Blog Heap of Links for the day 4 March 2011

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Art of

A compelling argument for rebuilding came in the three weekends after the fire, when Smith and co-owner Steve Peace and their employees spent time at the drive-in cleaning up - and visiting with members of the public who stopped by, looking to reminisce about 60 years of outdoor cinema. "People just kept coming by, telling us about coming out here, and their parents and their grandparents coming out here," Smith said. "They bought out the rest of our sodas and chips and candy, and they told us their stories, and we told them our stories. "Before the fire, we didn't know what people thought about the Admiral Twin," he said, "but I have been absolutely humbled by the warmth and generosity of the people of Tulsa."
9:16am CST Fri 2011 Mar 4 :MW

Iran

Four years after a retired FBI agent mysteriously vanished inside Iran, U.S. officials have received irrefutable proof that he is alive, a dramatic development that has sharply intensified diplomatic efforts to bring him home

9:34am CST Fri 2011 Mar 4 :MW
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Defending Ourselves

The homeowner told police someone had rung the doorbell several times before walking around the house and prying a back window open to enter the home, police said. The suspect then began rummaging through items in the home apparently looking for narcotics before the homeowner approached the suspect with a gun.

12:40pm CST Fri 2011 Mar 4 :MW