John Pierce

Packing in public: Gun owners tired of hiding their weapons embrace 'open carry'

2008-06-07 00:00:00

For years, Kevin Jensen carried a pistol everywhere he went, tucked in a shoulder holster beneath his clothes. In hot weather the holster was almost unbearable. Pressed against Jensen's skin, the firearm was heavy and uncomfortable. Hiding the weapon...

After more than a century, Walter Reed to close

2011-07-23 13:12:00

Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Army's flagship hospital where privates to presidents have gone for care, is closing its doors after more than a century. � Hundreds of thousands of the nation's war wounded from World War I to today have received...

Gun Advocates Buzzing Happily Over Starbucks Open Policy

2010-02-28 22:22:00

Gun owners are exercising and advertising their rights to pack heat while ordering a Frappuccino in Starbucks. One man, Dale Welch, recently walked into a Starbucks in Virginia with a handgun holstered at his hip, and while some customers gave him looks,...

Hard facts fail to get 'soft walls' installed

2001-02-11 08:44:00

If you want to understand the debate about "soft walls" and concrete retaining walls in auto racing, think about bullets. If a bullet hits a hard surface at a slight angle -- say, 20 degrees -- it ricochets; that means the energy is channeled in...

Happy Birthday, Hal

1992-01-09 08:37:00

HAL, the petulant, malfunctioning computer of"2001: A Space Odyssey,"is about to have a birthday. But he won't be around to celebrate it. "We haven't made him yet," said Roy Campbell, a computer science professor at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-...

Sketch of John Pierce St. John's inauguration at the Kansas Statehouse, January 13, 1879. This was the first public inauguration of a Kansas governor. The sketch was drawn by Henry Worrall and published in Harper's Weekly, Feb. 8, 1879.

2011-10-02 17:36:28

At a rally to save the Whalers from leaving Hartford, Jeremy Webster (right) and John Pierce left scream to support their team. The two are from East Hampton and have been fans most of their lives. They joined over 300 people to help save the Whalers from leaving the state. Unfortunately, the

2010-07-16 13:09:30

John Pierce, 15, wrote some rap vocals but was a little hesitant to perform in front of his peers until Jim Wicks, left, guided him.

2002-04-02 00:00:00