Picture of the Day: Anaheim, CA. Police Stan guard as protesters demonstrating against the July 21st shooting death of Manuel Angel Diaz by an Anaheim police officer set a garbage can alight.
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Daniel Lawlor from Los Angeles poses after winning first place in the freestyle moustache category at the third annual national beard and moustache championships in Las Vegas.
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New York: A man walks down a street flooded by superstorm Sandy in the Queens neighbourhood of the city.
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The man who said, on hearing of the death of Truman Capote in 1984, “Good career move” will hardly have expected to be treated with kid gloves when his own turn came. In fact, Gore Vidal would have been insulted to be given the traditional 21-gun salute of half-meant compliments, the fly-past of platitudes. From Adam Mars-Jones: my lunch at the Dorchester with Gore Vidal
Picture of the Day: Anaheim, CA. Police Stan guard as protesters demonstrating against the July 21st shooting death of Manuel Angel Diaz by an Anaheim police officer set a garbage can alight.
Credit: Jonathan Gibby/Getty. Via.
Our latest reports from Anaheim:
Anaheim officials scramble to contain public anger as protests escalate
(via thepoliticalnotebook)
Source: Reuters
Mexican troops reveal two drug-smuggling tunnels near the US border. One began inside a warehouse in Tijuana, but was incomplete and did not cross the border into San Diego, while a second ran to an empty shop in San Luis, Arizona. Both featured lighting and ventilation systems, and were more sophisticated than previous smuggling passages
Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Snigdha Nandipati wins US National Spelling Bee
The San Diego teenager beat eight finalists to triumph in the National Spelling Bee after studying up to six hours a day - but what was her winning word?
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From 24 hours in pictures - 29 May:
California, US: Arlington West memorial on the beach next to Santa Monica pier. Veterans for Peace installed the temporary memorial project as a place to mourn, reflect, contemplate, grieve and to honour and acknowledge those who have lost their lives, reflecting on the costs of war. The name, Arlington West, reflects the national cemetery of the United States, Arlington National Cemetery, a burial place of honour for fallen war heroes
Thousands gathered in Brazil’s largest cities starting over the weekend and running through tonight to...