Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Writing a news lead

They were the most famous orphans of the cold war, only 6 and 10 years old in 1953 when their parents were executed at Sing Sing for delivering atomic-bomb secrets to the Soviet Union. Then they were whisked from an unwanted limelight to urban anonymity and eventually to suburban obscurity.

The most famous cold war orphans left behind by their parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, in 1953 speak out about the punishment their parents faced by the U.S. government for being accused of giving American military secrets to Russia

Starting Friday, comic book collectors and Superman fans will have the opportunity to bid on a comic classic - an "unrestored" copy of Action Comics No. 1, said Stephen Fishler, owner of Comic Connect, an online liaison between comic book buyers and sellers. The book's owner is not being identified.

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