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A 74-year-old man said to be the oldest graffiti vandal ever captured in Los Angeles County was arrested Friday, authorities said. Deputies spotted the septuagenarian John Scott putting stickers on a stairwell at a downtown Metro Center subway station. The black-and-orange bumper stickers ask, "Who is John Scott?" and have been seen stuck on buses in Baldwin Hills and areas on the Westside of the city.
Although she liked her bacon crispy and her chicken fried, she never drank, smoked or fooled around, Gertrude Baines once said, describing a life that lasted an astonishing 115 years and earned her the title of oldest person on the planet.
As the nation's oldest nuclear power plant shows its age, some call it Oyster Creak.
West Virginia's Oakhurst Links is up for sale — the birthplace of American golf, where sheep roam the fairways and modern technology takes a back seat to hickory-shafted clubs.
The Touro Synagogue was barely 25 years old when George Washington offered a vision of religious tolerance in a letter he sent its congregants.
Walter Breuning learned to read by kerosene lantern, remembers his grandfather telling him about fighting in the Civil War, and cast his first presidential ballot for Woodrow Wilson.
Spanish social services have no plans to take custody of the 2-year-old twins of the oldest woman to give birth, who died last week at 69, an official said Thursday.
In July 1785, the citizens of this waterfront town assembled to heap praise on their newly minted nation and to thank God for helping them survive a fierce assault by the British during the Revolutionary War.
A 60-year-old Vietnam War veteran killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq has become the oldest Army soldier to die in that conflict, the military said Thursday.
A 35,000-year-old ivory carving of a busty woman found in a German cave was unveiled Wednesday by archaeologists who believe it is the oldest known sculpture of the human form. The carving found in six fragments in Germany's Hohle Fels cave depicts a woman with a swollen belly, wide-set thighs and large, protruding breasts.
A Portuguese woman who lived to see five of her great-great grandchildren born and was believed to have been the world's oldest person died on Friday at the age of 115, officials said.
George Francis, the nation's oldest man, who lived through both world wars, man's first walk on the moon and the election of the first black president, has died. He was 112.
The oldest prison inmate in Massachusetts, a career criminal who was the first person to make the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list twice, has died at 92.
A traveler walking along the eastern bank of Hudson Bay in northern Quebec can stand on the oldest bedrock known on Earth. This ancient section of the planet's crust may be as much as 4.28 billion years old, researchers report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
A Dutch woman who was the oldest person in the world when she died at age 115 in 2005 appeared sharp right up to the end, joking that pickled herring was the secret to her longevity.
Archaeologists in Jordan have discovered a cave underneath one of the world's oldest churches and say it may have been an even more ancient site of Christian worship. But outside experts expressed caution about the claim.
A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats.
There are two Jones brothers, Joshua and Justin. But when something breaks — like the time a soccer ball crashed through a garage window — it’s usually Joshua who gets the lecture: You’re the oldest, his parents remind him. You need to set an example. Your younger brother is watching.
Maybe it was a lifetime of chores on the family farm that accounts for Edna Parker's long life. Or maybe just good genes explain why the world's oldest known person will turn 115 on Sunday, defying staggering odds.
A 114-year-old woman, considered the oldest person in Texas, has died at a Dallas retirement home.
Calling it a high honor, President Bush on Thursday warmly greeted 107-year-old Frank Woodruff Buckles, described by the White House as the last known surviving American-born veteran of World War I.
New York's oldest prisoner — an 89-year-old former heart surgeon convicted of killing his wife more than 30 years ago — has been granted parole.
Ice-covered Greenland really was green a half-million or so years ago, covered with forests in a climate much like that of Sweden and eastern Canada today.
Archaeologists digging in western Japan have excavated what they believe to be the oldest remains of a melon ever found, an official said Friday.
When 95-year-old Nola Ochs graduates next month, she will be the world's oldest college graduate. The record Ochs will break, according to Guinness World Records, belongs to Mozelle Richardson, who at age 90 in 2004 received a journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma.
Orkney Venus aka the 'Westray Wife' to face the publicThe earliest human figure to be found in Scotland is to go on temporary display at Edinburgh Castle. The Orkney Venus, which was discovered a few weeks ago, is a 5,000-year-old female carving which has the UK's first known depiction of a person's face.
