WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Della Deadgirl celebrates another year’s worth of hard work by pounding nails into her nose. Martin Ling the Suicide King scrubs his face with broken glass. The Rev. Tommy Gunn and his young son, The Green Monster, recline on 8-inch metal spikes. How else would you expect a bunch of sideshow performers to behave at their annual end-of-season blowout?
LONDON — So you think drug culture began at Woodstock in the 1960s? Think again. A massive bong statue spanning the length of a room, the laudanum-induced ‘Kubla Khan’ manuscript and psychedelic videos await those curious enough to learn about 3,500 years’ worth of human drug use. “High Society,” an exhibition opening Thursday at London’s Wellcome Collection museum, examines the controversial history of opium, from pre-biblical practices to today’s entire illegal drug market.
Leonard Carpi, 86, will put on his 9th Bomb Group cap today, the one he always wears on Veterans Day, showing a B-29 Superfortress above the bill with the words, “Tinian Island 1945.” And he will think about crew mates who counted on him to bring them home safely on April 5, 1945.
Vicky and Fernando Alvarez of Henderson looked forward to celebrating their anniversary on a cruise aboard the Carnival Splendor. But an engine room fire ended the fun Monday, leaving 3,299 passengers and 1,167 crew members adrift in the Pacific Ocean. Vicky Alvarez finally reached her family by phone this morning.
The Internal Revenue Service is asking an estimated 10,000 income tax preparers in Nevada, as well as their peers around the country, to register prior to submitting any returns next year. The IRS said the registration requirement is the start of a program to upgrade the competence of tax preparers who compile data for 60 percent of all tax returns.
Already trying to live down a hand-wrap scandal, Antonio Margarito has suffered another figurative black eye days before his fight against Manny Pacquiao. An Internet video surfaced this week showing Margarito, sparring partner Brandon Rios and trainer Robert Garcia mocking Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach, who has Parkinson’s disease.
