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March 2006 Disasters

March 6–7., Tex.: more than 200 wildfires in a 24-hour period destroyed 15 homes, killed 10,000 cattle and horses, and burned 191,000 acres. Since December 26th, Texas wildfires have killed…

Aesop's Fables: The Eagle and the Fox

by Aesop The Farmer and His DogsThe Butcher and His CustomersThe Eagle and the Fox An Eagle and a Fox became great friends and determined to live near one another: they thought that the…

Red Planet

Director:Antony HoffmanWriters:Chuck Pfarrer and Jonathan LemkinWarner Bros.; 110 minutes; PG-13Release:11/00Cast:Carrie-Anne Moss, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore In a not-so-distant future, all…

What is the largest lobster ever caught?

Source: National Marine Fisheries Services' Northeast Fisheries Science Center     Two kinds of lobster-like crustaceans exist in U.S. waters: the “true” or American lobster and the spiny…

2 Kings: 25

2 Kings Chapter 25 1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his…

2 Maccabees: 9

2 Maccabees Chapter 9 1 About that time came Antiochus with dishonour out of the country of Persia 2 For he had entered the city called Persepolis, and went about to rob the…

Woodlawn Cemetery

Woodlawn Cemetery Bronx, New York Although the distinguished women who are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery didn't make their mark there while living, visiting this 400-acre cemetery can be a…

Ella Fitzgerald Biography

Ella Fitzgeraldjazz singerBorn: 4/25/1917Birthplace: Newport News, Virginia Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, called “the first lady of song,” who blessed thousands of listeners with her…

Where Then is the Restraint?

Where Then is the Restraint?by This essay by "AN OLD WHIG" (see Antifederalist Nos. 18-20, 49, 50, and 70) appeared in the Maryland Gazette and Baltimore Advertiser on Nov. 2, 1788.See also…