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Richard Hatch, 2000 News

scheming game-show contestant, outwitted and outlasted the 15 other Survivor cast members to win $1 million in cash and an amount yet to be determined in endorsements, commercials, and…

Nancy Pelosi, 2006 News

Democratic Congresswoman from California, was elected the first woman Speaker of the House in November, shortly after Democrats won control of the House in midterm elections. She suffered a…

Donald Rumsfeld, 2003 News

U.S. secretary of defense, maintained—and strengthened—his role as one of the Bush administration's most fervent hawks during the war in Iraq. Blunt and outspoken, he ruffled feathers with…

Speed of First Flight

The Question: How fast did the original Wright brothers' airplane fly? The Answer: The first successful flight orchestrated by the Wright brothers…

Aesop's Fables: The Dogs and the Fox

by Aesop The Crow and the SnakeThe Nightingale and the HawkThe Dogs and the Fox Some Dogs once found a lion's skin, and were worrying it with their teeth. Just then a Fox came by, and said…

Richard Perle, 2003 News

government adviser, resigned in March as chairman of the Defense Policy Board, an independent committee that counsels the Pentagon, after being widely criticized for a glaring conflict of…