Kindle Pick of the Week: I Had a Hammer

In honor of Hank Aaron's passing.

The man who shattered Babe Ruth's lifetime home run record, Henry "Hammering Hank" Aaron left his indelible mark on professional baseball and the world. But the world also left its mark on him.

I Had a Hammer is much more than the intimate autobiography of one of the greatest names in pro sports—it is a fascinating social history of twentieth-century America. With courage and candor, Aaron recalls his struggles and triumphs in an atmosphere of virulent racism. He relives the breathtaking moment when, in the heat of hatred and controversy, he hit his 715th home run to break Ruth's cherished record—an accomplishment for which Aaron received more than 900,000 letters, many of them vicious and racially charged. And his story continues through the remainder of his milestone-setting, barrier-smashing career as a player and, later, Atlanta Braves executive—offering an eye-opening and unforgettable portrait of an incomparable athlete, his sport, his epoch, and his world.

Stan Lee RIP

Stan Lee, the man who co-created Marvel Comics, has died ... Stan's daughter tells TMZ. We're told an ambulance rushed to Lee's Hollywood Hills home early Monday morning and he was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. We're told that's where he died. RIP.

107 Now Feared Dead in Philippines Earthquake

7.2 Magnitude earthquake does damage and kills in the Philippines.

Link:

http://www.voanews.com/content/death-toll-rises-to-107-in-philippines-quake/1770543.html

Bob Welch: Singer of 70's Hits "Sentimental Lady" and "Ebony Eyes" Dies

Bob Welch, not the baseball pitcher who spent time with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland A's, but the 70's singer of such hits like "Sentimental Lady" and "Ebony Eyes" and who spent time playing with Fleetwood Mac passed away today at the age of 65.

Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham even did backing vocals on "Sentimental Lady."

It was said he had recent health issues. 

Talented guy and some catchy music if you like the 70's.

Deadly Landslide Hits Philippines

A landslide hit the Philippines on Thursday in the remote mountain community on Mindanao island that was declared off-limits last year due to the ever-present danger of landslides, but migrants in search of instant riches had ignored the warning, they added.

Rescuers using only spades and other hand tools pulled 25 bodies and 15 injured residents from the rubble after the landslide in Napnapan near Pantukan town at dawn, civil defence chief Benito Ramos said.

Local military official Colonel Lyndon Paniza, who is coordinating the rescue from Pantukan, about two hours away via rugged mountain roads, said rescuers fear there could be more fatalities.

Provincial governor Arturo Uy said more than 100 people were believed to be still buried under the collapsed mountainside.

Ramos, however, said the number of missing was an estimate based on figures from village officials.
The provincial government and local mining companies have been asked to bring heavy equipment up to the village to help speed up the rescue.

The area had been hit by rains unleashed from a storm off Mindanao's southeast coast, the state weather service said.