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Facts About Women in the House and the Senate

Here are some facts about women who have served or are currently serving in the U.S. Congress. 313 women have been elected or appointed to the U.S. Congress. Jeannette Rankin, Republican from…

1998-99 Final WNBA Standings

Conference champions (*) and playoff qualifiers (†) are noted. GB refers to Games Behind leader. Number of seasons listed after each head coach refers to current tenure with club. Eastern…

Mildred Benson 2002 Deaths

Mildred BensonAge: 96 author, under the name Carolyn Keene, of 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew mystery novels. She wrote the books, churning out as many as 13 a year, as a side job while…

Style & Substance

CBSSpring Midseason ReplacementMonday 9:30–10:00 p.m.Cast: Jean Smart, Nancy McKeon, Joseph Maher, Linda Kash and Heath Hyche Like Martha Stewart, whom the show obviously and lightheartedly…

2014 National Book Awards

The National Book Awards were presented November 19, 2014, in New York City. Fiction: Redeployment, Phil Klay (The Penguin Press…

Bill Blass 2002 Deaths

Bill BlassAge: 79 fashion designer known for his classic yet elegant designs favored by Nancy Reagan, Brooke Astor, and Jessye Norman. He was also an adept marketer, putting his name on…

Diana Mosley 2003 Deaths

Diana MosleyAge: 93 glamorous British intellect and socialite who created a scandal in 1932 when she left her husband, Bryan Guinness, for Oswald Mosley, a leader of the British Union of…

Poems: Aunt Helen

by T. S. Eliot The Boston Evening TranscriptCousin NancyAunt Helen Miss Helen Slingsby was my maiden aunt, And lived in a small house near a fashionable square Cared for by servants to…

Donald Regan 2003 Deaths

Donald ReganAge: 84 financier who resigned as chairman of Merrill Lynch in 1981 to become President Reagan's treasury secretary. Immensely popular and influential with the president, Regan…