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Wingman: A Korean War aviator's final mission for a lost comrade

Edit Stars and Stripes 29 May 2016
Hudner requested a ship be named after fellow flyer Jesse Brown, the Navy’s first African-American aviator and among the first blacks to fly in the newly integrated armed forces. Brown crashed and died on a North Korea mountainside in 1950 during the infamous Battle of Chosin Reservoir. Hudner was Brown’s wingman — the aviator who flies slightly behind to protect the lead pilot’s flank ... Brown at the Boston Navy Yard....

Sabrina Imbler: “How Do We Want to Become?” (Brown University)

Edit Public Technologies 29 May 2016
Brown University) ... This strikes me as especially relevant to our time at Brown ... In this way, Brown reminds me of the Argo ... My four years at Brown have taught me to think critically -to interrogate, to unpack and to deconstruct - but they haven't necessarily taught me to be anything ... At Brown, we learn how to become ... At Brown, we learn to become ourselves and more than ourselves ... And Brown is not impervious to the world....

Jamelle Watson-Daniels: "Storytelling" (Brown University)

Edit Public Technologies 29 May 2016
Brown University) ... How do we tell the story of our time at Brown to ourselves and to others? We need to be critical of the narratives that simplify what was our Brown experience ... It does not lead to an understanding of Brown's fundamental commitment to equality ... So let me tell you my Brown story as it really went down ... Now, that does not mean I wanted to make Brown resemble where I came from....

Man beaten, choked to death by roommate at Mount Sinai hospital, police say

Edit The Miami Herald 29 May 2016
Around the corner in the TV lounge, police said they found 23-year-old Andre Brown. Once he saw the officers, police said Brown stood up, put his hands behind his back and said, “It was self-defense ... “He kept f---ing around with the women,” Brown told police ... Police said Brown told them the pair were roommates in the psychiatric health unit of the hospital....

A distinctly Brown take on an age-old tradition — Class of 2016 celebrates Baccalaureate (Brown University)

Edit Public Technologies 29 May 2016
Brown University) ... [Brown University] - The sounds of Malian drumming, ringing church bells and strains of Aaron Copland's 'Fanfare for the Common Man' mingled in the College Hill breeze this afternoon, greeting Brown's Class of 2016 as the candidates entered the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America for the University's annual Baccalaureate service ... 'It is intentional in celebrating the breadth of Brown's diversity....

Ceremony honors new military officers, graduating veterans, fallen alumni (Brown University)

Edit Public Technologies 29 May 2016
Brown University) ... [Brown University] - On May 28, the first day of Memorial Day weekend, three new second lieutenants stood to accept their ceremonial commissioning as United States Army officers. By the next day of Commencement and Reunion Weekend, they will also have earned their diplomas as graduates of Brown University ... This past year Brown restored its partnerships with U.S....

Guns Strike Emotional Chords For People On Both Sides Of The Political Debate

Edit National Public Radio 29 May 2016
Queen Thompson Brown, who lost a son to gun violence in 2006, speaks prior to the introduction of Democrat Hillary Clinton at the Trayvon Martin Foundation's "Circle of Mothers" Gala ... Queen Thompson Brown, who lost a son to gun violence in 2006, speaks prior to the introduction of Democrat Hillary Clinton at the Trayvon Martin Foundation's "Circle of Mothers" Gala ... Queen Brown has told the story for years now, and it shows....

Run-first offense? (NFL - National Football League)

Edit Public Technologies 29 May 2016
Even with Hue Jackson in tow, the Browns are hellbent on being a run-oriented football team ... If Cleveland plans on starting Robert Griffin III, much of the team's success will be predicated on the fact that the Browns have a viable run-fake option off the snap ... The Browns' offense may look like a high-tech version of the Bengals' attack from 2015, but they will butter their bread on smash-mouth football....

Alternative peer group gatherings relocate to Nichols Hills

Edit The Oklahoman 29 May 2016
Maggie Brown, Teen Recovery Solution's director of development, said she and other leaders of the organization are excited to partner with All Souls' Episcopal Church, 6400 N Pennsylvania Ave. Brown said the organization was running out of space to host peer group activities in the building where the Teen Recovery Solutions offers its Mission Academy recovery high school ... "They really were just very welcoming," Brown said....

Dallas police chief explains ‘relationship’ with First Baptist Dallas by insisting there isn’t one

Edit The Dallas Morning News 29 May 2016
Dallas Police Chief David Brown has finally answered critics’ call to clarify his department’s partnership with First Baptist Dallas — by insisting there’s no partnership at all ... But Rawlings said he would let Brown “do what is best for his police officers and the city,” and he refused to opine on the nature of the partnership between First Baptist and the Dallas Police Department....

A new app wants to help you beat the credit card companies

Edit Mashable 29 May 2016
"[It's] kind of like a self driving car for your credit card," said Jason Brown, cofounder of Tally ... A serial entrepreneur, Brown has already founded and sold three companies including Gen110, which provided solar panels to homeowners who had big energy bills ... "As I dug into it, I just came to understand that credit cards are the most profitable bank lending business," Brown said in an interview with Mashable....

Ray Harroun wins 1st Indianapolis 500 in 1911

Edit Deseret News 29 May 2016
David Bruce Brown in the Fiat held the lead at the end of 100 miles, but his time was well behind the record of Teddy Tetzlaff, which is 1h ... Spencer Wishart, in the Mercedes, was pushing Brown hard at the end of 125 miles but the Fiat driver held his place. Tire trouble hindered the Mercedes, and Brown continued to gain, only to lose his place later in the race to Harroun, in the Marmon, and Mulford, in the Lozier....

Mickleburgh ton gives Essex hope (ECB - England and Wales Cricket Board)

Edit Public Technologies 29 May 2016
Jaik Mickleburgh and Nick Browne provided an opening partnership of 195 as Essex batted themselves back into the game at Wantage Road ... Mickleburgh made his first Championship century of the season and Browne his fifth half-century as the visitors enjoyed a very good day, having quickly bowled Northants out for 444 in the morning session ... Browne was far more fortunate than his partner, dropped twice by Ben Duckett at first slip....
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