Treasure found in fixer-upper, and more
David Gonzalez was gutting a fixer-upper, when he spotted an old comic book tucked in with the newspapers used to insulate the wall.
Treasure found in fixer-upper
David Gonzalez was gutting a fixer-upper in the town of Elbow Lake, Minn., when he spotted an old comic book tucked in with the newspapers used to insulate the wall. He figured the colorful discovery might be worth a little money, but was amazed to discover it was actually one of the rarest comic books of all time—the 1938 Action Comics #1 that introduced the world to Superman. Gonzalez is likely to reap a six-figure sum from the book’s auction, which is not bad considering he bought the dilapidated house for around $10,000.
After 19 years, prison-born son frees mother
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A young man born in an Indian jail has freed his mother from imprisonment, 19 years after her wrongful conviction for murder. Vijai Kumari was four months pregnant when she was sent to jail in Kanpur, India. Although she was granted bail, she couldn’t raise the $180 to post it. Her son, Kanhaiya, was born in the prison shortly after, and she gave him up to a juvenile home. But when he turned 18, he began working in a garment factory to raise money to hire a lawyer and get Vijai released. Last month, mother and son were tearfully reunited.
Runners complete Boston Marathon
Runners this week finished the Boston Marathon they had to abandon on April 15 after two bombs exploded near the race’s finish line. More than 2,000 runners returned to the scene of the attacks on Boylston Street to run the final mile of the marathon course, to the raucous cheers of thousands more lining the route, including some bombing victims. “We’ll keep running,” said participant Kyle Shade, who carried a Chinese flag in honor of murdered spectator Lu Lingzi, one of three people killed in the blast. “There’s nothing they can do to stop Boston.”
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