Dorothy Dale Kloss, Age 85, Now in Her 14th Season of Fabulous Palm Springs FolliesLittle Dorothy Hunn (her maiden name) was already dancing when Calvin W.
Bavarian woman claims to own world's oldest dog News has spread quickly that the world's oldest dog, a dachshund-mix named "Chanel," recently died at the age of 21. Now a Bavarian woman claims that her dog Penny is actually even older.
Fragment from world's oldest Bible found hidden in Egyptian monastery A British-based academic has uncovered a fragment of the world's oldest Bible hiding underneath the binding of an 18th-century book.
World's Oldest Dog Chanel Dies On Long Island At The Age of 21After living a full and hearty 147 dog years - or 21 human years - a wire-haired dachshund who held the record as the world's oldest dog has taken up residency in the big kennel in the sky.
Grandpa becomes Britain's oldest ballet-dancer A war veteran will become Britain's oldest performing ballet dancer tonight when he takes to the stage aged 90.
World's oldest map: Spanish cave has landscape from 14,000 years agoArchaeologists have discovered what they believe is man's earliest map, dating from almost 14,000 years ago.
Scientists find 'world's oldest penisAustralian scientists have confirmed the oldest penis-like structure in an ancient fish specimen. The discovery of the 400 million-year-old reproductive organ is one of the earliest examples of internal fertilisation in vertebrate animals.
RAGBRAI: The Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa: "Longest, Largest and Oldest Touring Bike Ride" Worldwide"Now in its 37th year," RAGBRAI "is the longest, largest and oldest touring bike ride in the world."
Oldest human settlement in Aegean unearthed on Limnos islandThe ruins of the oldest human settlement in the Aegean found so far have been unearthed in archaeological excavations by a team of Greek, Italian and American archaeologists on the island of Limnos, headed by a professor of Prehistoric Archaeology from Thessaloniki Aristotle Univ …
Oldest Known Portrait of St Paul Revealed by Vatican Archaeologists"Vatican archaeologists have uncovered what they say is the oldest known portrait of St Paul."
Woman of 66 becomes Britain's oldest motherA woman of 66 has become Britain's oldest mother after giving birth to a baby boy.
Tree rings help date Sweden's oldest wooden homeNew research has revealed a wooden building in Mora in central Sweden to be the country's oldest wooden residential home.
Veteran is UK's oldest ever man.The UK's oldest man has reached a new milestone by becoming the oldest ever British man, after clocking up 112 years and 296 days. Henry Allingham has lived longer than Welshman John Evans, who died in 1990 aged 112 years and 295 days.
Critics taste 1825 Perrier-Jouët, the world's oldest champagneOne of the experts noted a whiff of mushrooms, a second thought he detected a hint of white truffles, while a third was struck by the flavour of honey and gingerbread.
'Oldest English words' identifiedSome of the oldest words in the English and other Indo-European languages have been identified, scientists believe. Reading University researchers say "I", "we", "two" and "three" are among the oldest in use and could date back thousands of years.
Britain's oldest triplets celebrate 81st birthdayIdwal, Ivor and Morgan Llewellyn were born in 1928, an event that was a shock to their parents; Daniel, a miner, and his wife Emmy.
Scientists uncover oldest human brain from Armenian caveScientists have uncovered in an Armenian cave what may be the oldest preserved human brain from an ancient society, which dates back to 6,000 years. The researchers found a trio of Copper Age human skulls, each buried in a separate niche inside the three-chambered, 600-square-me …
The Oldest Rocker in Town.An 82-year-old heavy metal fan from Weobley in Herefordshire has spoken about his longstanding love affair with rock music.
It's official: Holbrook is oldest living man with Down syndromeWASECA — Pat Foley was so excited when the official Guinness World Record arrived for Bert Holbrook a week ago that she wanted to stand on a street corner and shout out the news. "It's so cool," Foley said.
Ind. woman, world's oldest person, dies at 115Edna Parker, who became the world's oldest person more than a year ago, has died at age 115.
Ind. woman, world's oldest person, dies at 115Edna Parker, who became the world's oldest person more than a year ago, has died at age 115.
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World's oldest blogger dies at 108THE Australian woman renowned as the world's oldest internet blogger has made her final post, aged 108.
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