内容摘要：“The last speech, I still haven’t been able to watch it,” she told the AP. “I was a mess! It took me takes and takes of me absolutely just bawling through that scene until finally it gets to what I believe they used.”

“The last speech, I still haven’t been able to watch it,” she told the AP. “I was a mess! It took me takes and takes of me absolutely just bawling through that scene until finally it gets to what I believe they used.”

, in the desert outside Las Vegas. But it was the massive mushroom clouds from the above-ground nuclear blasts that captured the public’s imagination throughout the 1950s and early 1960s.Las Vegas sought to capitalize on that craze, and in 1957 sent a photographer out on assignment to shoot a promotional ad for nuclear tourism. He got an idea to capture the lead dancer at the Sands Hotel in a swimsuit in the shape of a fluffy mushroom cloud. In the photo, the high-heeled showgirl is smiling with arms outstretched as the desert unfolds behind her like a stage.

The image played a key role in shaping’ identity as a city of fantasy and spectacle. Yet little was known about the star of the photo — until now.Miss Atomic Bomb, the woman, the mystery and the man who solved it. AP correspondent Julie Walker reports.

Friedrichs first set out to find Miss Atomic Bomb around 2000. The Atomic Museum was set to open in Las Vegas in a few years and as a founding member, he was “hoping against hope” that she was still alive and could attend the grand opening.What started as a simple question — Who was she? — became an obsession for Friedrichs that outlasted careers and outlived friends.

Friedrichs filled stacks of binders with clues and potential leads, like one that led him “to a guy in South Dakota.” Days off were spent either combing through online newspaper archives or sifting through special collections at the library.

He tracked down the photographer from that famous photoshoot and interviewed former showgirls who confirmed Miss Atomic Bomb’s stage name. But the woman’s real name still eluded him.MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The

signed general managerto a multi-year contract extension on Friday, keeping his status in sync with head coach Kevin O’Connell’s for the long term.

O’Connell’s extension was done, following a 14-win season. Both Adofo-Mensah and O’Connell were hired in 2022 on four-year deals. The length of their new contracts was not released by the Vikings, who are 34-17 in the regular season since they arrived. They’re 0-2 in the playoffs.