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2000 Olympics: Rowing

(2000-meter course)MEN Single Sculls: 1. Rob Waddell, NZE (6:48.90); 2. Xeno Mueller, SWI (6:50.55); 3. Marcel Hacker, GER (6:50.83). Lightweight Double Sculls: 1. Tomasz Kucharski & Robert…

2014 Newbery Medal and Honor Books

The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children…

Top 10 Selling Digital Songs, 2011

The following table lists the rank, title, and artist for each of the top ten selling digital songs in the United States during 2011. This list combines all available versions of the song…

Marcia Gay Harden

actressBorn: 8/14/1959Birthplace: La Jolla, Calif. Harden is a respected film, stage, and television actress who is known for turning in consistently strong, nuanced performances. She began her…

Albert Finney

actorBorn: 5/9/1936Birthplace: Salford, Lancashire, England A versatile stage and film star, he gained acclaim as the hero of Tom Jones (1963), for which he earned an Academy Award nomination for…

Rip Torn

(Elmore Rual Torn, Jr.)actorBorn: 2/6/1931Birthplace: Temple, Texas A versatile actor who portrays characters from the violent to the comic, Torn broke into the movies in the 1950s and made…

Henry Mancini

pop composerBorn: 4/16/1924Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio A winner of Oscar and Grammy Awards, Mancini worked as a staff composer for Universal Pictures (1952–58), contributing music to more than 100…

Robert Altman

directorBorn: 2/20/1925Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri Film director whose sprawling, stylized films deglamorized and shattered myths surrounding history, Hollywood, and politics. His films…

Origin of Life: Early Earth Environment

Early Earth EnvironmentOrigin of LifeIntroductionSpontaneous GenerationEarly Earth Environment So if Pasteur is correct and life only comes from existing life, where and how did life begin? Many…