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People in the NewsRecent ObituariesBiographies by Category Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, Italian adventurer and antiquities dealer Bent, James Theodore, English explorer and archaeologist Bingham,…

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Abram Nicholas Pritzker

entrepreneurBorn: 1/6/1896Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Died: 2/8/1986 The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Pritzker lived the American Dream. He graduated from Harvard Law School and worked for a…

Perils of Pollution

Global Warming Many scientists believe human-caused pollution is making the world a warmer place, a process called global warming. Scientists also think…

Deep Impact Attacks Comet Tempel 1

For the past 138 years, since its discovery in 1867, Comet Tempel 1 has had distant but harmonious relations with the inhabitants of planet Earth. But on July 4, somewhere between Mars and Jupiter…

Family Trivia: Independence Day Quizzes

Try Infoplease's brain-busting quizzes for Independence Day   Related Links Independence Day Trivia Packet for KidsFourth of July by the NumbersFacts on FireworksHistory of Fourth…

Weather: Staying Safe in a Storm

Staying Safe in a StormWeatherThere's No Place Like HomeThunderstormsDoing the TwistThe ChaseStaying Safe in a Storm In a tornado, winds are so great that brick and concrete walls can collapse.…

Women in Sports: Auto Racing

The first all-women auto race took place in 1909. It was a roundtrip race from New York City to Philadelphia. There were 12 competitors. The…

Top 10 Selling Digital Songs, 2006

Rank Title, ArtistUnits sold 1. Bad Day, Daniel Powter2,015,594 2. Promiscuous, Nelly Furtado1,709,274 3. Sexyback, Justin Timberlake1,657,798 4. Crazy, Gnarls Barkley1,…