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Today is Friday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2012. There are 325 days left in the year.
Colorado's caucuses offer the Republican candidates for president a glimpse of their support in the Mountain West.
In presidential politics, Minnesota is as close to a Democratic fortress as states come.
With its 24-hour casino gambling, legalized prostitution and drive-through wedding chapels, Nevada seems anything but conventional. When it comes to voting in presidential elections, it's as mainstream as it gets.
Author and activist Maya Angelou hopes for a time when Black History Month will no longer be needed to explain the contributions of African-Americans.
Clint Eastwood helped open a new movie theater on the National Mall Wednesday evening and the Smithsonian Institution honored the actor and director for his six decades of work in American film.
Today is Wednesday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2012. There are 327 days left in the year.
Florida broke the presidential primary rules — again — but officials figure it's worth a penalty for their state to maintain a relevant voice in nominating candidates for the White House.
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2012. There are 335 days left in the year.
South Carolina Republicans established their presidential primary more than three decades ago as way to raise the state's national political profile. They succeeded wildly.
Entering Sunday's NFL conference championship games, no player is under more scrutiny than Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco.
Today is Monday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2012. There are 343 days left in the year.
For 60 years, New Hampshire has jealously guarded the right to hold the earliest presidential primary, fending off bigger states that claimed that the small New England state was too white to represent the nation's diverse population.
Today is Sunday, Jan. 15, the 15th day of 2012. There are 351 days left in the year.
After its successful series on the history of America in 2010, television's History channel is setting its sights even higher.
Bodies of 21 German soldiers buried alive in WW1 trench found perfectly preserved 94 years later The bodies of 21 German soldiers entombed in a perfectly preserved World War One shelter have been discovered 94 years after they were killed. The men were part of a larger group of 34 who were buried alive when a huge Allied shell exploded above the tunnel in 1918, causing it …
Story of the most famous seven words in US journalismThe most famous seven words in American journalism - "All the news that's fit to print" - took a permanent place 115 years ago in the upper left corner, or left "ear", of the New York Times masthead.
Mr. Eddie L. Johnson opened political doors for other African American politicians including registration of Black voters in Bay County-Northwest Florida. 1983. Action Speaks Black Community Newspaper Politics 1983 Publisher Gloria J.
Hitler's secret photos reveal Nazi leader's vanity The album features black and white images of the Nazi leader using expressive hand gestures and unusual poses taken by his personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann.
JFK Affair With Teen Intern Revealed in Book : Discovery NewsFifty years on, Alford -- now a 69-year-old grandmother and retired New York City church administrator -- writes that she lost her virginity to Kennedy that day. "Slowly, he unbuttoned the top of my shirtdress and touched my breasts," Alford -- at the time Mimi Beardsley -- wr …
The 1887 Dawes Act: The U.S. Theft of 90 Million Acres of Indian Land In 1887 the ''Dawes Act'' was implemented resulting in the loss of 90 million acres of Indian land. The aftermath of this act still reverberates today. In 1987 the ''Law Review'' stated.
Tuskegee Airman gives account of 'lucky' dayHere is an account of how Lt. Clarence D. Lester earned the knickname 'Lucky'. Another of the heroes of World War II and a member of the groundbreaking Tuskegee Airmen.
I love this land and the buffalo and will not part with it. I want you to understand what I say. Write it on paper...I hear a great deal of good talk from the gentlemen the Great Father sends us, but they never do what they say.
Is This Russian Landscape the Birthplace of Native Americans?Native Americans originated from a small mountainous region in southern Siberia, new genetic research shows.
The 50 Most Powerful Images From the Civil War Photography came of age around the same time President Abraham Lincoln came to Washington. Abolitionists demonstrated the power of the new medium when they circulated a photo of a former slave with his head posed in dignified profile, welts covering his naked back.
'We the People' Loses Appeal With People Around the World - NYTimes.comThe Constitution has seen better days. Sure, it is the nation’s founding document and sacred text. And it is the oldest written national constitution still in force anywhere in the world.
Strange History: Mass Hysteria Through the Years The news media has been abuzz recently about a seemingly mysterious illness that has nearly two dozen students at LeRoy High School in Western New York twitching and convulsing uncontrollably. Most doctors and experts believe that the students are suffering from mass sociogeni …
When did the middle finger become offensive?An American television network has apologised after pop star M.I.A. extended her middle finger during Sunday night's Super Bowl halftime show.
There was a time in U.S. history known as the Gilded Age in which wealthy people spent outrageous sums of cash on estates the size of Montana, Texas, and even Alaska.
Mimi Alford: JFK pressured 19-year-old mistress to perform oral sex, do drugsMimi Alford has officially broken her silence and recounts details of her affair with John F. Kennedy in her memoir, Once Upon a Secret: My Affair With President John F. Kennedy and its Aftermath.
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Britain's first serial killer Mary Ann Cotton: She poisoned 21 people including her own MOTHER, CHILDREN and HUSBANDS. I pull up outside a house in the Durham mining village of West Auckland to find an anonymous-looking place: a slim, three-storey family home distinguished from its neighbours only by its pretty, blue-grey paint. There are no clues as to its gruesome past.
Sex, Beer & Politics: Riddles Reveal Life of Ancient Mesopotamians Millennia before modern-day Americans made fun of their politicians or cracked crude jokes over a cold one, people in ancient Mesopotamia were doing much the same thing.
Political Cartoons: US Women Who Ran for Political Office Before 1920From the early days of the woman's rights movement, cartoonists and satirists made fun of the women and their goals. The cartoons, comic images, and postcards depicted here all concern the possibility of women gaining access to elected political offices.
The Most Terrible Polar Exploration Ever: Douglas Mawson's Antarctic JourneyRight up there with the disastrous Shackleton expedition is this account of the Mawson party to the Antarctic. One sled and member fell into a crevasse -- the sled that carried all their food and supplies and tent. That anyone could survive this disaster is beyond imagining.
Britain's first serial killer wasn't Jack the Ripper, but Mary Ann Cotton, the 'Black Widow killer,' who poisoned 21 people including her mother, several children, 3 husbands and a loverBy David Wilson, Professor Of Criminology At Birmingham University - I pull up outside a house in the Durham mining village of West Auckland to find an anonymous-looking place: a slim, three-storey family home distinguished from its neighbours only by its pretty, blue-grey pain …
Part of the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul is the chapel and Roucliffe Effigies. Built in 1407 it contains the alabaster effigies of Sir David and Dame Margery.
Man Turns Home Into Historic Museum on SegregationPlant City, Florida - Can you imagine going on a road trip and being away from home overnight but you're not able stop and use the bathroom, get a hotel room or even eat a hot meal where you'd like because of the color of your skin?
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