LONDON (AP).- Auction site eBay says a bidder has paid 81,100 pounds ($131,648) for the silk bow hat worn by Princess Beatrice to last month’s royal wedding. The 22-year-old granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II put the Philip Treacy creation on sale t…
Princess Beatrice’s Wedding Hat to Be Auctioned
LONDON (AP).- The eye-popping hat worn by Princess Beatrice at Britain’s royal wedding is to be auctioned to raise money for charity, Buckingham Palace said Thursday. The famous creation — which some said looked like antlers— will be sold on …
United States Demand for bin Laden Memorabilia Soars
NEW YORk (REUTERS).- After 9/11, President George W. Bush famously urged Americans to shop to bolster a shocked U.S. economy. Now after Osama bin Laden’s killing, consumers are snapping up memorabilia of his dramatic killing. The website Zazzle, which …
Big Demand, 2,800 Requests per Second, for Osama bin Laden News Crashes Newseum’s Website
WASHINGTON (AP).- When big news breaks, newspapers are a hot commodity despite the immediacy of online news. The website for the Newseum, a museum in Washington devoted to journalism, crashed Monday as thousands of people looked to see how newspapers …
Newseum Website Crashes On News Of Osama bin Laden "Dead"
WASHINGTON (AP) — When big news breaks, newspapers are in demand despite the immediacy of online news. Newspaper across the country including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The News & Advance in Lynchburg, Va., printed extra …
Indiana Man Gives Painting to Colorado bin Laden Hunter
MUNCIE (AP).- An Indiana man who says he dreamed two years ago of a bearded man slaying Osama bin Laden has given a painting of the dramatic scene to a Colorado man arrested in Pakistan while hunting for the al-Qaida leader. Jerry Cool, 63, told The St…