Calif. bus driver who helped 26 students escape kidnappers in 1976 dies at age 91 Washington Post The nation called Ed Ray a hero when he led a terrified group of children to safety after they were kidnapped aboard their school bus and held underground for ransom in the summer of 1976. But the unassuming bus driver from a dusty farm town in Central ...
Rays' Thompson takes long road back to majors Tbo.com By ROGER MOONEY | The Tampa Tribune Clay Thompson wanted to visit the touch tank in center field, leave his sweet seat in the Tampa Bay Rays family section at Tropicana Field, turn his back on Thursday's game and pet a cownose ray.