Mark Yates' men heroically try to claw back Crewe's 1-0 half-time lead following Nick Powell's 15th-minute wonder goal. Exasperated "oohs" and "aahs" filled the pub as the Rubies surged forward again and again ...

On Memorial Day, don't forget the animals who died in service - Examiner
27 May 2012, 11:33 pm
So this Memorial Day, why don't animal lovers everywhere offer gratitude for those non-human soldiers, who are always involuntarily drafted, yet serve just as heroically as any human veteran? Several years ago I wrote this piece on Veteran's Day ...

Tipp muscle through as bench press takes toll - The Sun
27 May 2012, 7:58 pm
But just when all looked to be going wrong for Tipp, Ryan emptied his bench to devastating effect. And from a situation where the Treaty men were heroically holding back the blue and gold wave, suddenly it crashed over and washed them away. Patrick ...

US to demand release of Pak doctor - in.com
25 May 2012, 6:34 pm
He said he was outraged that the Pakistani government, a supposed US ally, would try Dr Afridi for heroically assisting in the search for Osama bin Laden. "Dr Afridi had the courage to step up and help us track bin Laden and bring him to justice ...

Lancashire coach pins faith in special team spirit - Rugby Football Union
25 May 2012, 1:59 am
“It’s very disappointing for Louis McGowan that he misses the game because of an injury which also takes him out of the England Counties and the same is true of Steve McGinnis, who has heroically played this season with a ruptured bicep, but this would ...

How the Times-Picayune Got the Internet Right and Still Lost the Battle of New Orleans - Forbes
24 May 2012, 5:24 pm
But the diminishment of the Times-Picayune is also flavored with deep irony in an this era of digital disintermediation and newspaper defeat: the New Orleans daily heroically and effectively moved to the Internet to tell the story of Hurricane ...

Hero father saves son, 5, from falling off 35-ft cliff - but is ticketed TWICE after he fails to stop Jeep plummeting into river - Daily Mail
22 May 2012, 9:16 pm
A father heroically rescued his five-year-old son from falling off a steep embankment – but was then ticketed twice after his car rolled into the river below. Frank Roder, who works in construction in New Jersey, didn’t think twice when his son Aiden ...

Albert Pujols is Still a Steaming Trainwreck and His Struggles Probably Got 13-Year Hitting Coach Mickey Hatcher Fired - The Big Lead
16 May 2012, 10:24 am
Albert Pujols heroically broke the seal last week in hitting that intensely elusive first home run. Great news, right? The temperamental slugger, for the first time all season, would finally be able to relax in his new surroundings and stop ...

Why Mark Rothko is still setting records - Daily Telegraph
9 May 2012, 9:49 am
And more valuable than Pollock’s heroically American drip paintings? But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Orange, Red, Yellow is only the most expensive post-war work sold at auction. When private sales are taken into account, works by Jackson Pollock ...