the first is from our partners at itn, is about the passing of henry allingham. one of the few surviving veterans of world war i, who was said to be the world's oldest man. >> reporter: in the year that henry allingham was born queen victoria was still on the thorn. the first modern olympics was staged. to what was then yet another series win over australia over in the ashes. he died earlier this morning in his sleep having lived for 113 years and 14 days. as a child he watched the soldiers return from the cold war. he lived through the spanish flu pandemic. he was in his 30s when penicillin was discovered. and when the wall street crash happened. he was nearly 50 when the atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima. '65 when east germany started to burn the berlin wall and he was 73 years old at the time of the moon landings. margaret thatcher was the 17th prime minister elected in his lifetime and by the time of the attacks of september 11th his life had spanned three centuries. in 1915 the teenager from clapton in east london joined the fledgling royal naval air serv

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henry allingham was one of britain's last survivors of world war i. he died last week at the age of 113. allingham was an aircraft mechanic and gunner with the royal air force. he was buried today with full military honors. >> he blew the dust off the history books for us. he breathed life into our heritage and he reminded us of our roots, those that had gone before and those who had made the ultimate sacrifice. >> the end of the service, a fly-by featuring replicas of world war i aircraft. by the way, there's word allingham's mother begged him not to sign up when the war broke out. but a year after her death in 1915, he, in fact did sign up. >>> still ahead, from herbal supplements to acupuncture. we will tell you how much americans spent last year on alternative medicine. >> and lindsay czarniak is at redskins park. what's going on? >> cooley and jim zorn come to an agreement on short shorts. go figure. clinton portis takes the time to talk a little training camp. if we are talking redskins, we are going to talk about jason campbell on the very unus

henry allingham was the last surviving co-founder of britain's royal air force.died july 18th at the age of 113. he was buried today with full military honors. allingham served as an aircraft mechanic and gunner and fought one of world war i's largest naval battles. he dedicated the latter part of the life to making sure younger generations remembered the sacrifices of his fellow veterans. >>> here is a lk at some of the stories making news on the web this afternoon. surveillance video from a convenience store in georgia shows how some thieves managed to steal the store's atm. they smashed a window before chaening the atm to a pickup truck. then they drove off with it. it is not clear how much money they got away with. >>> but they caused more than $1,000 in damage to the store. >>> japanese scientists may have created some of the world's most foreignable baseball players, robots. one is a pitching robot that has flexible fingers. the other is a batting robot that can hit the pitch within a fraction offing a second. right now, the pitches only go 38 mails an hour

henry allingham was born in 1896 and was active.nry allingham was the last known survivor of the battle of jutland considered the greatest battle of world war i. his dedication to the military and fallen troops never wavered. even in his later years he was seen at memorial events even though confined to a wheelchair. allingham was 113. >>> a small town in maine is fighting to keep its mailbox. the postal service wants to remove it, saying it's not profitable in otis field. but when a postal worker tried to do that, some townsfolk said no. some people threatened to chain themselves to the mailbox. the town also put heavy machinery there to make sure it doesn't get removed at night. the postal service decided to leave the box for now, pending further review. >>> check out this bus literally exploding in flames. the nine passengers on board and the driver did get out safely. the force of the blast so strong it blew out the windows engulfing that bus. the fire spread to nearby brush and burned about ten acres. investigators are still tr

it was also the year henry allingham was born. he died today. how the world is remembering the world war i veteran.

the world's oldest man englishman henry allingham died at the age of 113.he world war i veteran spent his later years working to remind younger generations of the millions killed in that conflict. russian cyclist won the 14th stage of the tour de france while american lance armstrong slipped into fourth place overall eight seconds behind. yesterday's leg of the tour was marred by the death of a woman who was struck by a policeman on a motorcycle as she tried to cross the road. 59-year-old american tom watson seems to have regained his youthful form at the british open. the five-time open champion has a one-stroke lead after three rounds. if he goes on to victory, watson will be the oldest player ever to win a major golf tournament. now today's weather. blistering heat and thunderstorms will continue in the south and west while the east and west coasts can look forward to a mild july day. the week ahead will see a lot of rain falling in the east and most of the country can expect slightly cooler temperatures. from high above the earth yesterday, a special tr

bill stone died in january, henry allingham who served in the royal air force died at 113 just a couple of weeks ago. now harry patch is also gone. there were no french, austrian or german veterans of the war alive. the last french soldier to have fought on the western front died last year and was honored at a state funeral. for decades after the war, the french soldier, like patch, refused to talk about it. he even kept his medals in a shoe box. but nearing the end of his life, patch had a simple message for future generations. >> remember the germans, as well as our own. >> reporter: to harry patch and countless other of its veterans, the great war was never about the victors and the vanquished, but about futility, about the millions who never came back. cnn, atlanta. >>> it sounds like iraq's military chief is sending a stern warning to israel. yesterday the leader of iran's revolutionary guard said if israel attacks, iran will use its missile power to hit israel's nuclear facilities. the general said iran's missile capabilities put israel within airan's reach to attack. israel belie

henry allingham lived to be 113. last living vet in england also died at age 111. >>> michael jackson's father may be dropping hints about his late son's rumored love child? they've been unable to confirm it's true, but listen to what joe jackson has to say. >>> in the last hour, we learned that first time unemployment claims rose last week, and melissa long is in for jennifer. i hate to hear that at all. >> 584,000 people filing, lining up for jobless benefits last week. that's up 20,000 from the week prior. analysts are saying the increase is mostly due to seasonal distortions. another indicator is that claims are down from 600,000 people to 6.2 million. >>> you're going to find a lot of empty homes. las vegas is now the foreclosure capital of the u.s., just surpassing stockton, california. one in every 13 properties in vegas got a foreclosure notice in the first half of this year. we have nevada, california and florida which had the highest foreclosure rates. the good news, though? some of the hardest hit areas ar

henry allingham lived to be 113. after the funeral bells rang for each year of his life.e was one of the founding members of the royal air force and flew in some of the first fighter planes ever built. >>> the doctor admitted he operated on the wrong knee of his patient, but not the first time he made the mistake. >>> chilling new details in the case of the baby cut from her mother's womb in new england. the baby girl taken from the home in massachusetts is in good condition at a new hampshire hospital. a woman being held charged in the case was arraigned today. julie corey is being held on $2 million bail. she was arrested in plymouth, new hampshire, as she tried to leave a homeless shelter with the baby. the baby's mother, darlene haynes, was found dead in her massachusetts apartment on monday. a horrifying smell made him go inside. haynes was eight months pregnant and had three other children. >> she's so kind hearted, though, that she would let anybody into her home. anybody. she was very lonely, very depressed and anybody that was willing to come and sit and talk wit