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Top of Page World News | U.S. News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News It's a busy world out there, so that’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories for each week of January…1997 News of the World: Asia
1997 News of the World In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge stronghold in the western jungles splintered in 1997, with factions warring against each other or defecting. The Khmer Rouge provoked the…Levi Strauss Biography
Levi Straussentrepreneur, inventorBorn: February 26, 1829Birthplace: Buttenheim, Germany Levi Strauss was the inventor of blue jeans, which became known as “Levis,” a term now so common…The Devil's Dictionary: Immodest
by Ambrose Bierce IMMIGRANTIMMORALIMMODEST -adj. Having a strong sense of one's own merit, coupled with a feeble conception of worth in others. There was once a man in Ispahan…Ellis & Angel Islands
A look at the role these two islands have played in immigration over the years 1892 Ellis Island opens as an immigration station in New York harbor. 1907 In a single day, 11,747…Dixie Bibb GRAVES, Congress, AL (1882-1965)
Senate Years of Service: 1937-1938 Party: Democrat GRAVES Dixie Bibb , a Senator from Alabama; born Dixie Bibb on a plantation near Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., July 26, 1882; attended the…Hard Rain
Director: Mikael SalomonWriter: Graham YostDirector of Photography:Peter Menzies, Jr.Editor:Paul HirschMusic:Christopher YoungProduction Designer:J. Michael RivaProducers:Mark Gordon, Gary…Qualifications for Governor
The Question: Hey, I need to know the qualifications to become a governor. The Answer: The qualifications for governor vary from state to…Celine Dion
A New Day Has ComeEpic Following the celebrated career crash of Mariah Carey and the frequently bizarre, tabloid topping exploits of Whitney Houston, Canadian songbird Celine Dion has been…Shinto
Shinto comprises the religious ideas and practices indigenous to Japan. Ancient Shinto focused on the worship of the kami, a host of supernatural beings that could be known through forms (objects of…Trending
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