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America's Most Endangered Places 2004

Eleven historic sites in danger of being lost forever In a report released in late May 2004, the National Trust for Historic Preservation (www.nationaltrust.org ) listed 11 historic sites across…

Pulitzer Prizes: Correspondence

1929Paul Scott Mowrer (Chicago Daily News)1930Leland Stowe (New York Herald Tribune)1931H. R. Knickerbocker (Philadelphia Public Ledger and New York Evening Post)1932Walter Duranty (New York…

Elsa Barker: The Frozen Grail

The Frozen Grail(To Peary and his men, before the last expedition)Elsa BarkerWhy sing the legends of the Holy Grail, The dead crusaders of the Sepulchre, While these men live? Are the great…

Homework Helper Fun Facts: Geography

Geography Countries of the World U.S. States U.S. Cities World Geography The Continents World Land Areas and Elevations Continental Drift and Plate-Tectonics Theory Volcanoes of…

Closest Super Bowls of All Time: X

Jennie Wood 1. XXV 2. XLVII 3. XLII 4. XXXIX 5. XXXVIII 6. XXXVI 7. V 8. XLVI 9. XLIII 10. XXIII 11. XIII 12. X X Pittsburgh Steelers defeat Dallas…

2002 National Board of Review Awards

The National Board of Review includes teachers, actors, writers and movie-production workers. The organization publishes the magazine Films in Review. The winners were announced Dec. 4, 2002…

Pilot Career Profile

What is this job like? Pilots fly airplanes and helicopters to do many jobs. Most pilots fly people and cargo from place to place. Some pilots test new planes, fight fires, do police work, or…

Smokey Bear

A friend of our forests for more than half a century by Holly Hartman Related Links Bear FactsForest FiresTeddy Bears Bears as State Animals California (California grizzly bear…

The Gap Year

A growing trend among American students by Elizabeth Olson Related Links Bad Advice for New Graduates Cost of Higher Education Distinctive Destinations for…