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Corrosion blamed for fatal Ohio State Fair accident, company says

Excessive corrosion on a support beam caused a “catastrophic failure” of a thrill ride at the Ohio State Fair that killed an 18-year-old man and injured seven others, the ride’s Dutch manufacturer said in a statement posted Sunday on Facebook.

 
Remembering Korean War vet’s sacrifice on Purple Heart Day

Al Grandis, then a 19-year-old lovesick Marine, earned one of his Purple Heart medals when he stepped on a mine on a mountaintop in east-central Korea known as “Heartbreak Ridge.”

 
Runners brave lonely Nevada road during marathon near Area 51

About 600 people raced along a lonely stretch of highway to compete in the 11th annual Extra Terrestrial Full Moon Midnight Marathon and related races that began at midnight Saturday in Rachel, about two hours north of Las Vegas.

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