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New Hoover Dam Bridge Makes America's Heart Soar
By Steve Friess - AOL News
BOULDER CITY, Nev. (Oct. 15) -- It looms. That's the only accurate way to describe it. Below is the mighty Hoover Dam, for 75 years the pinnacle of this nation's technological ingenuity and prowess and still among the largest structures of its type on the planet. And now there's a companion piece almost as stunning: a looming, stately, horizontally symmetrical bridge spanning the vast chasm 890 feet above the Colorado River that will reroute thousands of cars now crossing and jamming up the dam's two-lane road. The Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, named for a former Nevada ...
Musician Hammering Out Deal to Play Eiffel Tower
By David Moye - AOL News(April 12) -- A composer in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., knows what it's like to follow the beat of a different drummer: He's trying to hammer out a deal that will allow him to play the Eiffel Tower like a percussion instrument. Joseph Bertolozzi is a composer who has played and performed music all over the world, including the Vatican. His main instrument is the organ, but now he's taken a fancy to playing the Eiffel Tower as well. Bob Rozycki, courtesy of Westfair Publications Composer Joseph Bertolozzi is attempting to hammer out a deal that will allow him to compose a song using the Eiffel Tower ...
Bridge Burned
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThe bridge world is aflame. No, this isn't a case of terrorism or insurgent mortar fire landing across Iraq or Afghanistan. We're talking the game of bridge, as in cards. During the awards ceremony at the world bridge championships in Shanghai this past October, a member of the victorious United States' women's team held up a hastily written sign that stated:WE DID NOT VOTE FOR BUSH An uproar has ensued. The team faces punishment, including a one-year ban from competition, and 200 hours of community service to further the advancement of the game of bridge. ...
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