Robert Anson Heinlein was born in Butler, Missouri, a small town some sixty-five miles south of Kansas City. He and his six brothers and sisters were raised in Kansas City, where he attended grade sch...
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Kathleen Tarbell "fell head over my stomach" for her husband Waldo when they met at a dance. They married in 1927, during Calvin Coolidge's presidency. This weekend, they'll celebrate their 80th an...
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The Times runs down the bickering between Governor Spitzer and upstate Republicans.
Joe Bruno called Spitzer a “Third World dictator" and told NY1 that the governor sometimes acts like ̶...
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The Soul Generals, the band that backed musical icon James Brown for his last 20 years, will carry on the Godfather's legacy with a series of appearances this year.The 17-piece band, with three bac...
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A Puerto Rican police officer assigned to a DEA anti-drugs unit has been charged with carrying out a $515,000 armored car heist with three relatives and another man, and the FBI said Saturday it is...
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A woman has sued Fidel Castro, alleging that the Cuban leader caused the wrongful death of her pilot father after he was shot down over Cuba and imprisoned in 1963 while on a covert mission.Sherry ...
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A new book about Mammoth Cave tells the story of the national park's slave history.
The book, entitled "Making Their Mark: The Signature of Slavery at Mammoth Cave," is available at the vi...
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LA PAZ (Reuters) - Leftist Bolivian President Evo
Morales and opposition governors traded insults before talks
Monday aimed at resolving a bitter political crisis in South
America's poorest countr...
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For most teens starting college this fall, disposable contact lenses have always been available, wars and revolutions have always been televised, and a stamp was rarely needed for communicatio...
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Educational textbook publisher Houghton Mifflin Co. agreed Monday to buy the remaining U.S. units of scientific and medical publisher Reed Elsevier for $4 billion in cash and stock, creating what c...
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Robert A(nson) Heinlein
Maine couple to mark 80th anniversary
