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Man of Steel's 75th highlights tough neighborhood roots of Superman's Cleveland creators
• CLEVELAND (AP) -- The tough, blue-collar roots of Superman's creators are getting a fresh look on the superhero's 75th anniversary.
• Creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster lived just a few blocks apart in the Cleveland neighborhood that shaped their teenage lives, their dreams and the imagery of the Man of Steel.
• In the city's Glenville neighborhood, still in the throttling grip of the Great Depression, Siegel and Shuster labored on their creation for years before finally selling Superman to a publisher.
• The Man of Steel became a Depression-era bootstrap strategy for the Siegel/Shuster team, according to Brad Ricca, a professor at nearby Case Western Reserve University who uses Superman in his classes.
• "They really just saw it as a way out," he said.
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Newtown runners at Boston Marathon reflect on explosions that killed 3, injured more than 170
• BOSTON (AP) -- Laura Nowacki rushed to help the shooting victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. As a first responder, the pediatrician was stunned at the horror she encountered.
• Four months later, she hurried out of Boston with her husband and four children, anxious to keep them safe after the deadly explosions near the finish line of the historic marathon she had just completed.
• "That really scared us," she said Tuesday. "My daughter was really upset, so we needed to be a family first and get back home."
• The race was supposed to help Nowacki recover from the shock of the Newtown shootings that killed 20 children and six educators -- and from which her 10-year-old daughter fled uninjured. Instead, it brought the painful memories back.
• "Running has been kind of my escape, my freedom," Nowacki said. "We felt like we were getting back to normalcy. My husband said, 'Leave it all in Boston and come back to a fresh start.' And now it's just unbelievable."
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