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...acre ranch. It was there that Vice President Dick Cheney, out with a hunting party that included Tobin's daughter Katharine, accidentally sprayed attorney Harry Whittington with birdshot. What took place in the hours before and after the Feb. 11 shooting is a largely mundane tale that became extraordinary when, for days, Cheney seemed unwilling to tell it. The Internet is still excreting rumors...
DIED. PETER BENCHLEY, 65, author who made landlubbers of millions with his 1974 novel, Jaws, about a great white shark that terrorizes an East Coast resort town; of pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive scarring of the lungs; in Princeton, N.J. Benchley's tale of a human-chomping fish sold 20 million copies, and the 1975 film adaptation epitomized the summer movie experience. Fascinated by oceans throughout his life, the Harvard-educated grandson of humorist Robert Benchley in later years became an outspoken protector of sharks. "Knowing what I know now, I could never write that book today," Benchley wrote last month...
...DIED. PETER BENCHLEY, 65, author who made landlubbers of millions with his 1974 novel Jaws, about a great white shark that terrorizes an East Coast resort town; in Princeton, New Jersey. Benchley's tale of a human-chomping fish sold 20 million copies, and the 1975 film adaptation epitomized the summer movie experience. Fascinated by oceans throughout his life, the author eventually became an outspoken protector of sharks. "Knowing what I know now I could never write that book today," Benchley wrote last month. "Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges...
...seems more like a dream a vice president might have than something that might actually befall one. It might also inspire a great fairy tale someday. I imagine it being recited to the children of a magical, peaceful world to come - a utopia of enduring gentleness that accounts for its origins with the following fable...
...autobiographical tale “The Famous Sushi Pants Story,” modern-day libertine Tucker Max decides that it would be reasonable to buy a portable alcohol breathalyzer and try to match his blood alcohol content to his age. In the process, he takes off his pants at a sushi bar, aggressively challenges a stranger to a drink-off, and wakes up bleeding in his car, his last memory of someone telling him “kiss my ass” at 1:24 a.m. For those Bell Lap readers who have not yet discovered him, we present...