Paul Cuffe Biography: New!
For Black History Month, we have a featured biography of Paul Cuffe — the Massachusetts mariner who was the richest African American of his time.
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Rosa Parks Postage Stamp: Nice!
The US Postal Service has released a handsome stamp for her 100th birthday.
Teen Activist Malala Yousafzai Recovers and Speaks
Teenager Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban in October of 2012 — because she wants girls to be educated. Now she’s on the mend, and she’s released her first video since the assassination attempt.
How is Dave Barry Looking These Days?
The popular writer has a new book and an old haircut.
Colin Kaepernick Biography: New!
The finger-licking good not-quite-Super-Bowl-winning quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers is the subject of our latest biography.
Punxsutawney Phil: Has Fame Gone to His Head?
Is the Garbo of Gobbler’s Knob losing his edge?
Gore Vidal, Ladies’ Man
There’s a good feature in Vanity Fair about writer and high society gossipmonger Gore Vidal.
To Honor Hillary Clinton’s Last Day as Secretary of State: A Folger’s Coffee Commercial
Just a bit of historical context for her achievements.
John Kerry is Your New Secretary of State
After 28 years in the Senate, he’s now America’s point man for foreign affairs.
Is This Man Suffering From Chronic Depression?
British writers take a fresh (and cynical) look at the cast of Pride and Prejudice.
Randy Quaid v. Hollywood Star-Wackers, Round 3
Actor Randy Quaid has lost his bid for permanent residency status in Canada, where he’s been since 2010, hiding from the “Hollywood Star-Wackers” who are out to get him.
JonBenet Ramsey Update: Grand Jury Voted to Indict Her Parents in 1999
A grand jury voted to indict John and Patsy Ramsey, say reports, but the district attorney decided not to follow through.
Queen Beatrix Biography
The Queen is abdicating, as her mother and grandmother did before her. We’ve got the story on her life and career.
Princess Diana Photo, Once Banned, Sells for $18,306
The not-quite-risque photo couldn’t be published in 1981.
Donald Hornig, Who Baby-Sat the A-Bomb, Is Dead at 92
He was the last person to lay eyes on the original atomic bomb before it was detonated in 1945.
You Get One Phone Call from Prison, Charlie Brown
The arrest story of Peter “Charlie Brown” Robbins gets a little crazier.
President Bush: My Truck For Your Missing Limbs
Former President George W. Bush’s truck was sold at a charity auction this week for $300,000. Hey! That would buy about 30 prosthetic limbs for the (American) survivors of the war he started!
Pyongyang Rocks Not Quite Like a Pendulum Do
Google’s Eric Schmidt leads a delegation to the strange little world of North Korea.
You’ve Been Handcuffed at the Mexican Border and Charged With Stalking, Charlie Brown
Not-so-good grief: The actor who voiced Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown Christmas has been arrested and charged with felonies including stalking and making death threats.
‘Good Job, Dad. You Didn’t Mess Up.’
With his hand on the family Bible, President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office for his second term.