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African Americans in the 113th Congress

A list of the African-Americans currently serving in the 113th Congress. There are 43 black members in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate. State House…

2000 Intel Science Talent Search Top Ten Winners

First Place: $50,000 scholarship, Natalia Toro, 14, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colo., for her physics project “Independent Analysis of Evidence for nu_mu <—> nu_tau Oscillations in the…

Biographies of the Presidents

  Read bios on all of the U.S. presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant to Barack Obama. George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison…

2006 Academy Awards

The 2006 Academy Awards were presented February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre. Best Picture Babel   The Departed   Letters from Iwo Jima   Little Miss Sunshine…

Beach Boys, The

(Encyclopedia) Beach Boys, The, American rock music band formed in 1961 by brothers Brian Wilson, 1942–, Dennis Wilson, 1944–83, and Carl…

Bernanke, Ben Shalom

(Encyclopedia) Bernanke, Ben ShalomBernanke, Ben Shalombĕrnăngkˈē [key], 1953–, U.S. economist and government official, b. Augusta, Ga.; grad. Harvard (B.A., 1975), Massachusetts Institute of…

Board Games

  The Evolution of Board Games   A look at some classic games and their ancient roots   by Amanda Kudler     You've played these classic…

Women in Sports: Basketball

The first women's intercollegiate basketball game took place between Stanford and the University of California on April 4, 1896. Stanford won…