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2013/05/22 17:39
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The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History now holds the curtain-rod dress from one of her most popular sketches, "Went with the Wind," a nine-minute parody of "Gone with the...
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2013/05/22 17:10
2013/05/22 17:10
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NEW YORK • The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they’re getting a spiffy new home in Queens. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Bert and Ernie of "Sesame Street" fame, the stars of "Fraggle Rock" and...
2013/05/21 11:19
2013/05/21 11:19
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They plan to continue picketing at 10 a.m. outside the National Air and Space Museum and the National Museum of American History before moving on to Union Station at midday. They also plan to...
2013/05/20 20:02
2013/05/20 20:02
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SHARE:Global Go Skateboarding Day Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Premier Events in Washington, D.C. Courtesy of IASC.IASC and the Go Skateboarding Foundation to Distribute 1,000 Skateboards to...
2013/05/19 15:49
2013/05/19 15:49
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In 1803, the U.S. frigate Philadelphia sparked a major international incident when it ran aground in Tripoli harbor. Barbary pirates quickly overran the ship, taking its 307 sailors captive. The...
2013/05/14 16:04
2013/05/14 16:04
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WASHINGTON — The schoolchildren piled into the rail car in downtown Washington and looked up and down as the lights flickered and the floor rumbled. "We're here!" one of the young passengers shouted,...
2013/05/10 21:48
2013/05/10 21:48
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Only on People.comSusan Lucci's PEOPLE Magazine Cover Look Gets in the Smithsonian Susan Lucci at the Smithsonian It was a PEOPLE magazine cover to honor Susan Lucci's first Emmy victory, and now it...
2013/05/10 18:35
2013/05/10 18:35
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The Smithsonian�s National Museum of American History recently debuted a 3,800-square-foot exhibit called Food: Transforming the American Table, essentially a review of Americans� gastronomic...
2013/05/10 07:18
2013/05/10 07:18
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Sex and violence sell, as does drama that appeals to our higher senses of morality and spirituality. So is it any wonder that the Bible, which contains heaping amounts of all of them, has remained at...
2013/05/10 00:50
2013/05/10 00:50
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WASHINGTON (AP) � The Smithsonian Institution is adding relics from soap operas and game shows to its national entertainment collection to tell the story of daytime television. On Thursday, actress...
2013/05/09 01:19
2013/05/09 01:19
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Listen to Fred Turner’s story. He’s a 54-year-old Hyattsville man with a ninth-grade education. That doesn’t leave him with many options in a metropolitan area filled with highly educated...
2013/05/03 22:45
2013/05/03 22:45
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Loading Slideshow Soledad O'Brien Born to an Australian father and Afro-Cuban mother, news reporter Soledad O'Brien has anchored a...
2013/05/03 02:09
2013/05/03 02:09
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TISKILWA, Ill. — Agriculture has been a part of American history since Native Americans first taught settlers how to plant corn during the 17th century. Since then, the United States has had a rich...
2013/05/02 17:33
2013/05/02 17:33
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Two Rolla Junior High School students and a Dixon Middle School student placed in the National History Day in Missouri state competition held April 20 at the University of Missouri in Columbia and...
2013/05/01 19:54
2013/05/01 19:54
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Alexander Graham Bell's voice identified in old recording The Smithsonian has announced it has recently found and confirmed the authenticity of an 1885 recording of Alexander Graham Bell's Voice....
2013/05/01 16:15
2013/05/01 16:15
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North Adams: Chili cook off to benefit leadership conference nominees Wednesday May 1, 2013 A chili cook off will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 3, at the American Legion to support...
2013/04/30 20:20
2013/04/30 20:20
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Washington: Nine years after he placed the first telephone call, Alexander Graham Bell tried another experiment: he recorded his voice on a wax-covered cardboard disc on April 15, 1885, and gave it an...
2013/04/30 16:41
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Coal and oil billionaire William Koch, brother of Tea Party backers Charles and David Koch, is bringing his vast Western art collection to the Smithsonian American Art Museum from March 28 to August...
2013/04/30 02:39
2013/04/30 02:39
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Alexander Graham Bell speaks, and 2013 hears his voice A blue-toned still photograph of US inventor Alexander Graham Bell is seen in this undated Smithsonian Institute Archive image. — Reuters...
2013/04/28 17:57
2013/04/28 17:57
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Most people assume that, as a longtime baseball fan, I’ve spent time in dozens of major league parks. Like many assumptions, that one is false. Until last weekend, I had witnessed games in precisely...