By: Jay Carp | 2010-04-04 | News and society When you drive through a Minuteman missile field, you would be hard pressed to realize it. Every one of the six missile fields is spread over tens of thousands of square miles. The missile silos and the launch control centers are all buried underground, and any of their distinguishing features are hard to spot. read more
By: Thomas Mahar | 2010-04-01 | Business During the height of an exploding sugar boom in the first days of the 20th century, Menominee, a rural community on the western edge of Michigan's Upper Peninsula attracted investors near and far to support its ambition to build one of the nation's largest and most modern beet sugar factories. How they did is told here. read more
By: Steve Wickham | 2010-03-27 | Grief I recall not wanting to wake up, just wanting to sleep. Every time I woke up the pain started again. This heart-wrenching pain was so raw and so acute it shot pangs of anxiety through me within the mix of chronic sleep deprivation and grief-induced depression. read more
By: tianli | 2011-03-30 | Outsourcing www.bingcrosby.com Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 October 14, 1977) was an American popular singer and actor whose career stretched over more than half a century from 1926 until his death read more
By: arther | 2010-12-06 | Travel & Leisure My abode for my last two days in Detroit was the Inn on Ferry Street, a beautifully renovated complex of six historic buildings in the Midtown area of Detroit. It encompasses four mansions as well as two carriage houses that were each built for prominent Detroit families. After many years of languishing, these buildings have been re-functioned into 42 stunning guest rooms. read more
By: gaga | 2011-01-27 | Business Biography Early life Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942, in Seattle, Washington, while his father was stationed at an Army base in Oklahoma. He was named Johnny Allen Hendrix at birth by his mother, 17-year-old Lucille Hendrix ne Jeter. She had put him in the temporary care of friends in California (a holiday). On his release from the Army his father, James Allen "Al" Hendrix (19192002), took him, and changed his name to James Marshall Hendrix in memory of his deceased brother read more
By: Steven Herron | 2011-01-10 | Arts & Entertainment Doyle Dykes is unequivocally one of today's brightest shining stars within the arena of fingerstyle acoustic guitar! In an era where indulgent, new age droning has become passé, Dykes has breathed new life into the form of contemporary acoustic fingerstyle guitar music! read more
By: Kent Sayre | 2010-11-11 | Writing & Speaking Have you hit the big-time yet? No? Well, there's no shame in that; we all have to start somewhere, and it's often a difficult slog before you reach that first goal on your way to the top of the financial heap. You are climbing that mountain, though, aren't you? read more
By: weihua | 2011-03-29 | Fundraising The Circuit The Pit Straight The Pit straight of Mount Panorama, which is adjacent to the pit complex, has a different start line and finish line. For the standing start only read more
By: ryyy | 2010-10-09 | Home Business Professional wrestling career Early years Traylor, a prison guard in Cobb County, Georgia, made his debut in 1985 read more