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America's Most Endangered Places 2006

The Smithsonian Institution and the World Trade Center stairs are considered endangered properties by Mark Zurlo Arts and Industries Building of Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.…

State of the Union Address: Economic Agenda

Economic Agenda Tonight I will set out a better path, an agenda for a nation that competes with confidence, an agenda that will raise standards of living and generate new jobs. Americans…

2015 Year in Review Slideshow: World News

Top events for the nation and the world in 2015 Jennie Wood Prev Next The Immigration Crisis The Crisis Intensifies Throughout Europe in 2015 During the summer of 2015, the Balkans route…

Landmarks of New York City

by Mark D. Hughes photos by Carol M. Highsmith The City of New York is the largest city in the United States, and home to many of the country's most famous and…

Chang-Rae Lee Biography

Chang-Rae Lee novelistBorn: July 29, 1965 Birthplace: Seoul, Korea A second-generation Korean American, Lee immigrated to the United States with his family when he was 3 years old. He was…

Schauffler, Robert Haven

Schauffler, Robert Haven[1879-1964](2)Born at Brün, Austria, though of American parentage, on April 8, 1879. He studied at Northwestern University, but took his degree of A.B. from Princeton…

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

Resident population and net change Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census of Population, Public Law 94-171 Redistricting Data File. Updated every 10 years. http://factfinder.census.gov.…

The Devil's Dictionary: Dullard

by Ambrose Bierce DUELDUTYDULLARD -n. A member of the reigning dynasty in letters and life. The Dullards came in with Adam, and being both numerous and sturdy have overrun the habitable…

William ARMSTRONG, Congress, VA (1782-1865)

ARMSTRONG William , a Representative from Virginia; born in Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland, December 23, 1782; immigrated to the United States in 1792 with his parents, who settled in Virginia;…

Charles BARWIG, Congress, WI (1837-1912)

BARWIG Charles , a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, March 19, 1837; immigrated to the United States in 1845 with his parents, who settled in Milwaukee, Wis.;…