Marble chunk falls from Supreme Court facade

[Bill McBlueState]

maybe this'll fly now that there's a link

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/28/scotus.facade.ap/index.html

Marble chunk falls from Supreme Court facade

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A basketball-sized piece of marble moulding fell from the facade over the entrance to the Supreme Court, landing on the steps near visitors waiting to enter the building.

No one was injured when the stone fell.

The marble was part of the dentil moulding that serves as a frame for the frieze of statues atop the court's main entrance.

A group of visitors had just entered the building and had passed under the frieze when the stone fell at 9:30 a.m. ET.

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