A champion German paraglider said Friday she did not believe she would survive when she was lifted higher than Mount Everest by a thunderstorm in eastern Australia.Paragliding 2005 World Cup winner Ewa Wisnierska, 35, was lifted to 32,612 feet by a storm that apparently killed...

This year's Screen Actors Guild Awards appeared to be a dress rehearsal for the Academy Awards.Nominees in the four film-acting categories for Sunday's 13th annual guild awards were virtually identical to contenders announced at the Oscar nominations last week, including front-runners Helen Mirren, Forest Whitaker,...

Today is Wednesday, April 11, the 101st day of 2007. There are 264 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 11, 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the notorious Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald in Germany.On this date:In 1689, William III and...

Today is Friday, April 13, the 103rd day of 2007. There are 262 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 13, 1970, Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst. (The astronauts managed...

This essay gives a detailed summary of the movie Apollo 13 and explains how it is related to government. The movie, Apollo 13, has several events that occur which include government involvement. The mission of Apollo 13 was a government funded event; however, the government wasn't willing to give all the money NASA needed for the mission because there was a chance that something could go wrong. The movie and actual events run parallel.