Fifth-grade teacher Derek Brown of Phoenix, Arizona, wants his students to remember that he taught them how to
Frederica von Stade has had a decades-long career singing on the world’s greatest opera stages. She has performed
He’s dyslexic in a profession where reading is a daily requirement. He calls ADD his superpower. He’s been
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Gary Cooper is synonymous with the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was one of its most successful box office draws. He was
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The Persian melon, a honey-sweet, orange-fleshed variety dating back to its namesake empire and the progenitor of all American cantaloupes, was a
In the autumn of 1885, Cornelius Vanderbilt II paid a little over $400,000 for a summer cottage in Newport, Rhode Island. The
Holiday Cheers
As the season turns chilly, may these uplifting stories of love and family warm the cockles of your heart.
