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Two Western Photojournalists Killed in Libya
By not in system - AOL NewsMISRATA, Libya -- Two Western photojournalists, including an Oscar-nominated film director, were killed Wednesday in the besieged city of Misrata while covering battles between rebels and Libyan government forces. Two others working alongside them were wounded. British-born Tim Hetherington, co-director of the documentary "Restrepo" about U.S. soldiers on an outpost in Afghanistan, was killed inside the only rebel-held city in western Libya, said his U.S.-based publicist, Johanna Ramos Boyer. The city has come under weeks of relentless shelling by government troops. Outpost Films / ...
Misrata Residents Describe Nonstop Shelling
By not in system - AOL NewsMISRATA, Libya -- Inside the besieged city of Misrata, spent rockets protrude from the pavement of a parking lot, unarmed teenagers prepare plastic crates of Molotov cocktails, and fighters at roadblocks sit inside empty shipping containers outfitted with furniture, carpets and generator-powered TVs and watch Al-Jazeera reports of their war with Moammar Gadhafi. For nearly two months, Gadhafi's forces have laid siege to the only major city in western Libya still in opposition hands, and its residents said the attacks have been relentless and hundreds of people have been killed. A British war ...
Did Journalist Find 'THE Nails' Used to Crucify Jesus?
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsJERUSALEM -- Controversial journalist Simcha Jacobovici says he may have found the nails that were used to crucify Jesus more than 2,000 years ago. He chronicled his Indiana Jones-type search in a new documentary called "The Nails of the Cross," which was screened today at a news conference in Jerusalem and will be broadcast in the U.S., Canada and Israel in the coming weeks. Jacobovici presented two first-century Roman nails that were bent "in a way that is consistent with crucifixion." He contends that these are the same nails found in the burial tomb of Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest ...
Triangular UFOs: Close Encounters With Unidentified Dorito-Shaped Objects
By Lee Speigel - AOL NewsIn recent years, there have been a lot of UFO sightings. We know that. But a question I've wondered about for a long time is this: What's up with all the triangle-shaped UFOs? From the U.S. to Belgium, France, Australia and even a reported flying "Dorito" in the U.K., these aerial triangles seem to enjoy our friendly skies. One of the most recent reports comes from the files of the Mutual UFO Network, where a witness described a huge triangular UFO that made a loud, hissing noise as it moved over his Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, neighborhood Tuesday morning. If there really are aliens ...
With Documentary, Eva Longoria Advocates for Child Laborers
By not in system - AOL NewsGUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Eva Longoria says she wants to be the voice of thousands of silent children working in deplorable conditions around the world. The "Desperate Housewives" star is the executive producer for "Harvest," a documentary that follows three migrant boys as they work 14-hour days in U.S. fields along the border with Mexico. Longoria says she wants "to be the voice of these children no one listens to." The 36-year-old actress attended the documentary's premiere at Mexico's Guadalajara International Film Festival on Saturday. She says she has been an activist since long ...
Amid Buckles Ruckus, Sgt. York's Grandson Says Family Turned Down Capitol Rotunda
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- In stark contrast to the wishes of the last American World War I veteran, the family of one of the most highly decorated soldiers of that conflict turned down offers to have Sgt. Alvin York's body lie in the U.S. Capitol and be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Word leaked Thursday that House and Senate leaders had turned down a request from West Virginia lawmakers that the body of Frank Buckles lie in the Capitol Rotunda. Buckles died Sunday at the age of 110. U.S. Army / AP Sgt. Alvin York, shown in a 1919 photo, was arguably the most famous soldier of World ...
'Monopoly' Fanatics Have a Monopoly on Weirdness
By David Moye - AOL NewsAlmost everyone has played Monopoly, but for some people it's a way of life. In fact, some people have gone so far as to have their backs tattooed with a complete Monopoly board, while others have decorated their bathrooms in a Monopoly scheme. Filmmaker Kevin Tostado isn't that obsessed, but he still dreams of being a Monopoly champion and representing the U.S. in the world championships in 2013. Michael J. Maloney Kevin Tostado, the director of "Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story," is such a big Monopoly fan that he sometimes dresses up as Mr. Monopoly, the game's iconic ...
Drew Friedman Turns Sideshow Freaks Into Fine Art
By Marc Hartzman - AOL NewsGo ahead, stare at the freaks. That's what artist Drew Friedman wants you to do in his new book, "Drew Friedman's Sideshow Freaks" (Blast Books), featuring full-color paintings of 50 unique individuals from the sideshow world. Each includes a brief biography on the subject. "The way I'm presenting them, they're just normal people looking at us, the reader, like, 'What are you looking at? What's the big deal?' " Friedman told AOL News. "They're in show business just like anyone else who's in show business. And they're proud to be in it." ...
Filmmaker Defeats Depression by Faking Intervention
By David Moye - AOL NewsAs it was for many people, the 2008 recession was a bad time for filmmaker Steve Moramarco. "My life was literally in the toilet for about a year, personally and professionally," he told AOL News. "Everything was dead. As an actor, I had no auditions and there was basically no work. I was so underwater on my mortgage, I might as well have been a scuba diver, and my girlfriend left." In better days, Moramarco had worked with Jack Black on films like "School of Rock" and was an associate producer on "Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny." He also had the honor of appearing on the flip side of ...
Gun Control Debate: Why Do We Make Gun Violence So Easy?
By not in system - AOL NewsThe only thing worse than slowly watching a shooting unfold on television is being a part of one. Nearly four years after surviving the worst school shooting in America -- the Virginia Tech massacre of April 16, 2007 -- and trying to live a "normal" life, I sat there Saturday, stunned, angry and saddened as the nauseating details of another mass murder unfolded before my eyes. Opposing View Political Opportunists Swarm In After Giffords Tragedy I sat there as the uncontrollable feelings that come from the shock and trauma of a normal day morphing into madness ...
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