Good morning. Im jane pauley and this is sunday morning. Its been well over two years since haitis president was assassinated, and more than seven years since its citizens last went to the polls. Result, utter chaos. Why haiti . And what now . Thats where well start off morning with Martha Teichner. Of course, today is st. Patricks day. Around the world, more than 70 Million People have irish roots. Pretty impressive when you population of ireland is only about 5 million. Conor knighton takes us back to the emerald isle. Reporter it feels like everyone is irish on st. Patricks day. 30 million americans actually claim irish ancestry. Its such a special experience to tell them something about ancestors that have directly affected them today. Reporter coming up on sunday morning, we pay a visit to epic, the museum of irish emigration in dublin. Millions tune in to watch him every night as he hosts jeopardy . One of the longest running game shows on television. Luke burbank has some questi
And a teen shot by a colorado classmate has died. Tonight Barack Obama Says the u. S. Will try to rescue americans in south sudan. Gunfire abankruptly stopped evacuations in bor earlier. Nicole johnston has more on the situation. The crisis in south sudan is becoming even more dangerous. The government is sending troops and tanks to jonglei to take on the rebels. It says renae gayed soldiers have taken control. Gunfire hit three u. S. Military aircraft as they were about to land and evacuate american citizens from the town. Four u. S. Servicemen were injured. In the middle of this are civilians looking for protection. 35,000 are camped out in u. N. Compounds in bor, juba and other places. Bor is a strategic location within south sudan, and within the crisis both factions and the Government Forces are using it as a point they want to dominate. However, even the United Nations was a target. On saturday it held a Memorial Service for two indian peacekeepers killed at a base at akobo. They
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Wild! Weird! Wonderful! Maine’ and ‘The Maine Point’
A collection of historical Maine tidbits and a historical romance sequel spanning centuries of Bath history and multi-family relationships
By Bill Bushnell
WILD! WEIRD! WONDERFUL! MAINE
At least 10 other authors have written Maine trivia books over recent years, focusing on Maine history, people, places, events, curiosities, strange happenings, wonders, legends and some hilarious and goofy anecdotes. And now Bar Harbor author Earl Brechlin has come out with his own collection of historical tidbits.
Brechlin joins the good company of authors like John McDonald, John Cole, Michelle Souliere, Gail Parker and Neil Rolde, adding his own spin to obscure Maine history in this very readable and entertaining addition to Maine trivia historiography.