Flight attendant helps land plane when first officer falls ill

Chicago - A flight attendant with a pilot’s license ditched her normal duties and stepped in for a sick copilot of an American Airlines flight before the plane landed in Chicago, Illinois. The first officer had become sick with “flulike” symptoms “He went back into the passenger cabin,” a spokesman for American Airlines said. “That’s when the captain began to solicit help from any passengers with a pilot’s license.” One of the five flight attendants on board flight 1612 from San Francisco, California, told the captain that she is a commercial pilot. ---...More

Stupid-Ill. volunteers married at homeless shelter

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Two central Illinois volunteers have tied the knot in the place they first met: a homeless shelter.

Joyce and Joe Reynolds were married Saturday at the Washington Street Mission in Springfield.

On the first day they met at the mission, Joyce Reynolds says she mistook her future husband for a homeless man seeking shelter.

But Joe Reynolds, who is a longtime volunteer and leads Bible studies at the shelter, says he set her straight.

The Reynolds went on their first date a month after that first meeting.

About 100 people, including the homeless who rely on the shelter, attended Saturday's wedding.

The Reynolds say they plan to continue volunteering.

Information from: The State Journal-Register, http://www.sj-r.com

Katie Stam:Indiana student ill, but wins Miss America crown

By OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press Writer

Katie Stam of Indiana was crowned Miss America on Saturday night, fighting off a throat infection, laryngitis and 51 other contestants to win the 88-year-old pageant.

The 22-year-old University of Indianapolis student became the first Miss America winner from the Hoosier State. She drew loud applause for her rendition of "Via Dolorosa" during the talent portion of the beauty pageant at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.



Stam said she had trouble sleeping one night this week while she took prescription medicine to fight the infection, but got her voice back by Thursday...More
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