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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…

Hanna, Marcus Alonzo

(Encyclopedia) Hanna, Marcus Alonzo (Mark Hanna), 1837–1904, American capitalist and politician, b. New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Ohio. He attended Western Reserve College for a short time, then entered…

Safest and Most Dangerous U.S. Cities, 2008

The following table ranks the safest and most dangerous cities in the United States as of 2008. The cities all have populations of more than 75,000. The rankings are based on a city's rate…

Fall Film Preview - Antz

  Pixar hopes for another special-effects coup with A Bug's Life. Colonies of another kind — those inhabited by ants — are the setting for two tales about misfit Formicidae…

The Top Ten: Top 10 Selling Albums, 2012

Top Selling Albums, 2012 Singer Adele tops the list for most albums sold in 2012. See who else made this year's ranking. Rank Title, Artist 1. 21, Adele 2. Red, Taylor Swift 3. Up All…

The Top Ten: Top 10 Selling Albums, 2012

Top Selling Albums, 2012 Singer Adele tops the list for most albums sold in 2012. See who else made this year's ranking. Rank Title, Artist 1. 21, Adele 2. Red, Taylor Swift 3. Up All…

Taft, William Howard

(Encyclopedia) Taft, William Howard, 1857–1930, 27th President of the United States (1909–13) and 10th chief justice of the United States (1921–30), b. Cincinnati. Taft retired from public life…

Ono, Yoko

(Encyclopedia) Ono, Yoko, 1933- , Japanese-American conceptual artist, songwriter, and recording artist, b. Tokyo, Japan. Ono’s father was a banker…