While the budding Corps of Discovery plans the expedition near St. Louis, William Clark grades the recruits
Fifteen years later, a photograph of an anonymous protester facing down a row of tanks in Beijing's Tiananmen Square still inspires astonishment
19,000 cargo containers flowing into the US each day pose a needle-in-the-haystack challenge to security officials worried about hidden terrorist weapons
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Descended from American Colonists who fled north rather than join the revolution, Canada's Tories still raise their tankards to King George
Jefferson spells out the mission
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Thanks to an immigrant's generosity, the Steven Udvar-Hazy Center opens its massive doors to the public
Coming to terms with Shiite beliefs
An investigative reporter enlists his journalism students to help him solve Watergate's most intriguing puzzle
Master horologist John Metcalfe keeps on ticking
For nearly a century, the nation's 15 million Shiite Muslims have been denied access to political power
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A new book documents a week in the life of America in all its rich, colorful, contradictory, nostalgic, emotional, heartfelt and, oh yes, exuberant...glory
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Forty years ago, the assassination of JFK stunned Americans, who vividly recall the day even as they grapple with his complex legacy
November anniversaries, momentous or merely memorable
Reconsidering JFK and Sylvia Plath
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The schoolroom staple didn't originally include "under God," even though it was created by an ordained minister
Immersion schools try to revive and preserve Native American languages
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Before the Interstates passed the highway by, America got its kicks on Route 66
A quarter century of civil war over festering ethnic animosities has renewed questions about the U.S. role in the African nation
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The legendary explorers carried destiny on their expedition. But they could not have fulfilled is without this unprepossessing device
The American journalist's harrowing 1871 quest to find England's most celebrated explorer is also a story of newfound fascination with Africa
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