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Superstorm Sandy

A pre-Halloween storm of scary proportions by Catherine McNiff The eye of the storm bears down on the eastern seaboard Hurricane Links Hurricane Katrina TimelineHurricane Season 2008Maps…

America's Weird Museums

Curious Collections America's Weird museums by Laura Hayes Here is a selection of some of the more interesting and popular of America's odd museums. Arts & Entertainment |…

State Department Notes on Trinidad and Tobago

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Political Conditions Foreign Relations U.S.-Trinidad and Tobago Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORY Prime Minister--Patrick…

Indonesia after Suharto

The Year of Living Dangerously:Indonesia after Suharto 17,000 Islands, 300 Ethnic Groups, 250 Languages by Borgna Brunner This article was posted on June 7, 1999. Relatives of pro-…

Language: Ask the Fact Monster Questions

More Questions Jump to a category: Animals Arts & Entertainment Astronomy Awards Calendar Civics Countries Food & Drink Geography Health & Humanity Inventors & Inventions…

Writers

When Dorothy Straight of Washington, D.C. was 4 years old, she wrote a story for her grandmother entitled “How the World Began.” Her parents thought it was good enough to be published. They were…

Women by the Numbers

From the U.S. Census Bureau Source: U.S. Census Bureau Find information on the status and achievements of American women, including population, earnings, motherhood, education,…

Yard Sales

The Yard Sale Your patriotic duty by Gerry Brown Summer has us all in her sweaty palms. The cliched images of "Summertime in America" surround us: Going to the beach,…

American Indians: Census Facts

From the U.S. Census Bureau Related Links Notable American Indians Preference for Racial or Ethnic Terminology Indian Languages Spoken at Home Facts About…