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North Carolina

Capital: Raleigh State abbreviation/Postal code: N.C./NC Governor: Roy Cooper, D (to Jan. 2021)) Lieut. Governor: Dan Forest, R (to Jan. 2021) Senators: Richard Burr, R (to…

Radio and Television Personalities

Ed Sullivan See also People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links The Emmy® Awards International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Awards Alfred I. duPont —…

U - Z

Peter Ueberroth Johnny Unitas Al Unser Jr. Al Unser Sr. Bobby Unser Gene Upshaw Jim Valvano Norm Van Brocklin Amy Van Dyken Johnny Vander Meer Harold S.…

Entertainment Bios — W

Mark WahlbergTom WaitsChristopher WalkenAlice WalkerEli WallachThe WallflowersJ. T. WalshRay WalstonBarbara WaltersJulie WaltersSam WanamakerVera WangWayne WangFred WardRachel WardAndy…

DK Science: Colour

RAINBOWSPLITTING LIGHTSUNSETCOLOUR SPECTRUMSEEING COLOURFIND OUT MOREOn a sunny day, the world seems light and colourful because our eyes are able to see differences in the wavelengths of light…

Nobel Prizes: 2002

/* /*]]>*/ 2002 Nobel Prize Winners   Jimmy Carter, former president of the United StatesPeace: Jimmy Carter, former U.S. president and , were cited "for their work for a better organized…

Civil Rights Timeline

Top of Page From small acts of defiance to mass marches and meetings, the civil rights movement fought for positive change and won. The movement was formed by people in the 1950s and 60s who would…

gospel music

(Encyclopedia) gospel music, American religious musical form that owes much of its origin to the Christian conversion of West Africans enslaved in the American South. Gospel music partly evolved from…

brown dwarf

(Encyclopedia) brown dwarf, in astronomy, celestial body that is larger than a planet but does not have sufficient mass to convert hydrogen into helium via nuclear fusion as stars do. Also called “…