Dynamite is an explosive that was invented in 1866 by Swedish physicist Alfred Nobel and patented by him a year later. Nobel is most familiar to us today as the founder of the Nobel Prize. Many have observed the irony in the fact that he left his...

Dynamite is an explosive based on the explosive potential of nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth (kieselgur: US Spelling; kieselguhr: UK Spelling) as an adsorbent. It was invented by Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in 1866 in...

Floyd Mayweather Jr. hadn't stopped talking since he signed up for the one thing he really wanted, a megafight with Oscar De La Hoya that put boxing back in the spotlight.When the two met at Friday's weigh-in, though, even Mayweather had run out of things...

Gunmen dynamited the front gate of a residential compound in southern Nigeria on Saturday and kidnapped three Indians in an attack that left one Nigerian dead, the military said.Security forces intervened before seven other Indian nationals could be taken away from the compound in the...

The lawyer who divulged President Bush's drunken-driving arrest days before the 2000 election was arrested Tuesday after he was spotted on a highway overpass wearing an Osama bin Laden Halloween costume and holding a toy gun. Tom Connolly, 49, was...

Saboteurs bombed a water pipeline to a government-owned oil refinery in southern Nigeria overnight, according to a military official who said Saturday the attack had not affected production.Brig. Gen. Alfred Ilogho said dynamite had been placed under a water pipe leading to a refinery in...

Examines the value of unsuccessful items. Provides historical references, including Alfred Nobel's invention of dynamite. Discusses subjective standards of success.