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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationD-Day: Prepping for and launching the invasionRichard J. Bennett, a resident of Seven Lakes West in Moore County, was a Petty Officer 3rd Class in the Navy, serving from March 1943 to November 1945. His gunfire-support unit participated in D-Day as well as a second Allied invasion on the shores of southern France in August 1944. Here, in his own words, is Bennett's recollection of the events leading to the invasion. .Luck of the Draw: Miller Pope's artistic career began by accident ...Once upon a time, Miller Pope lived the life of The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit."We called it The Uniform," Pope said, shaking his head ruefully over a Diet Coke in Ocean Isle Beach. "Oxford shirt, button-down collar, regimental tie." Every work day - like Gregory Peck in the movie - Pope would don his full dress and take the train from Westport, Conn., to Manhattan. There, he made a living as one of New York's top illustrators, creating covers and inside sketches for such magazines as The Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, Redbook, Reader's Digest and Saga. He also did artwork for major ad agencies and helped design the illustrations and graphics for Addison-Wesley textbooks. He'd have lunch with fellow artists such as Rube Goldberg and Mort Walker, the creator of Beetle Bailey. Six-shilling coin auctioned for 460,000A 14TH-CENTURY gold coin found in a field in southern England by a man with a metal detector fetched £460,000 at auction yesterday - a world record price for any British coin.The Edward III "double leopard" - worth six shillings when struck in 1344 - was bought at Spink's in London for the Isle of Man coin fund Avarae Global Coins. .CHAT WITH ROAD RACE STARSCLUB AMADEUS, NORTHALLERTON starring; COLIN EDWARDS and CASEY STONER plus John McGuinness and Michael Rutter.On Tuesday, 27th June 2006 Texas Tornado Colin Edwards will once again be appearing at the Club Amadeus in Northallerton. The Camel Yamaha riders visits to the North Yorkshire market town have become part of his build up to the British Grand Prix since he switched from World Superbikes where he was a double Champion. Colin will be joined by Australian Casey Stoner who is having a sensational first season in MotoGP after moving up from the 250cc GP class. Joining the two stars of MotoGP will be Stobart Honda British Superbike rider Michael Rutter who flies in from a family holiday to be there but one of the loudest cheers will be for TT Hero John McGuinness who just last week secured a hat-trick of wins in the Isle of Man and set a new lap record of nearly 130mph! Joining the racers on stage will be HRCs Sporting Manager Chris Herring, Eurosports MotoGP commentator Julian Ryder and Skys British Superbike presenter Keith Huewen. Georgia Man Wins $12 MillionBILOXI, Miss. -- A Columbus, Georgia, man hit the $12.3 million jackpot playing a Wheel of Fortune progressive dollar slot machine at the Isle of Capri in Biloxi, Mississippi.Isle marketing director Justin Hill said the man, who declined to sign a press release, won the jackpot yesterday. Hill said the man told casino officials that he had spent about $40 at the machine. The jackpot follows the $8.2 million a Metairie, Louisiana, woman won in March at the Isle playing Wheel of Fortune quarter slot. The Wheel of Fortune slots are linked to casinos throughout Mississippi. . TT 2006; SIDECARS MONDAYNick Crowe and Darren Hope kept the Manx flag flying when they had a comfortable victory in this afternoons VisitIsleofMan.com Sidecar A race in the Isle of Man TT. It was a second win for the local crew, after opening their account last year, and they also recorded their first sub 20 minutes lap of 19 minutes 55.97 seconds (113.571 miles an hour).Steve Norbury and Scott Parnell had established a slight lead in the opening miles but Crowe and Hope were not in arrears for long. They caught their rivals, moved ahead, steadily increased their advantage and at the chequered flag there was a 47 seconds gap between the two outfits. John Holden and Andrew Winkle worked their way up from seventh position at the end of lap one to take third spot. Predictions that the race would be one of the most open of the week particularly with the enforced absence of Dave Molyneux and Craig Hallam who crashed in practice - were soon confirmed when news came through that only around ten seconds covered the first eight outfits at Glen Helen on lap one. DUO COMPLETE SIDECAR CLEAN SWEEPManxmen Nick Crowe and Darren Hope completed a clean sweep of sidecar honours as they took victory in the Isle of Man TT Sidecar B race.The duo, who had triumphed in the Sidecar A race, reprised their dominant performance of Monday afternoon as they came home in an overall race time of one hour and 55.64 seconds. Crowe and Hope took the chequered flag 36.14secs clear of Steve Norbury and Scott Parnell, while Roy Hanks and Dave Wells were third. Crowe, driving the A&J Groundworks 600cc DMR Honda machine, said: "We had engine-management problems all the way around the race but in spite of that we've done the double so I'm made up." The race, which was originally scheduled to have got under way at 1.15pm, was delayed by two hours after the start of the solo motorcycle Supersport race was postponed due to sea mist affecting visibility around the Mountain Course.
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