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Elvis plaque pulled from arena auction

PITTSBURGH

A group of Elvis Presley fans are saying “Thank you, thank you very much” after a plaque commemorating three concerts at Pittsburgh’s former Civic Arena was pulled from a memorabilia auction.

The building, last known as Mellon Arena, closed last summer just before Consol Energy Center opened across the street as the new home of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the city’s largest enclosed concert venue.

Priscilla Parker, president of the We Remember Elvis Fan Club, tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review her friends didn’t want the plaque auctioned off with other arena memorabilia. The city-county Sports & Exhibition Authority owns the arena and agreed to donate the plaque to the Senator John Heinz History Center.

The plaque was installed on Presley’s birthday in 1982.

Museum recovers stolen Civil War gun

RICHMOND, Va.

A Civil War revolver that was stolen more than 30 years ago from the Museum of the Confederacy has turned up again.

Collections Manager Catherine Wright tells WTVR-TV that the .36-caliber Spiller & Burr revolver was stolen in 1975 when the museum collection was moved to a new building.

A woman in Knoxville, Tenn., discovered the gun in December in her late father’s belongings. She tried to sell it to an Ohio antique dealer who traced the gun to the museum.

WTVR reports that the woman’s father collected Civil War items. It’s not known how he came into possession of the gun. The woman will not face charges.

Wright says the Spiller & Burr revolver was one of the first Confederate-manufactured handguns. This one has an estimated value of $50,000.

Tucson restaurant to offer African-lion tacos

TUCSON, Ariz.

A Tucson taco restaurant already has served up python, alligator, elk, kangaroo, rattlesnake and turtle.

What’s next? Lion meat.

Boca Tacos y Tequila says it’s accepting prepaid orders for African-lion tacos to be served starting Feb. 16. Orders must be placed by Feb. 7, and owner Bryan Mazon says there already are a few reservations from curious customers.

Mazon says his restaurant started offering exotic tacos on its menu every Wednesday about six months ago and has tried “just about anything we can get our hands on.”

According to the Food and Drug Administration, lion and other game meat can be sold as long as the species isn’t endangered.

The Arizona Daily Star says most of Boca’s exotic tacos range between $3 and $4. The lion tacos will cost $8.75 apiece.

Associated Press