Amazing Aerial Pics:google Earth During The Second World War

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BERLIN — Officials in Germany’s western city of Koblenz say some 45,000 residents have to be evacuated as officials try to defuse a World War II era bomb discovered in the Rhine river. City officials said Saturday the massive British 1.8 ton bomb will be defused early Sunday, requiring all residents within a radius of about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the bomb site to leave their homes for the day. Read full article >>

The 2011 Nobel Prize in literature was awarded Thursday to Tomas Transtromer, a Swedish poet whose surrealistic works about the mysteries of the human mind won him acclaim as one of the most important Scandinavian writers since World War II.

msnbc.comMan who escaped from NJ prison 41 years ago is captured in PortugalThe Star-Ledger - NJ.comBy Star-Ledger Staff A fugitive's 41-year run from the law, which started with the murder of a World War II veteran from New Jersey, has come to an end. The FBI, United States Marshals Service and New Jersey Department of Corrections jointly announced George Wright, convicted of killing a war hero and carrying out daring plane msnbc.comNJ Fugitive Hijacker Caught After 41 YearsNBC New YorkNJ FUGITIVE FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS NOW IN CUSTODYNBC40Cliffviewpilot.comall 10 news articles »

U.S. treasure hunters have found a 1941 shipwreck containing an estimated $230 million in silver, the largest cache of precious-metal booty ever,