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16 Aug 2009 21:45

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Offbeat: Here’s the kind of story lede you don’t see everyday

  • A Sprint executive died Friday night when a boulder fell off a Colorado mountain and landed on his car.
  • A report by KMBC • About the death of 45-year-old Thomas Murphy, whose family had a really crappy vacation this weekend. How often do boulders fall onto vehicles, and how often do they kill Sprint executives? Yikes. One of Murphy’s three children was also injured, but the other two (along with Murphy’s wife Jennifer) were unhurt. • source

21 May 2009 09:32

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Offbeat, World: At first, his Mt. Everest climbs were neat. Now he’s showing off.

  • 19 Everest climbs by Sir Edmund Hillary … err, Apa Sherpa source