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WASHINGTON - A man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the US Capitol surrendered to police on Thursday (Aug 19) after a standoff that paralysed a swath of Washington for more than five hours. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger told reporters that the man, identified as Floyd Ray Roseberry, parked his vehicle on a...
Someone at the Times Colonist had a bright idea: Wouldn’t it be fun to surprise Scammell with a photo of his never-seen son? So that’s what the newspaper did, right at the top of the front page under the headline “He’s great, mate!” Getting the picture here from Australia within a 24-hour turnaround was a huge technological challenge, though. Digital cameras were in their infancy and smartphones years away, so pulling off this marvel of modern communications had the editors giddily trading high fives in the newsroom. No one dreamed there would soon be a day when dads would Insta...