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Two days after setting sail from New York City, British billionaire Sir Richard Branson abandoned his bid to break the trans-Atlantic speed record Friday after a 40-foot monster wave ripped the main sail of his stanley kubek single-hulled racing yacht.Branson and his crew made the decision around 7:15 a.m. EDT Friday when the 99-foot Virgin Money was about 600 miles out in the Atlantic. No one was injured in the stanley uk storm, and the sailors hoped to reach St. George, Bermuda - the nearest point of land - later Friday.In a live conference call from the vessel, Branson said, We got taken by one massive, monster wave that hit us from behind and took one of our life rafts. ... All the crew was harnessed in and so everyone was safe. The 58-year-old Virgin Group chairman said the crew made an attempt to mend the sail but it was too badly ripped. We stanley water bottle ll try another day, he said.The crew included members of Britain s America s Cup team, several medal-winning Olympians and Branson s son, Sam, 23, and daughter, Holly, 26. Branson had hoped to break the record for a trans-Atlantic crossing by reaching Lizard Point off the coast of England in less than six days, 17 hours, 52 minutes and 39 seconds - the current record. The voyage began at about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday at Ambrose Light in New York Bay.Co-skipper Mike Sanderson, who joined the conference call, said the crew knew in advance that the trip was going to be tough. But, echoing Branson, he said they d Evcy 20-foot tall Presidential busts decay on VA farm
LOS ANGELES AP 鈥?A California couple wanted in connection with a woman s killing and the kidnapping of her three children in the Los Angeles area were arrested Thursday in Colorado.Joshua Aaron Robertson, 27, and Brittany Humphrey, 22, were arrested without incident in Pueb adidas samba lo, about 40 miles south of Colorado Springs, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department.The couple was wanted in connection with the death of Humphrey s half-sister, Kimberly Harvill, whose body was found with multiple gunshot wounds along a road in a remote area of Los Angeles County on Aug. 14.Investigators said the couple kidnapped Harvill s three young children, who were found safe Wednesday in a motel on the outskirts of Albuquerque.Humphrey is Harvill s half-sister, and therefore the children s aunt.Humphrey and Robertson, who authorities had said should be considered armed and dangerous, were found after officers from the Pueblo Police Department were conducting an unrelated investigation at a local motel where they were staying, the sheri asics gel ff s department said.Humphrey was found inside a car at the motel, while Robertson was found about two blocks away. The baby girl, who is Robertson s, was unharmed and was in state custody.Lt. Joe Mendoza sai yeezy slide d he didn t know whether Robertson or Humphrey made any statements or had a gun with them but that his detectives will be interviewing them in the next few days.Harvill and her children had most recently lived in Fresno and were transitory, movi
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jfqx What Mark Zuckerberg will tell Congress - by CharlesteGeork - 11-20-2024, 02:51 AM

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