1995 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman directed by Joel Schumacher

proposed flag for New Zealand

In 1999, an unplanned, illicit kiss between two Sims characters made the game the talk of a video-game conference.

A hastily built refuge—a grisly
massacre—a turbulent period in
European history

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934-1968)

I had the opportunity to visit the grave of the Revolutionary War hero the Marquise de LaFayette recently. As the American colonists were seeking...

TCN’s newest series takes a look at fictional bands from film and television and rates their music both in and out of the fictional context, starting with the one and only Sex Bob-Omb from Sc…

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech ranks among the most famous in history, but there are a few lesser-known facts about the 1963 moment.

Local residents will once again have the opportunity to watch the "Schindler's List" in a theater when the State Theatre in Uniontown shows the film Nov. 8 as part of

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed for a year due to the coronavirus outbreak, but it's not the first time the Summer or Winter Games have been nixed because of world events.

What do you do when you start falling for your best friend's girl?

Rick Springfield contemplated just as much in the late '70s as he penned the lyrics to his forthcoming song: "Where can I find a woman like that?"

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HMS Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel Bounty, was a small merchant vessel that the Royal Navy purchased in 1787 for a botanical mission. The ship was sent to the South Pacific Ocean under the command of William Bligh to acquire breadfruit plants and transport…

Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag (from the Latin argentum, derived from the Proto-Indo-European h₂erǵ: "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal…

First a warning: Don’t read this blog entry if you already obsess too much over the details of your furniture. This entry could only make things worse. Years ago, a high-end finish carpenter infected…

Learn more about the science behind coffee jitters and how to avoid them with this helpful blog post from eatCultured. Discover the diffe...

Florida legislators are considering removing the rights of Disney to build a nuclear power plant as Reedy Creek firefighters negotiate for representation.

The leaves are crunchy beneath my feet, the comforter is back on the bed and every single thing on the menu has been ruined with an overdose of pumpkin spice. Must be autumn. This is also the ...

The men's marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, United States, took place on August 30 of that year, over a distance of 24.85 miles (39.99 km). Thirty-two athletes representing four nations competed, but only 14 managed to finish the race, which…

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minority of Polish ancestry in the Caribbean island of Haiti