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• It was American novelist and editor Edgar Watson Howe who made the following sage observation: "Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies."

• Those who study such things say that ancient Egyptians had bowling alleys. • In 1980 a woman named Rosie Ruiz appeared to have won the Boston Marathon in the fastest time ever recorded for a woman in that race. However, after a number of suspicions surfaced (including a strange lack of fatigue at the end of the long race), it was found that she hadn't actually run the entire race and was stripped of her medal. The tale doesn't end

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there, though. Once word got out about her fraud, people came forward with information regarding her recent running of the New York Marathon. It seems that Ms. Ruiz started the race and then took the subway to a spot 2 miles from the finish line. And in a further note, she didn't come to a good end: Two years later she was arrested for embezzling $60,000 from her employer, and she was later arrested again for allegedly trying to sell two kilos of cocaine to a Miami police officer. • If you're afraid of lightning, you might want to skip over this next tidbit: At any given time around the world, there are 1,800 thunderstorms taking place. • You may have heard that the air that leaves your body when you sneeze can reach speeds of up to 115 mph, but you may not know that ordinary exhalations travel at about 15 mph.

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• On May 7, 1896, Dr. H.H. Holmes, one of America's first well-known serial killers, is hanged to death in Philadelphia. Although

not as well known as Jack the Ripper, authorities discovered the remains of more than 200 victims on Holmes' property.

• On May 6, 1937, the airship Hindenburg, the largest dirigible ever built and the pride of Nazi Germany, bursts into flames upon touching its mooring mast in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 36 passengers and crewmembers. The lighter-than-air craft was lifted by highly flammable hydrogen gas.

• On May 5, 1945, in Lakeview, Ore., Mrs. Elsie Mitchell and five neighborhood children are killed while attempting to drag a Japanese balloon out of the woods. Unbeknownst to Mitchell and the children, the balloon was armed, and it exploded soon after they began tampering with it.

• On May 3, 1952, a ski-modified U.S. Air Force C-47 piloted by Lt. Col. Joseph O. Fletcher of Oklahoma and Lt. Col. William P. Benedict of California becomes the first aircraft to land on the North Pole. A moment later, Fletcher climbed out of the plane and walked to the exact geographic North Pole, probably the first person in history to do so.

• On May 4, 1965, San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays hits his 512th career home run to break Mel Ott's National League record for home runs. Mays would finish his career with 660 home runs, good for third on the all-time list at the time of his retirement.



April 21 - 27, 2011

When the Sprint Cup Series moves from one track to another -- oh, say, Martinsville to Ft. Worth to Talladega -- a lot changes and a lot doesn't.

Or said Mark Martin, who has seen them all innumerable times."Texas has its own personality," said Martin entering the Samsung Mo-

bile 500. "It's fast, and it's flat for as fast as it is. It doesn't have a lot of banking in relation to the speed that you're able to make around it.

"It's amazing. It's a great place to race, the location as well as the facil-ity. They put a lot of money into this place, and I think it represents our sport well."

But it's just another track, which, in that rather general sense, makes it like ... Martinsville, where Martin, 52, finished 10th on April 3.

"It's the same as Martinsville," he said. "You're almost a wreck at Mar-tinsville, and you're almost a wreck here. If you're not almost a wreck, then you're not driving fast enough. The miles an hour [aren't] what scare you. It's the loss of control."

Martin knows what it's like to finish first, second, third, fourth and fifth at Texas Motor Speedway ... and at most every other track. He's taken his lumps, too, which proved to be the case in the Samsung Mobile 500, where Martin found his No. 5 Chevy collected in a crash. He wound up 36th.

In the season's first six races, Martin finished no better than 10th (twice) and no worse than 20th. That consistency was good enough to rank him 10th in the point standings ... until the Texas catastrophe dropped him to 15th.

Martin said the difference between first and 20th isn't as great as it seems.

"There's a little bit in speed and a little bit in track position, but the cars are relatively close nowadays," he said. "You squeeze every ounce of time out of every single component in the whole sport. You can't leave anything alone. You've got to squeeze every bit of it from pit-road speed to pit stops to restarts to handling and every-thing."

Martin's Been There Before

As such, Martin believes victory, not to mention the finishes better than 10th, will come in its own sweet time.

• • •Monte Dutton covers motorsports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte

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Mark Martin's been around the track a few times, and his take on each one comes from a seasoned career of races on the Cup circuit. (Getty Images photo)


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No COLA for 2012 Either?Those in the know are already predicting what will happen with

our Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) in 2012. They’re consulting charts and graphics, sharpening their pencils and guesstimating. At this point there’s good and bad news, assuming the experts are correct.

The good: We’ll likely get an increase of 1.1 percent to 1.2 percent, the first increase since 2009.

The bad: All of it likely will be eaten up by increases in Medicare Part B, which is deducted from our Social Security checks before we receive them.

On the other hand, if the Part B increase is larger than the Social Security increase, they won’t take the difference out of our checks.

Supposedly when consumer prices go up, so does our monthly check. A tiny increase apparently means our daily costs haven’t gone up much.

