One November afternoon in 2005, lawyer Stephen Voltz traveled to the tiny town of Buckfield, Me., to watch his friend, professional juggler Fritz Grobe, perform in a sketch comedy show. While Grobe prepared for that evening’s show at the Oddfellow Theater, Voltz passed the time by dropping Mentos candy into Diet Coke bottles.
Just as another [...]

The late Emperor’s Public Affairs Officer:
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Thank you [for] coming at such short notice. Before taking your questions, I would like to make a brief statement as to the facts of the Emperor’s death:
The emperor died this evening at 5:49 o/clock following a long and painful illness. [...]

Thanks to Steven Spielberg’s epic “Schindler’s List” millions learned - or were reminded - that there were people during World War II who risked their lives to save Jews. In that dark chapter in human history there was perhaps no greater example than Raoul Wallenberg.

Raoul Wallenberg not only saved 100,000 lives - he saved [...]

A couple whose frozen embryo was rescued from a flooded hospital after Hurricane Katrina hit have had a baby boy - and named him Noah.
When Katrina struck, the baby was one of 1,400 embryos frozen for storage in canisters of liquid nitrogen at a hospital in eastern New Orleans.
Noah Markham was born by Caesarean [...]

1991: ‘Mother of all Battles’ begins
The Gulf War Allies have sent hundreds of planes on bombing raids into Iraq, at the start of Operation Desert Storm.
The American, British, French, Saudi and Kuwaiti aircraft took off at 2330 GMT last night.
Their bombs were aimed at military and strategic targets, including an oil refinery and Baghdad airport.
At [...]