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Eleanor Roosevelt was a remarkable woman. She devoted her life to public service and encouraged other women to do so.

As the U.S.'s 36th President, Lyndon Baines Johnson was defined by his Hill Country background. His presidency, his legacy and that of Lady Bird's can be found in Austin.

The inability to solve the same issues over the years is one of the major reasons that young adults lose confidence in government.

The American Notary Public is a fast-growing profession and offers a myriad of tasks, varying from state to state. Here's what you should know about this exciting career.

Australian motorists are catching public transport as fuel prices make daily driving a luxury. The increase in patronage is straining underfunded infrastructure.

If you've been crafting for the love of it and need to ramp up your efforts to bring in a little extra cash, there are resources out there to help you sell your crafts.

Focusing on the events following the untimely death of Princess Diana, "The Queen" focuses on Queen Elizabeth's struggles to do the right thing.

President George W. Bush (CVN 77) was honored in a ceremony commissioning the Navy Supercarrier that carries his name on January 10, 2009.

The challenge and mission of a federal agency can be exciting; the politics and bureaucracy can be frustrating. Placement and preparation have to be right.

All over the world, persons with disabilities continue to face various challenges mainly as a result of discriminatory policies and practices in our societies.

Celebrity signed or exclusive items can add excitement and high bids to a silent auction fundraising event.

Famous vaudeville artists as well as the Boston Ladies Schubert Quartet performed in the Music Hall. Today Snug Harbor still is a popular centre for the performing arts.

This exhibition looks at misconceptions about Henry VIII's life - his six wives, the monasteries, the church, the murders, the achievements and his legacy to the nation.

Urumqi is the capital city of Xinjiang, a large desert province in the northwest of China. It is a business and transportation hub, and site of the riots of July 2009.

Independent learning, requires proactive living. As a home educator, it's more important than ever to be able to speak out on your own behalf.

Brief biography of ancient Roman poet Horace, famous for his finest lyrical poems in Latin, and best known for Odes.

On Wednesday, May 6, 2009, Governor John E. Baldacci of Maine signed LD 1020, An Act to End Discrimination in Civil Marriage and Affirm Religious Freedom into law.

France's Alsace has countless feudal castles. Haut-Barr is a major tourist attraction. Hiking to castle ruins on the Alsace-Palatinate border leads off the trodden trail.

A Coalition of the Liberal, NDP and Bloc Quebecois parties in Canada force Harper to back down on controversial Economic Statement.

In Wall-E, evil lurks in all of us; in The Dark Knight, evil is a virus that infects good people through fear and greed.

Gideon Gono, hapless governor of Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank, has a cunning plan. He is set to excise the endless noughts from the country's bank notes.

The long-term remedy for corruption in the Philippines is individual character development, but existing institutions must be aggressively used in the short-term fight.

Although the two major parties agreed on almost every national issue excepting the tariff, the election of 1880 introduced important issues advocated by third parties.

In a clever and inventive take on the Old Testament tales of David and Goliath and King Saul, NBC explores a monarchic world based on modern times. 7.5/10

Two weeks after his sister's death, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the liberal lion of the US Senate lost his greatest fight - not over healthcare or world peace but over death.

During its years as a Soviet satellite, East Germany created and maintained an organization called the Stasi. Their mission: "to know everything".