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2001 Alpine Skiing World Championships

at St. Anton, Austria (Jan. 29-Feb. 10) Men Downhill Time 1 Hannes Trinkl, AUT 1:38.74 2 Hermann Maier, AUT 1:38.94 3 Florian Eckert, GER 1:39.26 Slalom Time…

Leon Hess Biography

Leon HessAge: 85 owner of the New York Jets whose oil fortune made him one of the wealthiest owners in professional sports; his wish to see his team return to the Super Bowl for the first…

The World Is Not Enough

Director:Michael AptedWriters:Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Bruce FeirsteinMGM; PG-13; 128 minutesRelease:11/99Cast:Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle, Denise Richards Pierce Brosnan…

Jackie Chan

Name at birth: Chan Kong-SangJackie Chan was already the highest paid actor in Asia, with more than 60 films under his belt, when he finally made it big in Hollywood with the action-comedy Rumble in…

Bob Hoskins

Name at birth: Robert William HoskinsBritish actor Bob Hoskins was a versatile performer known for playing both brutal cockney gangsters and tender sad sacks, as well as energetic comedy roles such…

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst is known to mainstream movie audiences as Mary Jane in the 2002 super-hero flick Spider-Man. She reprised the role in the sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007); all three…

Brett Favre

Brett Favre threw more touchdown passes than any previous NFL quarterback during his two-decade Hall of Fame career. He is best remembered as the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers from…

William Hurt

A cerebral leading man and offbeat character actor, William Hurt was one of the more distinctive Hollywood stars of the 1980s. Hurt won an Oscar for his leading role as a story-spinning prisoner in…

Michael Vick

Michael Vick is the NFL quarterback jailed in 2007 for his role in illegal dog fighting. An outstanding athlete, Vick began attracting scouts while playing high school football in Newport News,…

Elwood Haynes Biography

Elwood HaynesinventorBorn: 10/14/1857Birthplace: Portland, Ind. Haynes was interested in metal alloys from an early age and began teaching himself from his sister's college chemistry textbook…