World News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of February, 2009. Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal Win Australian Open (Feb…
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The members of the U.S. Senate in the 117th Congress are listed below. Dates in the left column indicate term in office; birth years are given in parentheses after party affiliation. All terms are…
(Encyclopedia) Knights of the Golden Circle, secret order of Southern sympathizers in the North during the Civil War. Its members were known as Copperheads. Dr. George W. L. Bickley, a Virginian who…
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News of the nation in 2008 from the financial crisis to the presidential election Ben Bernanke Related Links 2008 Year in Review 2008 News of the World 2008…
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Benjamin Banneker Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil Rights…
