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How a dark tale of love, madness and murder in 18th-century London became a story for the ages
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The eruption of Mount St. Helens 25 years ago this month was no surprise. But the speedy return of wildlife to the area is astonishing
A kinder, gentler tax form is on the way
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After a winter of waiting, the corps leaves Fort Mandan and heads warily into bear country
Science suffers a setbackand leads to a breakthrough
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During Prohibition, an odd alliance of special interests argued beer was vital medicine
A trove of recorded sounds preserves everything from tree frog calls to murmurs of the heart
In Libya, again open to U.S. travelers after more than two decades, archaeologists have uncovered spectacular mosaics of the glories of Rome
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On the 40th anniversary of the wartime leader's death, historians are reassessing the complex figure who carried Britain through its darkest hour
Things are not always what they seem
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Excavations in a legendary gold rush town uncover the unsung labors of Chinese immigrants on the frontier
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Jerry Seinfeld's silly, frilly prop takes its place in television history
Momentous or merely memorable
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With a little help from a rattlesnake's rattle, Sacagawea gives birth to a baby she names Jean Baptiste
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A rare Burmese ruby memorializes a philanthropic woman
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The shooting of protester James Meredith 38 years ago, searingly documented by a rookie photographer, galvanized the civil rights movement
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From keeping tabs on the Taliban to saving puppies, a reporter looks back on her three years covering a nation's struggle to be reborn
African-American architect Julian Abele is finally getting recognition for his contributions to some of 20th-century America's most prestigious buildings
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In Uganda, tens of thousands of children have been abducted, 1.6 million people herded into camps and thousands of people killed
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