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NJ boardwalk fire: ‘It looks like a couple of bombs went off’

September 13, 2013 admin 0

SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters poured thousands of gallons of water Friday on the smoldering remnants of a massive fire that destroyed part of an iconic Jersey shore boardwalk as officials began counting the cost of once again rebuilding a walkway that had been wrecked less than a year ago by Superstorm Sandy.

About a quarter of the 400 firefighters who battled the blaze Thursday remained on the scene Friday morning, and heavy equipment was poised to move in and start poking through the rubble once firefighters extinguished the last burning pockets… […]

Hundreds attend funeral for Ohio Players frontman 'Sugarfoot' Bonner

February 14, 2013 Kermit 0

Several hundred people gathered Saturday to say a musical and a spiritual goodbye Saturday to Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner, one of the granddads of funk music.

Bonner was a founder and lead singer of the Ohio Players, a Grammy-nominated band that originated in Southwest Ohio and dominated R&B and pop music in the 1970s.

Bonner, reportedly a father of 12 and a grandfather of 22, died of cancer on Jan. 27. He was 69. […]