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Wreck of WWII German U-boat found off North
Carolina
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A World War II German U-boat, sunk during the
Battle of the Atlantic more than 72 years ago,
has been discovered off the coast of North
Carolina, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) announced Tuesday. The
German sub, the U-576, was found at the bottom of
the Atlantic 30 miles off Cape Hatteras and just
240 yards from an American merchant ship, the
merchant tanker Bluefields, which was part of a
24-ship U.S. convoy heading from Virginia to Key
West, Florida, on July 14, 1942. This is not just
the discovery of a single shipwreck. We have
discovered an important battle site that is part
of the Battle of the Atlantic. These two ships
rest only a few hundred yards apart and together
help us interpret and share their forgotten
stories said Joe Hoyt, chief scientist of NOAA.
The wreck site is considered a war grave and
protected by international law. "Few people
realize how close the war actually came to
America's shores. As we learn more about the
underwater battlefield, Bluefields and U-576 will
provide additional insight into a relatively
little-known chapter in American history, said
David Alberg also of NOAA.
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In Other News

• Some people paint the town. A western
  Pennsylvania man just painted a little stretch of
  Main Street, and now he's in trouble for it. The
  (Washington) Observer-Reporter says 55-year-old
  John Cherok II faces a preliminary hearing
  Thursday in Burgettstown. That's where police
  have charged him with disorderly conduct and
  criminal mischief for painting the message "Slow,
  25 MPH" on the pavement. Cherok has lived on the
  street for 15 years and owns a book store there
  and says too many cars speed on the road, some up
  to 50 mph. Police say they've monitored the road
  nine times in the past month or so, however, and
  found no speeding drivers. Either way, Township
  Council President James Reedy says he wishes
  Cherok hadn't taken matters and a paint brush
  into his own hands.
• A bank robber who stopped during his escape to
  bum a cigarette off a construction worker has
  been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a federal
  judge in Pittsburgh. The worker told police that
  a man matching 38-year-old Paul Carman's
  description appeared nervous moments after the
  October 2013 robbery in Ambridge, when Carman
  threw his shirt in a trash container. But Carman
  still stopped to borrow a cigarette. That
  encounter helped police identify Carman as the
  man who handed a Huntingdon Bank teller a note
  saying, "This is a robbery. No dye packs. No
  alarms."