Persistence paid off for 13-year-old Nathan Cornelius from Cottonwood, Minn. The home-schooled seventh grader represented Minnesota at the National Geographic…
The National Spelling Bee was launched by the Louisville, Kentucky, Courier-Journal in 1925. With competitions, cash prizes, and a trip to the nation's capital, it was hoped the Bee would stimulate…
To Bee or Not to Bee?
by Holly Hartman and Shmuel Ross Related Links Interactive Spelling Bee Spelling Quiz Frequently Misspelled Words Tongue Twisters Other Content…
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After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s late monarch, several processes were put into motion. Once her passing at Scotland’s Balmoral Castle was announced at 6:31 p.m. on…
Deadly Insects Killer bees, termites wreak havoc in the U.S. by David Johnson Killer bees have killed an estimated 1,000 people in the Americas. Perhaps the most feared and…
BEE, Carlos, (great-grandson of Thomas Bee), a Representative from Texas; born in Saltillo, Mexico, July 8, 1867, where his parents had moved after the collapse of the Confederacy; returned…
BEE, Thomas, (great-grandfather of Carlos Bee), a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., in 1725; educated in Charleston, and later at Oxford University, England; studied law…
writerBorn: 1965Birthplace: Appleton, Wisconsin The daughter of Chinese immigrants, Chang left Wisconsin at 18 to attend college at Yale University, where—after trying pre-med and pre-law classes—…
