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Mia Sara

Name at birth: Mia SarapoccielloMia Sara was a hit as Matthew Broderick's smart girlfriend Sloane in the 1986 high school comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Dark-eyed and pale-skinned, she started her…

Hill, A. P.

(Encyclopedia) Hill, A. P. (Ambrose Powell Hill), 1825–65, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Culpeper, Va. He served briefly in the Mexican War and had a varied army career until he…

February 2006

WorldAtomic Energy Board to Report Iran to the UN (Feb. 4): At an emergency meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, board members vote to refer Iran to the Security Council, citing…

Cal Pokas 2000 Deaths

Cal PokasAge: 66 sports editor of the Times Leader in Martins Ferry, Ohio for 29 years. He died of an undisclosed illness. Died: Wheeling, W.V., Jan. 9Sir Lynden PindlingM - QRaymond Portwood…

The Bernie Mac Show

FoxWednesday 9:30–10:00 p.m.Cast:Bernie Mac, Kelita Smith, Camille Winbush, Jeremy Suarez, Dee Dee Davis Another stand-up comedian takes his schtick to the small screen. Drawing on his…

2012 National Book Awards

The National Book Awards were presented November 15, 2012, in New York City. Fiction: The Round House, Louise Erdrich (Harper…

Mike Krzyzewski

Mike Krzyzewski is the winningest coach in men's major college basketball history. "Coach K" is a fixture at Duke University, where he has coached the men's basketball team to five national…

February 2000 Disasters

Feb. 14, southwestern Ga.: Series of tornadoes struck the southwestern part of the state. Eighteen people were killed and more than 100 were injured.Feb. 26, southern Philippines: 2 buses…