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Dream for an Insomniac

Director/Writer:Tiffanie DeBartoloDirector of Photography:Guillermo NavarroEditors:Tom Fries and Phyllis HousenMusic:John LaraioProduction Designer:Gary T. NewProducers:Rita J. Rokisky,…

Women's History Month

Women Prize Winners in Literature   Women's History Month Nobel Winning Scientists Nobel Peace Prize Winners Pulitzer Prize Winners in Journalism Women Rulers of the World…

The Boston Marathon Fact Sheet

A guide to the world's most celebrated road race by Erin Teare Martin, Mike Morrison, and Catherine McNiff Shoes from the 2013 Boston Marathon Memorial Exhibit The Boston Marathon Virtual Tour…

September 2005

WorldFour Charged in Murder of Lebanese Prime Minister (Sept. 1): Commander of Lebanon's Republican Guard, former head of general security, former chief of Lebanon's police, and former…

Poets Laureate of the United States

The National Poets The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress is appointed by the Librarian of Congress and serves from October to May. The position has existed under two…

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 2006 News

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a writer and activist, was born in Mogadishu, Somalia on November 13, 1969. Her father, Hirsi Magan Isse, was a leader of Somalia's Revolution and jailed soon after her birth…

Margaret's Museum

Director: Mort RansenWriters: Gerald Wexler and Mort RansenDirector of Photography: Vic SarinEditor: Rita RoyProduction Designers: William Flemming and David McHenryProducers: Mort Ransen,…

Human Evolution

—By Karen Barss     The story of human evolution began in Africa about six million years ago and it describes the very long process that our ancestors went through to ultimately become modern…

Astronomical Terms

  The Milky Way, the galaxy containing our solar system, is about 100,000 light-years in diameter and about 10,000 light-years thick.   Aphelion: see Orbit. Apogee: see Orbit. Black hole…