This reminded me of my friend who died a few years ago.
He was the wildest guy I had ever been friends with. He was always pushing his limits and shocking people into laughing. He would never back dow...
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She’s been called a leader and an icon, and her actions are considered revolutionary – all because 13-year-old Rekha Kalindi refused to be married off and wanted to at...
The image of the United States has improved markedly in most parts of the world, reflecting global confidence in Barack Obama. In many countries opinions of the United States are now about as positive...
There are hunters who go a lifetime dreaming of that big kill. Then there’s Simon Hughes, who helped nab a beast of an animal on an East Texas hunt — while still in the first grade. The 5...
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Darned clever, these Canadians!
Perhaps America, Australia and Europe should consider changing their currencies too. Due to the global war on terrorism, many terro...
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We’ve put together a collection of 10 of the strangest facts we can find, with the kind help of cosmologist and writer Marcus Chown, author of We Need To Talk A...
My Great Aunt (now long deceased) moved to S. Texas riding in a covered wagon (literally) and when I was a little boy she would sometimes talk about when she was a girl and how they lived.
In the old ...
WASHINGTON – Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the damage from Hurricane Katrina, nearly one-third of young Americans recently polled couldn’t locate Louisiana on a map and nearly half...
