May 6th, 1937
The crash of the German airship Hindenburg in Lakehurst, New Jersey took the lives of 36 people. Herb Morrison was at the scene, recording a report for Chicago radio station WLS to use at later time, when the explosion and fire occurred. His report, recorded on large acetate discs, was not aired until the next day. You can listen to Herb Morrison's account of the scene before, during, and after the explosion by clicking on the Windows Media or Real Media icons below.
January 11th, 2008
Man auctions off his life, sale price disappoints
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A man who put his life up for auction on eBay found it wasn't worth quite as much as he thought when he settled for around A$100,000 (48,000 pounds) less than his target price.
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