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AP’s Today in History for August 28th
Martin Luther King, Jr. gives ‘I Have a Dream’ speech; Clashes mar 1968 Democratic National Convention; Black teen Emmett Till abducted, killed in Mississippi; Britain’s Prince Charles, Princess Diana granted a divorce.
Breakfast Tune The Wildgoose Chase by Roger Sprung on 1963-64 Folkways LP.
Personal on the record: Banjo – “Roger Sprung”, Lead Guitar – “Doc Watson”, Rhythm Guitar – “Joe Locker”, Mandolin – “Willie Locker”, Bass – “Ollie Phillips”, Drums – “Bob Thomas”
Something to Think about, Breakfast News & Blogs Below
- Germany’s economy minister: U.S.-EU free trade talks have failed
Michelle Martin
- Bangladeshi jail ‘cover-up’ as UK journalist faces trial
Mark Townsend
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Woman Who Unleashed Crickets On NYC Train Says It Was All A ‘Prank’
Hilary Hanson
A woman who caused chaos aboard a subway train by releasing a container of crickets and worms says it was all a prank.
Zaida Pugh tells the New York Post she had the episode videotaped “to show what homeless people go through.”
The NYPD says it’s still looking into whether Wednesday’s incident was staged and whether Pugh and the woman on the train are the same person. If so, she could face charges.
Pugh told the Post on Friday that a friend intentionally flipped the container over. She says the passengers attacking her also were part of the stunt.
Startled passengers had crickets on their arms and worms wriggled on the floor.
Someone pulled the emergency brake, halting the train for 30 minutes. Pugh says that wasn’t planned.