Bison, America’s mammal: Lawmakers introduce bill to elevate burly beast to iconic status - Dickinson Press & Advertiser
25 May 2012, 11:42 pm
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Western lawmakers want to elevate the Plains bison to a status similar to that of the iconic bald eagle with legislation to declare the burly beasts America’s “national mammal.” Bison advocates launched a “vote ...

Revisting Bird's iconic steal against Detroit 25 years later - NBA
25 May 2012, 8:15 pm
The darn play happened so fast, Larry Bird said, that all he could do was react. This wasn't genius and it sure as heck wasn't geometry. It was purely see the ball, steal the ball. "Too bad I didn't plan it out," Bird said some 25 years later. "Then I ...

More iconic Bay Area foods, as suggested by readers - San Francisco Gate
25 May 2012, 3:43 pm
Earlier this month, this happened: a list of some of the most iconic foods from San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. As requested, plenty of excellent reader additions quickly flooded the tipline and the comments. In the gallery above, see a ...

Guitar God to Make History at the iconic Vienna Opera House - Yahoo Finance
25 May 2012, 12:01 pm
LOS ANGELES, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Joe Bonamassa is known as a growing guitar legend of our time and will be recording an "All Acoustic" performance at the historic Vienna Opera House. As one of the best guitarists of his generation, he ...

iconic Absolut Vodka Ads On Exhibit at New Spiritmuseum in Sweden - GADLING
25 May 2012, 11:54 am
Quick! What's the first thing you think about when you think about Sweden? If it's not IKEA, smorgasbords, or cold winters, then it's probably Absolut, the vodka brand whose bottle inspired 850 works of Pop art from 1986 to 2004. Now, 70 of the ...

iconic coastal abode has fascinating history - Cornish Guardian
25 May 2012, 10:28 am
It is recorded that The Mariners originated in part from the early 17th century as three cottages. In the early-mid 1800s the middle cottage became licensed as a public house and was known locally as a 'kiddlewink', or smugglers' beer shop. Noel Coward is ...

The darling cubs of May: Mysterious white fox spotted on Kent farm where iconic TV show was filmed - Daily Mail
24 May 2012, 8:13 am
It is best known as the home of 1990s TV comedy The Darling Buds Of May, which threw a young Catherine Zeta-Jones into the public eye. But Buss Farm in Kent has now become a stomping ground for a mysterious white fox, which would look more at home on ...

Ford credit rating upgrade wins back iconic oval logo pledged away - Los Angeles Times
22 May 2012, 5:26 pm
Moody's Investors Service raised the credit rating for Ford Motor Co. to an investment grade Tuesday, giving its seal of approval to a corporate turnaround of the business that started with heavy borrowing at the end of 2006. The move returns ...

DC’s new gay character will be ‘major,’ ‘iconic’ — and apparently male - Comic Book Resources
22 May 2012, 9:55 am
Although readers will have to wait until sometime in June — perhaps not coincidentally, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month — to learn which established DC Comics character will be reintroduced as gay, we already know at least two ...

Carlos Fuentes, iconic Mexican novelist, dies at 83 - Dallas Morning News
15 May 2012, 5:42 pm
Carlos Fuentes, Mexico's elegant public intellectual and grand man of letters, whose panoramic novels captured the complicated essence of his country's history for readers around the world, died on Tuesday in Mexico City. He was 83. His death ...