Woman, 100, has journaled every day for 90 years: ‘No excuse for me not to’
Evie Riski’s dozens of diaries are not only a record of life in North Dakota over the decades, they have helped to solve ...
The New Yorker magazine's first hundred years
The beloved weekly magazine encompassing journalism, fiction, poetry and cartoons, is celebrating its centenary. New Yorker ...
Seeking out silence, and discovering all it can say
Jérôme Sueur’s “Natural History of Silence” and Pico Iyer’s “Aflame” explore the quiet (and the sounds) that sustain us ...
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Welcome to the gun show: How an archaeologist found the U.S.' oldest cannon
Last year, researchers published a study about two cannons unearthed near the modern-day U.S.-Mexico border that are from the 1500s, when the Spanish explorer Coronado was leading a violent expedition ...
Local author’s first book honors a former childhood baseball idol
As a teenager, Jim Bark would wait outside the visiting teams clubhouse at County Stadium in Milwaukee hoping to get an autograph from some of his favorite baseball players. The Racine, Wisconsin ...
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Fred Rosen, the Sharp-Shooting Visionary Behind Sam’s Wine & Liquor, Has Died
Fred Rosen once beat former Chicago Bulls All Star B.J. Armstrong in a three-point shooting contest. He excelled at playing ...
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Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere and under siege from a contagious disease known as the ...