Horror flick helps Cavaliers put fright into Nuggets Nov 15, 2008
As Williams' ball was in the air, James walked onto the floor extending three fingers on both hands. He then ran over, jumped and bumped his new teammate, whom the Cavs acquired in a trade this summer to make such shots. (San Francisco Chronicle)
All 3 weakened hikers off Snohomish Co. peak Aug 28, 2008
- A Snohomish County sheriff's spokeswoman says all three teens who found themselves stranded by bad weather on a Snohomish County peak are safely off Three Fingers Mountain. Lt. Kathi Lang says that after one teen walked out Wednesday, the weather cleared sufficiently for a rescue helicopter to pluck the other two teens off the mountain in separate trips Wednesday evening. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Search and Rescue Teams Enroute to Stranded Climbers Aug 27, 2008
Two teen boys and an adult climber are spending Tuesday night on Three Fingers Mountain in eastern Snohomish county, waiting for search and rescue crews to reach them ... Besides the fog, light snow is falling Three Fingers Mountain, says the Sheriff's office. (KIRO TV, WA)
3 hikers caught in bad weather on Wash mountain Aug 27, 2008
- A Snohomish County sheriff's officer says rescuers are setting out to find three hikers who report they are caught in deteriorating weather conditions on Three Fingers Mountain east of Granite Falls, Wash. Lt. Dallas Swank says the hikers apparently were unprepared for the weather they encountered Tuesday and called for help by cell phone. (Longview Daily News, WA)
To the top of the world Jul 6, 2008
One of his teammates, a surgeon and father of young children, suffered frostbite on three fingers and may lose them. That and his own close calls on Everest have prompted Scull to discourage anyone with children from attempting an Everest climb. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Reading the North May 5, 2008
Excerpt: "I like to think of myself as a newspaper person, but I don't consider me a journalist. Don't ask me to define where I draw the line. I doubt that I can. They say printer's ink gets in your blood. In my case I know it did. At 4 years of age, I smashed the ends of three fingers when I reached into a Chandler platen press to grab a card that had been misfed.". Walking My Dog, Jane: From Valdez to Prudhoe Bay. (Anchorage Daily News)
A happy homecoming for Wink, 70-58 Jan 31, 2008
Son Wink held up three fingers to his fan club after putting in the final nail in TCUs coffin with his final trey that upped UNLVs lead to 17 points with 4:44 left. She was going back-and-forth with them during the game so I knew I was going to have to back her up and hit some shots, Adams said with a smile. (RebelReport.com)
Expo Keynote - Live Update Jan 16, 2008
Three fingers lets you pan through photos, and of course theres a real pinch interface for zooming in or out. Pretty amazing. (Macworld, CA)
SAfrica's ANC Votes for Party Leader Dec 18, 2007
Mbeki supporters, though, waved three fingers to indicate they wanted him to have a third term as they stood in the drizzle outside the voting station at the university library in this northern town. "We are confident. We've done our numbers and we are going to win," said Thami Ntshawuzana, who is from Mbeki's Eastern Cape stronghold, glossing over the public rejection endured by Mbeki and his allies at the hands of Zuma supporters since the start of the conference Sunday. (Rocky Mountain News)
Video Gilbert coach wins 300 Sep 29, 2007
When the clock hit zero and Gilbert High had defeated Phoenix Horizon 21-12, Gilbert players swarmed coach Jesse Parker and raised three fingers in the air. Friday night's win was the 300th of Parker's career, but for the 68-year-old coach, this victory was no different than any other. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Battle For The Ball Aug 9, 2007
A fellow named Bryant Toth of San Francisco said he had "three fingers on the ball" before he lost it. He did not come away empty, however. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Ugly Scrum For Bonds Ball Aug 8, 2007
"If I would have had a glove on tonight, I would have caught it,'' Herman said. Before the game, a friend of Herman had offered him a glove, but he turned it down. Randy Finley of Mountain View, just behind Johnson, said he touched the ball, too. Then he watched in horror as a woman got knocked over and her husband disappeared into the scrum, leaving their 4-year-old son to cower with his teddy bear. Finley said he never found out who they were but that it did not appear to be the pinnacle of... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Loss of substation threatens power supply Jul 8, 2007
The Saddle Butte and Three Fingers Fires were burning in the Leslie Gulch/Succor Creek area; however, there is no eminent threat to campsites in the area. The Saddle Butte Fire is estimated at 2,400 acres, and the Three Fingers Fire is estimated at 45 acres. (Nampa Idaho Press-Tribune, ID)
Full plate: Gulbis' daily grind in LPGA stardom far from routine May 22, 2007
Before grabbing her first club, she always tapes the same three fingers her right index and pinky fingers and her left middle finger because of pressure points in her grip. Gulbis hits 40 shots with seven clubs, sand wedge to driver, and takes 12 more swings with a weight stick. (USA Today -- Sports)
Church does attack other religions Apr 7, 2007
to Cowboy wrote on April 05, 2007 2:51 PM:"just so you don't think I pulled those last examples out of thin air: Kibuye, Rwanda (1992), is where more than a hundered Tutsis came into the church sanctuary to escape the violence, where Hutu militias had murdered some 300,000 Tutsis in a little over a week. The pastor of the church was complicit when some Hutus bolted the doors, walked inside and literally hacked the men, women, and childred to death with machetes. Including, yes, beheadings. In... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
After dropping stud dog, Mackey heads for Nome Mar 15, 2007
Because the finger got in the way of changing dog booties, Mackey eventually had a doctor remove it, and now he has only three fingers on that hand. Mackey will likely arrive in Nome sometime around 7:30 tonight to win his first Idiatrod, pick up the first-place money of $69,000 and collect a much needed new truck. (Anchorage Daily News)