For those who haven’t applied for Social Security yet: If you take Social Security before your Normal Retirement Age, you get dinged for the money you make. You are penalized $1 for every $2 you make above $14,160. That goes up to $1 for every $3 above $37,680. Income from pensions, capital gains and annuities is not counted.

Still, if you’re “under age” and still working, yet you want to col-lect Social Security, do the calculations carefully. Call Social Security at 1-800-772-1213 to have it do the calculations as well. This is no time to be wrong. Remember, too, that you’ll pay taxes on Social Security if your income exceeds a certain amount: $25,000 if you’re single, and $32,000 if you file jointly.

The COLA figures for 2012 will be finalized in October. Cross your fingers.

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DEAR PAW'S CORNER: About a year ago, we ad-opted an 18-month-old mutt. "Buddy" is a great dog, but he has one continuing problem: He urinates and defecates in the living room in the middle of the night. We don't feed or water him after about 7 p.m., and I take him out nightly at 10. He is otherwise very well housebroken. The only thing that has worked so far is putting him in his crate overnight, but my husband says it's cruel. Is there any other solution? -- Janice in Lewiston, Calif.

DEAR JANICE: Actually, crating is one of the first methods to try in this case, and it can be success-ful in stopping the problem (though not necessarily the behavior, as Buddy has demonstrated). But some people do feel that crating is cruel, so I understand your husband's feelings about it.

Have you mentioned this problem to Buddy's vet and had him examined for any physical problem? It's always good to make sure he's healthy. Also talk to the vet about Buddy being adopted. He may have picked up a bad habit at his former home, or he might still be experiencing some stress from leaving one home

Dog Leaves His Mark While Owners SleepBy Sam Mazzotta

and then coming to another one.If the problem is behavioral, continue housebreak-

ing with Buddy. A key part of stopping the overnight elimination is to not allow him into areas of the house in which he has already left his "mark," so to speak. If this is not possible, you may have to continue with the crat-ing, or you may want to consult a professional trainer for more in-depth ideas on solving this dilemma.


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Celebrate Trees on Arbor DayMeandering through the awe-inspiring nature trail at

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in California over spring break, I heard a boy ask as he stared upward at a giant tree in front of him, “How many dads would you have to stand on top of each other to reach the top of the tree?”

“That’s the first time anyone has asked me that good question,” said 72-year-old docent Dr. Lenny Gerstein with a smile. “The tree is almost 270 feet tall, so at 6 feet per dad, that would probably be about 45 dads. Now almost as

tall as the Statue of Liberty, it actually grew from a seed about the size of an oatmeal flake,” he said.

Trees can be old and tall, and they can enrich our lives in many ways. Docent Lenny reminded us to put Friday, April 29, on our calendars and to get outside and discover new ways to celebrate Arbor Day with our families.

Here are some ideas that work:1. Enjoy a healthy start to the day by adding fruits and

nuts from trees to your breakfast cereal. Then, keep minds sharp by challenging your kids to identify 10 things in the kitchen that come from trees, such as your morning paper, textbooks, cutting boards, picture frames, stools, pencils, paper towels and the baseball bat leaning by the kitchen door. If there’s a dollar bill on the counter, this is a good opportunity to remind your kids that money does NOT grow on trees!

2. Plant a tree this spring and watch it grow through the years, along with your child.

3. While in the produce section of a market, talk about where in the world tree fruits come from. While kiwi and coconuts come from far away, apples, peaches and almonds might have grown nearby.

4. Go outside with your child and look up at the trees in your yard or nearby park. Talk about what trees provide in our daily lives, such as cleaner air, shade and wood for homes, skateboards and a backyard deck. Consider what trees provide for wildlife, too.

5. Find a tree stump, and count the rings to discover its age.

6. If you have a strong tree in your backyard, make it the centerpiece of spring fun. Use it as a home base for a game of hide-and-seek, make plans to have a picnic under it, hang a safe tree swing from it or construct an imagi-native tree fort in it. And then if you feel brave, climb it!

For more family activities, check out www.arborday.org.

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Mothers Day Trivia:Shortest Interval Between Two ChildrenJayne Bleackley is the mother who holds the record for the shortest interval between two children born in separate con-finements. She gave birth to Joseph Robert on September 3, 1999, and Annie Jessica Joyce on March 30, 2000. The babies were born 208 days apart.

Longest Interval Between Two ChildrenElizabeth Ann Buttle is the mother who holds the record for the longest interval between the birth of two children. She gave birth to Belinda on May 19,1956 and Joseph on November 20, 1997. The babies were born 41 years 185 days apart. The mother was 60 years old when her son Joseph was born.

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Highest Recorded Number of ChildrenThe highest officially recorded number of children born to one mother is 69, to the first wife of Feodor Vassilyev (1707-1782) of Shuya, Russia. Between 1725 and 1765, in a total of 27 confinements, she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets. 67 of them survived infancy.

Highest Number of Children in Modern TimesThe modern world record for giving birth is held by Leontina Albina from San Antonio, Chile. Leontina claims to be the mother of 64 children, of which only 55 of them are docu-mented. She is listed in the 1999 Guinness World Records but dropped from later editions.

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