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JACKO'S LETTER TO LISA MARIE

VERY OLD POSTCARD OF THE ORIGINAL PORTLAND AIRPORT

GENERATIONS OF COCA COLA

IS IT SUMMER YET?

 

#1 ON THIS SURVEY

THE KENNEDY HOME "WEXFORD" IN VIRGINIA

KENNEDY SPENT ONLY A FEW WEEKENDS AT THE HOME JACKIE DESIGNED AND BUILT. RONALD REAGAN PREPARED FOR HIS DEBATE HERE IN LATER YEARS. TODAY IT IS A HIGHLY KEPT SECRET WHO OWNS THE HISTORIC PROPERTY. THE CONTENTS WERE AUCTIONED OFF BY CAROLINE KENNEDY A FEW YEARS AGO.

JACKIE KENNEDY SPENT VERY LITTLE TIME IN THE WHITE HOUSE. SHE VISITED CAPE COD, PALM BEACH, NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND AND WEST VIRGINIA.

VINTAGE OREGON DRIVERS LICENSE FROM 1929

95TH BIRTHDAY FOR JOHN F. KENNEDY

SLEEP WHERE ELVIS SLEPT!

AP) LOS ANGELES - For the right price, you or a loved one can rest in peace in the tomb of The King.

 Celebrity auctioneer Darren Julien is selling Elvis Presley's original crypt to the highest bidder as part of his "Music Icons" auction next month.

 

The tomb is located inside the granite and marble mausoleum at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn.

 Presley was interred there alongside his mother, Gladys, after he died Aug. 16, 1977. Two months later, they were reburied at his Graceland home. The original crypt has remained empty ever since.

 Julien says the winning bid from the auction beginning June 23 will receive the crypt, opening and closing of the vault for burial, a memorialization inscription and use of a chapel for a committal service. Transportation and funeral home charges are not included.

WHAT A TERRIFIC STORY!

YOU THOUGHT PORTLAND'S WEIRD?

MIAMI (AP) — A witness says a naked man chewing on the face of another naked man on a downtown highway ramp kept eating and growled at a police officer who fatally shot him to make him stop.

Larry Vega told WSVN-TV in Miami (http://bit.ly/L6kwWt) that he was riding his bicycle Saturday afternoon off the MacArthur Causeway that connects downtown Miami with Miami Beach when he saw the savage attack on the bridge's off-ramp.

"The guy was, like, tearing him to pieces with his mouth, so I told him, 'Get off!'" Vega said. "The guy just kept eating the other guy away, like, ripping his skin."

The slain man was identified by the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's office as Rudy Eugene, 31, Miami television station WFOR (http://cbsloc.al/LZlxol) reported.

Vega flagged down a Miami police officer, who he said repeatedly ordered the attacker to get off the victim. The attacker just picked his head up and growled at the officer, Vega said.

As the attack continued, Vega said the officer shot the attacker, who continued chewing the victim's face. The officer fired again, killing the attacker.

Miami police have released few details about the attack, other than confirming that there was a fatal officer-involved shooting. The name of the victim, who was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, had not been immediately determined by authorities, said Detective William Moreno. Messages left Monday for a police spokesman were not immediately returned.

A spokeswoman said Monday that the hospital would not be releasing any information about him.

A surveillance video camera from The Miami Herald building nearby captured images of the men's naked legs lying side by side after the shooting.

Vega said the victim appeared gravely injured.

"It was just a blob of blood," Vega said. "You couldn't really see, it was just blood all over the place."