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June 2010 Current Events: U.S. News

World News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of June 2010. Obama Names New Director of National Intelligence (June 4…

2005 Deaths: G - L

Carlo Maria GiuliniGnassingbé EyadémaFrank GorshinL. Patrick Gray IIIJimmy GriffinHenry GrunwaldRafik HaririJune HaverEdward HeathHoward HeflinRobert HeilbronerAl HeldGeorge HermanPaul…

2011 Science News: Mission Accomplished

The final voyage of the space shuttle Atlantis marked the end of NASA's space shuttle program by Catherine McNiff Atlantis lifts off! Source: NASA. Related…

Homework Center: Speaking & Listening Skills

Homework Center – Speaking & Listening Skills Conducting an Interview Books, magazines, and the Internet aren't the only sources for research. Conducting an interview can be a great way…

De Niro, Robert Anthony Jr.

(Encyclopedia) De Niro, Robert Anthony, Jr., 1943-, American film actor and director, b. New York, N.Y. Both of De Niro’s parents were painters; De…

Warhol, Andy

(Encyclopedia) Warhol, Andy, 1928–87, American artist and filmmaker, b. Pittsburgh as Andrew Warhola. The leading exponent of the pop art movement and one of the most influential artists of the late…

White House

(Encyclopedia) White House, official name of the executive mansion of the President of the United States. It is on the south side of Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., facing Lafayette Square. The…

Australian literature

(Encyclopedia) Australian literature, the literature of Australia. Because the vast majority of early Australian settlers were transported prisoners, the beginnings of Australian literature were oral…