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2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to drama to music Related Links Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine, and Newspaper Awards National…

Walter Payton

  Walter PaytonJuly 25, 1954—November 1, 1999   by Michael Morrison   Walter Payton, the former Chicago Bears running back and current all-time leader in NFL career rushing yards, died Monday…

NFL Football Preview 1999: NFC Central

NFC Central Minnesota Vikings - It will be difficult if not impossible for the Vikings to have as good a regular season as they did in 1998. The Vikings went 15-1 and looked like the…

Geopolitical Issues a Big Concern in PyeongChang

Nuclear tensions intensify around the Olympics Source: AP Photo/Jae C. HongSouth Korean Protestor Tears Image of North Korean Flag Related Links North Korea The Korean War 2018 Winter Olympics…

Marlowe, Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Marlowe, Christopher, 1564–93, English dramatist and poet, b. Canterbury. Probably the greatest English dramatist before Shakespeare, Marlowe, a shoemaker's son, was educated at…

Warren, Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Warren, Elizabeth, 1949- , American politician, b. Oklahoma City, Ok., as Elizabeth Ann Herring, Univ. of Houston (1970, B.S.);…

Wichita, Kans.

Mayor: Jeff Longwell (to April 2019) City Manager: Robert Layton 2010 census population (rank): 382,368 (49); Male: 188,…

1996 Olympics: Wrestling

Freestyle 105.8 lbs (48 kg): 1. IL Kim, N.KOR def. 2. Armen Mkrchyan, ARM (5-4); 3. Alexis Vila Perdomo, CUB def. Vugar Orudzhov, RUS (5-2). 114.5 lbs (52 kg): 1. Valentin Dimitrov Jordanov, BUL…

Melbourne, William Lamb, 2d Viscount

(Encyclopedia) Melbourne, William Lamb, 2d ViscountMelbourne, William Lamb, 2d Viscountmĕlˈbərn [key], 1779–1848, British statesman. He entered Parliament as a Whig in 1805, was (1827–28) chief…

Murdoch, Dame Iris

(Encyclopedia) Murdoch, Dame Iris (Dame Jean Iris Murdoch)Murdoch, Dame Irismûrˈdŏk [key], 1919–99, British novelist and philosopher, b. Dublin, Ireland, grad. Oxford (1942). In 1948 she was named…