On a warm spring day, inside a stone-cutting workshop in Manassas, Va., a man is sandblasting a headstone with the name of someone who has recently passed away. Outside, Kevin Roustazad, an Iranian-born immigrant who owns the shop, gives a tour of the 30-foot-long, black granite monument he's constructed to honor American forces killed in ongoing wars.
A report from Paul Heltzel, senior producer at National Geographic Digital Media and tennis fan: Despite its lofty image, Wimbledon is one major sporting event where you don’t have to be well connected–or well organized–to get in. The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club holds about 6,000 places for the general public to purchase tickets at the turnstiles.
New York City can be an exciting place for a kid — especially one living in the middle of New York Harbor. For 10 years, a chest-high hedge was the only thing separating Mike Moffitt and his family — mom, dad, brother and sister — from thousands of tourists and one of the most famous statues in the world.
The response to Hurricane Rita, on the heels of another Gulf Coast hurricane, leaves questions about how ready the United States is for another major disaster –- natural or man-made. Hurricane Rita evacuees who fought their way past Houston frequently posed the question: If citizens can't leave a city safely with advanced notice, how will the government respond to a terrorist attack?
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