You meet someone, there's chemistry, and then come the introductory questions: What's your name? Come here often? Are you my cousin?

Audio recordings could help revive reefs besieged by storms and heat waves.

British Army general

African American missionary for the Presbyterian Church

A Leeds man is turning cold calls into profit by making marketing companies use his higher-rate line.

Peter George Norman (15 June 1942 – 3 October 2006) was an Australian track athlete. He won the silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, with a time of 20.06 seconds. This remains an Oceanian record. He was a five-time national…

Sarah Good was one of the first women to be accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Good was the wife of William Good and, at the time of the Salem witch hysteria, was a poor,

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  In the United States, like other countries, we honor deceased veterans with unique headstones and even burial rights in national cemeteries. Yet, how do you honor veterans in a civilization …

Back in the 1960s and 70s, in the city of Pittsburgh, there was a nickname for guys like John Moon – The Unemployables. This nickname meant that you simply could not get hired, no matter where you went for a job. Moon grew up in Pittsburgh’s largely Black…

Chinese poet

American ice cream company

novel by Agatha Christie

"Thank God for Mississippi" is a common adage in the United States, particularly in the South, that is generally used when discussing rankings of U.S. states. Since the U.S. state of Mississippi commonly (or stereotypically) ranks at or near the bottom of…

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The explosive device built into a laptop computer that detonated on a Somalia passenger jet got past X-ray machines at the Mogadishu airport, a source says.

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the two sides of 78, 45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records and cassette tapes

The famous astronaut recounts Apollo 13 — the mission that almost didn’t make it home.