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Hometown mum about captured U.S. soldier

Jul. 21, 2009
Blaine County, Idaho, doesn't care for gossip.
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Blaine to marry Guinochet

Blaine to marry Guinochet

NEW YORK, April 22 (UPI) -- U.S. illusionist David Blaine got engaged to French model Alizee Guinochet on his 36th birthday April 4, a source told Usmagazine.com.
Blaine nominated for Houdini award

Blaine nominated for Houdini award

SCRANTON, Pa., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The Board of Directors of The Houdini Museum in Scranton, Pa., says it has nominated magician David Blaine for its first Houdini Award.
Magician Blaine begins upside down stunt

Magician Blaine begins upside down stunt

NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Illusionist David Blaine has begun his latest endurance challenge -- hanging upside down for 60 hours above Central Park's Wollman skating rink in New York.
Blaine sets breath-holding record

Blaine sets breath-holding record

CHICAGO, May 1 (UPI) -- Magician David Blaine set a world record for breath holding, 17 minutes and 4.4 seconds, during an appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in Chicago.

David Blaine completes Target challenge

NEW YORK, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Magician David Blaine and the Salvation Army will host a shopping spree for 100 children at Target since Blaine completed Target's challenge in New York.

Blaine to hang around NYC for Thanksgiving

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Magician David Blaine has a new stunt planned for New York Thanksgiving week shackled inside in a giant spinning gyroscope suspended about 40 feet in the air. Blaine hopes to spin inside the gyroscope from Tuesday through Thursday, the New York Post repor

Blaine creates magic for Israeli children

HAIFA, Israel, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- David Blaine, one of most famous magicians in the world, is set to perform in Israeli youth villages and at Hatzor Israeli air force base.

David Blaine recovered from sphere stunt

NEW YORK, June 18 (UPI) -- Illusionist David Blaine, rehabilitated after submerging himself in a 2,000-gallon tank, is planning to challenge himself on the Brooklyn Bridge.

Blaine fails to set breath holding record

NEW YORK, May 9 (UPI) -- Stuntman David Blaine left a New York hospital Tuesday after setting a record for spending time underwater but failing in his breath holding stunt.

David Blaine plans next New York stunt

NEW YORK, April 13 (UPI) -- Illusionist David Blaine says his next stunt will have him "drowned alive" in a human aquarium in front of New York's Lincoln Center.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch