Sources revealed today that a Russian attack submarine was given safe harbor in a Florida commercial port during Hurricane Sandy after being detected 200 miles off the American coast. Though the Sierra-2 class submarine was armed with torpedoes and anti-submarine missiles, U.S. defense officials claim that the sub posed no threat to an aircraft carrier strike group that was conducting exercises in the Atlantic at the time, or King’s Bay Naval Submarine Base north of Jacksonville. The sub... Read More
A Colorado cyclist in Jefferson County has reported that he was deliberately struck by a truck on Sunday while riding along the shoulder in Deer Creek Canyon. Byron Nix, 45, said he was riding along South Deer Creek Canyon Road at around 9:00 a.m. when a 2009 Ford Ranger hit his road bike. Nix, a competitive racer, said that the driver was honking for about 30 seconds before he was struck. "It was chaotic—I could see him coming up," Nix said. "My bike got pulled under, and I went down." ... Read More
Washington’s lower White Salmon River is now open to paddlers for the first time in nearly 100 years. On October 31, the PacifiCorp power company finished the last stages of decommissioning the Condit Dam, which was breached with dynamite a year ago. The White Salmon now flows freely to the Columbia River and into the ocean. "The restoration of a free-flowing river is an exciting event for the whitewater boating community," said Thomas O’Keefe, Pacific Northwest Stewardship Directo... Read More
The International Ski Federation has decided that Lindsey Vonn will not be allowed to participate in the men’s World Cup downhill race at Lake Louise on November 24. The Federation said in a press release that "one gender is not entitled to participate in races of the other and exceptions will not be made to the FIS Rules." They welcomed Vonn to submit a request for to be a forerunner, testing the course before the men's race, but doing so would disqualify her from the women's event. "I'... Read More
Remember those big generators that were supposed to be used for the New York City Marathon that never happened? As of Sunday, they were still sitting near the finish line, not being used. In addition the generators, according to the New York Post, “20 heaters, tens of thousands of Mylar ‘space’ blankets, jackets, 106 crates of apples and peanuts, at least 14 pallets of bottled water and 22 five-gallon jugs of water” were still in boxes at the finish line. Race organizer... Read More
