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Impeached or not?

The Question: We have a running debate going on about the use of the word "impeached." By definition, impeachment is merely a formal accusation brought against a political official by a…

Best-Selling Books, 2006

Source: Publishers Weekly. Hardcover Fiction For One More Day, Mitch Albom Cross, James Patterson Dear John, Nicholas Sparks…

Weather: Big-City Snows

Big-City SnowsWeatherBlowing Cold and Hot: The Big OnesWinter Gone SouthBig-City SnowsStorm of the Century?The Greatest One of AllModern Winter of Deep SnowsGalveston Storm SurgeThe Great New England…

Weather: Camille

CamilleWeatherBlowing Cold and Hot: The Big OnesWinter Gone SouthBig-City SnowsStorm of the Century?The Greatest One of AllModern Winter of Deep SnowsGalveston Storm SurgeThe Great New England…

Weather: The Great New England Hurricane

The Great New England HurricaneWeatherBlowing Cold and Hot: The Big OnesWinter Gone SouthBig-City SnowsStorm of the Century?The Greatest One of AllModern Winter of Deep SnowsGalveston Storm SurgeThe…

Notable Philanthropists

Andrew Carnegie See also Activists and Reformers People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Charitable Contributions by Type of Recipient Organization…

Bancroft, George

(Encyclopedia) Bancroft, George, 1800–1891, American historian and public official, b. Worcester, Mass. He taught briefly at Harvard and then at the Round Hill School in Northampton, Mass., of which…

Samuel BARTON, Congress, NY (1785-1858)

BARTON, Samuel, a Representative from New York; born in New Dorp, Richmond County, N.Y., July 27, 1785; attended the common schools; agent for Commodore Vanderbilt’s steamship lines; served…

CLAIBORNE, Thomas, Congress, TN (1780-1856)

CLAIBORNE, Thomas, (son of Thomas Claiborne [1749-1812] and brother of John Claiborne), a Representative from Tennessee; born near Petersburg, Brunswick County, Va., May 17, 1780; attended the…