Arizona's 'Cyclone Cowboy' inspired the movie 'Twister,' but he chases fewer storms now
On a coat hook by the door hangs a fedora, a bullwhip and a leather messenger bag. It’s like Indiana Jones just stopped by for lunch — or like there’s a real-life version sitting on the couch, kicking his bare feet up on a cluttered table, his hands still scarred from cuts he endured during Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
80 years after D-Day, one of the men who helped prepare for the invasion tells his story
When Charles Seiter returned to New York City in April 1946, he saw the Statue of Liberty on the city skyline. In his time overseas, he had helped prepare for the Normandy invasion, seen its aftermath and was at the gates of the Allied headquarters in France where the Third Reich signed its surrender.
“Good old statue,” Charles said. “We were home.”
Bringing the magic to MSU: 2 student magicians share the art of the trick
While some might question why a statistics and political theory student would find so much joy in the art of magic, Croft sees his analytical mind as an advantage.
“If you take the word magic trick, you break it down, you have magic and you have trick,” Croft said. “The trick is what I’m doing to fool you … The magic is the storytelling, it's what I call the pizzaz.”
Xotrey: The rising East Lansing rapper who always knew he was meant to be a star
Something strange has been happening at his recent shows, Mullin said, something he can’t block out, something he has to take his glasses off for.
“The past four or five shows we played … the crowd will be louder than I am rapping my own lyrics,” he said. “I literally had to take my sunglasses off because I couldn't believe that I was hearing that."
The life of Peanut: Inside the story of the world’s oldest living chicken
Darwin had no idea the chick would go on to become a world record holder. But this spring, 21-year-old Peanut, an animal with a life expectancy of five-to-10 years, was verified as the world’s oldest living chicken.
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