WASHINGTON (AP).- To most people, Theodore Kaczynski’s bomb-making tools are meaningless relics from a life devoted to mayhem. To Janine Vaccarello, chief operating officer at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in Washington, they’re priceless….
Al Hirschfeld’s Chair, Desk Going to Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center
NEW YORK (AP).- Show-biz caricaturist Al Hirschfeld immortalized the world of theater with his fluid ink-and-pen portraits while seated in a barbershop chair behind a worn century-old drafting desk in the fourth-floor studio of his Manhattan town hous…
Archaeologists Discover Cretan Tools Between 130,000 and 700,000 Years Old
ATHENS (AP).- Archaeologists on the island of Crete have discovered what may be evidence of one of the world’s first sea voyages by human ancestors, the Greek Culture Ministry said Monday A ministry statement said experts from Greece and the U.S. have …
Archaeologists Discover Cretan Tools That Point between 130,000 and 700,000 years old
ATHENS (AP).- Archaeologists on the island of Crete have discovered what may be evidence of one of the world’s first sea voyages by human ancestors, the Greek Culture Ministry said Monday A ministry statement said experts from Greece and the U.S. have …
Geraldine Doyle, the Woman Who Said She was "Rosie" in World War II Poster, Dies
LANSING (AP).- When a photographer snapped Geraldine Doyle’s picture in an Ann Arbor factory during World War II, the 17-year-old had no idea she would inspire others to contribute to the country’s war effort. Doyle said it took more than 40 years for …
Archaeologists Discover 2,400-Year-Old Weapons and Tools in Valencia
VALENCIA.- The finding of a set of useful weapons for warriors from 2400 years ago in La Bastida de les Alcusses located in Moixent (Valencia) has confirmed this excavation as “the peninsular town of reference to study the Iberian period.” This has bee…
Graciela Iturbide and Chema Conesa Win Top Prizes at PHotoEspaña
MADRID.- PHotoEspaña has announced in a press conference the names of the winners of PHotoEspaña 2010. The director of PHotoEspaña, Claude Bussac, has announced the awards at Matadero Madrid with the presence of the top winners, Graciela Iturbide an…