Jul 20 2010
Abe Lincoln Doc Survived Donner Party Ordeal
Documents riding with the ill-fated Donner Party yield new clues about Lincoln's life.
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Jul 08 2010
Russian Spy Swap: How It’s Done
The Justice Department announced today the United States will exchange the 10 Russians agents captured last month in a spy ring.
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Jun 28 2010
Clues Point to Amelia Earhart as Castaway: Slide Show
A small, broken cosmetic glass jar, fragments of rouge from a woman's compact, buttons, parts of a pocket knife that was beaten apart to detach the blades, a cloth that appears to have been shaped as a bow -- are ...
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Jun 01 2010
Jamestown Trash Reveals Struggling Settlement
An unusually long-lasting drought plagued early colonists of the first permanent British settlement in North America.
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May 24 2010
Mark Twain Memoirs Unsealed After 100 Years
The last wish of one of America's greatest authors is about to come true: Mark Twain's biography will hit stores 100 years after his death. According to a report by The Independent, the late novelist, whose works include "Tom Sawyer" ...
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May 05 2010
Cinco de Mayo: NOT Mexico’s Independence Day
With a history steeped in battles and rebuilding, Mexico has earned every right to be proud. Today marks a Mexican holiday that more and more people every year celebrate in the United States, many not knowing why they do it: ...
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Apr 20 2010
George Washington Had Overdue Books
The first president of the United States may not have been able to tell a lie, but he apparently had no problem dodging library fines. More than 220 years ago, George Washington walked out of the New York Society Library ...
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Apr 19 2010
April 19: A History of Violence
April 19 is a heavy day in history. Fifteen years ago, a truck bomb blasted through the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, claiming the lives of 168 people. Two years prior, April 19 marked the end of the 51-day siege ...
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Apr 02 2010
What Does the Easter Bunny Have To Do With Easter?
There's no story in the Bible about a long-eared, cotton-tailed creature known as the Easter Bunny. Neither is there a passage about young children painting eggs or hunting for baskets overflowing with scrumptious Easter goodies. And real rabbits certainly don't ...
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Mar 08 2010
JFK Condolence Letters Published
The book includes more than 200 never-before published letters divided into three categories.
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