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Why "spam"?

The Question: Why is unwanted e-mail referred to as "spam"? The Answer: There is no direct connection between SPAM lunchmeat and junk e-mail.…

The Three Wise Men

The Question: What were the names of the Three Kings (or Three Wise Men), and the gifts that each brought to the baby Jesus? The Answer:…

Eddie Money

Name at birth: Edward Joseph MahoneyEdward Mahoney dropped out of the police academy in New York to focus on his rock'n'roll career as Eddie Money, and his first record scored big with the hits "Baby…

Dennis Miller

Dennis Miller became a household name thanks to his years on TV's Saturday Night Live (1985-91). Miller was a writer and the host of the "Weekend Update" news segment, where he polished his comedy/…

Bridey Murphy

Name at birth: Virginia TigheBridey Murphy was the alter ego of Virginia Tighe, who made news in the 1950s by claiming that she had been an Irish woman in a past life. Virginia Tighe was a housewife…

Kevin Smith

Name at birth: Kevin Patrick SmithAfter finishing film school Kevin Smith made the low-budget comedy hit Clerks (1994), a classic in the cinematic sub-genre of "slacker movies." His other movies,…

Lucy Hayes

Lucy Ware Webb Hayes was married to President Rutherford B. Hayes and was First Lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881. Lucy grew up in Ohio, graduated from Wesleyan Female College at the age…

T.R. Knight

Name at birth: Theodore Raymond KnightT.R. Knight's acting breakthrough came with the success of TV's Grey's Anatomy, a medical drama that first aired in the spring of 2005. As the well-meaning but…

Alberto Gonzales

Alberto Gonzales's long association with George W. Bush carried him to high political positions in Texas and then to a controversial tenure as Attorney General of the United States. A veteran of the…

Joseph Smith

Name at birth: Joseph Smith, Jr.Raised a Christian in Vermont and New York, Joseph Smith was the founding prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon church.…