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Alaska Gov. Palin To Resign
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:44:00 -0400
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was Republican Sen. John McCain's running mate in the 2008 presidential campaign, says she will resign from office July 26.
Gov. Ted Strickland On Ohio's Budget Impasse
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:45:00 -0400
Ohio is facing a $3.2 billion shortfall in its finances. Gov. Ted Strickland has proposed slots at racetracks and spending cuts, but has not been able to reach a deal with the Legislature. The state is operating on a temporary budget for the next few days.
Rare Copy Of Declaration Found In England
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:00:00 -0400
An original copy of the Declaration of Independence was recently discovered in the British National Archives. Edward Hampshire, the diplomatic and colonial specialist at the archives, talks with Melissa Block about the discovery of the 26th copy of the document.

The Talk of the Town

Lauren Collins: Track School
Lauren Collins Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000
June marks the onset of what one Village resident refers to as “devil-baby season”--the time of the year when the temperature climbs and New Yorkers start doing crazy stuff. This year, the weather stayed cold, and damp. Things still got weird. On Long Island, a newborn was found . . .
James Surowiecki: Caveat Mortgagor
James Surowiecki Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000
In 1937, the Massengill Company began selling a health product called Elixir Sulfanilamide, which contained one of the antibiotic sulfa drugs. Unfortunately, it also contained diethylene glycol, a solvent that happens to be deadly to humans. In a matter of months, the elixir killed more than a hundred consumers. The . . .
Hendrik Hertzberg: Stonewall Plus Forty
Hendrik Hertzberg Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000
The most improbable of America’s mass movements for civil rights--improbable at the time, inevitable in retrospect--got its start at a most improbable hour in a most improbable place. The hour: two in the morning, forty years ago. The place: the sidewalk in front of the Stonewall Inn, a . . .

 

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Carlos Montezuma, M.D. - Book review with page samples.
Meta Description: [ Soma Reference source for online pharmacies. A one-stop site to find best online offers for Soma (Carisoprodol) from USA and International no-prescription online pharmacies. ]

Edith Jemima Simcox - Victorian Scholar and Reformer - A biography and bibliography, and includes pictures, reprinted articles, and information on movements/reform efforts.

Edward St John Daniel, VC - Detailed biography of the first man and only officer to forfeit the Victoria Cross, includes genealogy information.
Meta Description: [ Edward St John Daniel, VC, the story of the first man to forfeit the Victoria Cross ]

First-Person Narratives of the American South - Diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives of relatively inaccessible populations, including women, African Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

J. Bruce Ismay - Biographical profile with links and a photograph.

John Edgerley - Pioneer, Plant Collector, Botanist, Nurseryman - Biography with links and images.
Meta Description: [ Account of the life and travels of John Edgerley plant collector, botanist, pioneer nurseryman 1814-1849 who left Arley Hall in Staffordshire and spent his last 15 years in New Zealand ]

Johnson Chesnut Whittaker - Brief narrative of one of the first three African-Americans to attend West Point.

Priscilla on the Trail of Tears - A search for knowledge of Priscilla Silkwood.
Meta Description: [ Priscilla was a slave of a Cherokee on the Trail of Tears. Freed at Jonesboro, Illinois, by Brazilla Silkwood, she became a legend and known as The Hollyhock Girl. ]

404 Sir Richard F. Burton Discussion - Discussion board on a victorian explorer, writer and translator.

Story of the Hutchinsons - The classic history of the family of social reformers and philanthropists.

The Internet African American History Challenge - Profiles of prominent people.
Meta Description: [ Based on the lives of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojurner Truth and others this site is an Internet based curriculum enhancement tool for Black History education programs. The Internet African American History Challenge consists of test questions based on the lives of important 19... ]

The Life and Times of Fred Kimble - A book review.
Meta Description: [ From the golden age of shotguns and waterfowling comes the story of one of its most fascinating characters Fred Kimble ]

The Orestes Brownson Society - Devoted to the transcription and dissemination of the Quarterly Review, his works, and other writings, and includes articles and links.

The Penniman House - A Whaling Story - A lesson plan on teaching historic people and places.

Village Life in America, 1852—1872 - Diary of the young Caroline Richards published as a book in 1913.
Meta Description: [ The Table of Contents for Village Life in America, by Caroline Cowles Richards. ]

Voyaging with Henry - The biography of a seaman, cook, and steward.

Wild Rose - Civil War Spy - Book review on Rose O’Neale Greenhow.
Meta Description: [ Wild Rose, Civil War Spy by Ann Blackman, biography of Confederate patriot Rose O'Neale Greenhow, prominent Washington society hostess imprisoned for espionage by President Abraham Lincoln ]