MARK PRATT | The Seattle Times

In this July 1908 photograph provided by the U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office, the U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear sits at anchor while on Bering Sea Patrol off Alaska. The wreckage of the storied vessel, that served in two World Wars and patrolled frigid Arctic waters for decades, has been found, the Coast Guard said Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office via AP) BX202

October 14, 2021 at 2:17 pm

Coast Guard: Wreck found in Atlantic is storied cutter Bear

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September 9, 2021 at 3:00 pm

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Just in time for Tokyo games, Olympic items up for auction VIEW

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FILE – In this May 22, 2014, file photo, famed defense attorney F. Lee Bailey poses in his office in Yarmouth, Maine. Bailey, the celebrity attorney who defended O.J. Simpson, Patricia Hearst and the alleged Boston Strangler, but whose legal career halted when he was disbarred in two states, has died, a former colleague confirmed Thursday, June 3, 2021. He was 87. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) LA453 LA453

June 3, 2021 at 1:49 pm

Celebrity attorney F. Lee Bailey, who defended O.J. Simpson, dead at 87

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May 10, 2021 at 9:38 am

AGs urge Facebook to drop ‘Instagram for kids’ proposal

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Postcard from Titanic’s radio operator being sold at auction

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April 8, 2021 at 4:32 am

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April 4, 2021 at 5:03 am

Vast archives at JFK Library help bring ‘Hemingway’ to life VIEW

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