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Hunting Navy Veterans fugitive Bobby Thompson, U.S. marshals play name game — and win

By Kris Hundley and John Martin, Times staff writers Saturday, May 12, 2012 CLEVELAND — He had at least $1 million in cash, believed to be from donors who thought they were giving to the U.S. Navy Veterans Association. But he lived like a pauper, stocking up on beef jerky and bumming meals at homeless shelters. He had a suitcase full of stolen birth certificates and credit reports, enough ...

Tribute to Belmore

This winter on the lagoon ice behind Kotzebue and in the hills and mountains, local residents may have witnessed a bizarre sight: a white guy on snowshoes, dressed in bright orange bibs and a blue Goretex jacket, carrying a heavy pack and dragging a log lashed in an orange plastic kiddie sled. That was me. Training to climb Denali.

Shreddin’ in Yemen: Meet the skaters of Sanaa

They walk through the Old City like visitors from the future. Sneakers shuffling along cobblestone laneways handcrafted centuries ago, emerging in and out of the shadows cast by towering gingerbread-like buildings. Even the mangy cats look up from garbage piles in the early morning dawn, startled by these creatures with backpacks and boards with wheels.

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Climbing Denali in the tracks of Belmore Browne

This winter on the lagoon ice behind Kotzebue and in the hills and mountains, local residents may have witnessed a bizarre sight: a white guy on snowshoes, dressed in bright orange bibs and a blue Gore-Tex jacket, carrying a heavy pack and dragging a log lashed in an orange plastic kiddie sled.