Twice elected president of the United States, Stephen Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) owed his early political successes to reformism. His efforts to stem economic depression were unsuccessful, and the c...
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The U.S. Secret Service confiscated bogus $1 million bills printed as religious tracts from an evangelical ministry, saying the handbills too closely mimic real money.
The ministry's head ...
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Question 1 of 10:Who, in 1901, became the first American president of the 20th Century to die by an assassin's bullet?
William
McKinley
Theodore
Roosevelt
Grover
Cleveland
William
Taft
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According to one of Eliot Spitzer’s major contributors, the success of the Governor’s reform agenda in Albany could end up being a test run for something much bigger down the road.
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Every Christmas morning is a shimmering promise of surprise and delight. You never know what it will bring, and you might just get your heart's fondest desire. But in reality, surprises are not the...
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Today is Sunday, March 18, the 77th day of 2007. There are 288 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 18, 1937, some 300 people, mostly children, were killed in a gas explosion...
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Today is Thursday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2007. There are 312 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 22, 1732, the first president of the United States, George Washington, was...
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Today is Sunday, June 24, the 175th day of 2007. There are 190 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 24, 1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West G...
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Today is Sunday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2007. There are 113 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:Fifty years ago, on Sept. 9, 1957, President Eisenhower signed into law the first c...
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Today is Sunday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2007. There are 57 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Nov. 4, 1979, the Iran hostage crisis began as militants stormed the U.S. embassy ...
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Today is Tuesday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2007. There are 55 days left in the year. This is Election Day.Today's Highlight in History:On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln d...
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