Our stories today: 1), Larry the Lawn Chair Pilot- who actually followed his dream up past the clouds and into LAX airspace while sitting in a lawn chair powered by 43 helium balloons; 2) Miracle in Rio- A blind boy is struck by a bullet during a new year's celebration and wakes up in the hospital to some good news; 3) A Disaster Foretold;- some Titanic stories 4) Ritchie Ashburn's Human Target- its my favorite baseball story; 5. They'll Never Take Me Alive- the story of Elmer McCurdy's busy afterlife; 6) Joshua L. Cowen's Invention, besides lighted flower pots; 7) Mary Edwards Walker- the only woman to win a Medal of Honor, 8) The Blood Amethyst- The London Museum keeps this one under lock and key,9) A Letter to Henry Ford (from Clyde Barrow) 10) The Carpet Caper- three college kids see a rolled up, carpet lying on a sidewalk and decide to take it back to their apartment 11) The English Professor- An English professor assigns a special online project to two students- their simple goal is to collaborate on writing a story.

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