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Pat’s Picks: Friday, August 17
Written by Pat's Papers | UPDATED: Friday, 17 August 2012 8:25 AM
The best headlines, the most interesting photography and conversation-starting articles from today’s newspapers.
Cops Search for Real Walter White
The main character of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” is a man named Walter White who makes meth. The Tuscaloosa News says Alabama police are searching for a real-life Walter White who, you guessed it, is wanted for manufacturing meth.
Bill Clinton Meets Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton meet Bill Clinton Kaligani. The former president was in Uganda last month and during his visit he met 14-year-old Bill Clinton Kaligani, who got his famous name after Clinton held him as a baby during a 1998 trip to the country. The New York Post says Kaligani was supposed to be taking a history test but “under orders from the capital” he was taken by police escort to meet his namesake.
PHOTO: China Loves Kobe Bryant
Great picture on the front page of the LA Times this morning. That’s not a head of state being met by throngs of Chinese admirers—it’s Kobe Bryant. The NBA star has visited China for the last seven years. This time he popped over for a “meet the fans” event after helping secure a gold medal for the US in London.
ER Staff Talks About Night of Colorado Shooting
The New York Times has exclusive interviews with the people who run the emergency ward in Aurora, Colorado. It’s pretty riveting. The ER’s nurse manager describes how her beeper went off at 12:56 a.m. that Friday, displaying two words: “Mass shooting.” And one of the two attending doctors says there was one point during the night hat she wondered whether the shooter was one of the people she was frantically trying to save.
New ‘Touchdown Jesus’ Statue is Lightning Proof
Jesus is returning to Ohio. Two years after lightning struck the enormous “Touchdown Jesus” on the side of Interstate 75, he has been built again and will be installed in September. The Cincinnati Enquirer says this time “Hug Me Jesus,” as the new statue is known, will be lightning, wind and fire proof.
Fishing for Sharks
The LA Times has a preview of the Monster Shark Tournament, which is taking place this weekend off Martha’s Vineyard. Considered by many to be the premier sportfishing contest, organizers say catching a 300-pound fish is an “athletic endeavor that brings people to their knees.”
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