History of Virginia

2010-09-09T23:27:59Z

Lexington is the second largest city located in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. It was founded in June 1775 in the then Virginia (17 years prior to Kentucky becoming a state in 1792). The town of Lexington was formally formed on May 6, 1782 by an act of the Virginia General Assembly.

Virginia is a state in the southern United States, with a coast on the Atlantic Ocean. The state is named after Queen Elizabeth I of England who was known known as the "Virgin Queen" because she neve...

Former US president Carter arrives in N.Korea: media

2010-08-25T02:15:49Z

Former US president Jimmy Carter has arrived in North Korea, the country's state media reported Wednesday, on what is believed to be a mission to win the release of an American jailed there for eight years. China's official Nick Jonas, Jordan Sparks lead 35 prominent youths honoring Ronald Reagan for birthday

They weren't even alive when he was president, but 18-year-old Jonas brother Nick Jonas and 21-year-old "American Idol" champ

FDR rated best president in survey of 238 scholars

2010-07-01T07:00:22Z

FDR rated best president in scholar survey; Andrew Johnson rated the worst by 238 experts

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is being ranked the top president in U.S. history by 238 scholars surveyed by Siena College. Roosevelt...

George Washington's library book returned -- 221 years late

2010-06-26T03:59:09Z

New York's oldest library can finally fill a gap left on its shelves two centuries ago when George Washington borrowed a book and failed to bring it back. The first US president took "The Law of Nations" by Emer de Vattel from the New York Society Library on October 5, 1789 and, like many a less illustrious borrower, didn't remember to return it, the library said in...

George Washington's library book returned 221 yrs late

2010-05-20T08:15:11Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A library book borrowed by the first U.S. president, George Washington, has been returned to a New York City's oldest library, 221 years late. Washington checked out the book from the New York Society Library at a time when...

Biden's son being moved to Philadelphia hospital

2010-06-26T03:53:09Z

The White House says Vice President Joe Biden's son Beau is being transferred to a Philadelphia hospital for further observation and examination after suffering a mild stroke. Beau Biden, who is Delaware's attorney general, ...

Former Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz dies at 98

2010-04-25T13:30:10Z

W. Willard Wirtz, labor secretary to JFK, LBJ, dies at 98; broke with Johnson over Vietnam

W. Willard Wirtz, a lawyer and labor arbitrator who was labor secretary in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations but broke publicly with Lyndon Johnson over Vietnam, has died. Wirtz, 98, died Saturday of natural...

Book Talk: Historian Holt finds admiration for President Pierce

2010-04-20T21:00:13Z

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - When historian Michael F. Holt was asked to write a book on Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, he admits he had little interest in the Democrat who ran the country from 1853 to 1857. But Holt, a leading...

Justice Stevens turns 90; only Holmes was older

2010-04-20T15:01:32Z

Justice John Paul Stevens turns 90; Obama praises his decades-long career

President Barack Obama congratulated John Paul Stevens on his 90th birthday Tuesday, hailing the Supreme Court justice's decades-long career for leaving "an undeniable imprint on our country's jurispruden...

Cambridge University society offers pole dancing tuition

2010-04-12T16:15:53Z

A renowned debating society at Britain's Cambridge University said Monday it would offer pole dancing tuition to members, in a building more used to the presence of international statesmen. The Cambridge Union Society said female students would be offered lessons in the sensuous dance more often associated with strip clu...

White House butler to 8 presidents dies at 90

2010-06-26T03:28:31Z

White House butler Eugene Allen dies at 90; served 8 presidents in his 34-year career

Eugene Allen, a White House butler who served presidents from Harry Truman through Ronald Reagan, has died. He was 90. Allen died of renal failu...

Former Gerald Ford press secretary is dead at 87

2010-06-26T03:27:40Z

Jerald terHorst, a press secretary to President Ford who objected to Nixon pardon, dead at 87

Jerald terHorst, who resigned as White House press secretary rather than defend President Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon, is dead at age 87. A longtime Madame Tussauds rethinks its pitch to DC tourists, bets on popularity of American presidents

Forget Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. Washington visitors apparently want to see the likes of

Timeline of White House access and security

2010-06-12T17:43:00Z

Timeline of public access to the White House and its security

A glance at changing public access and security at the White House through history: ___ 1790s — People wander with impunity through the construction site while the Executive Mansion is being built. Eventually, a pass is required to get inside the site. 1801-1809 — Preside...

John F Kennedy Biography, Part 2,

2010-09-10T00:48:37Z

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Albanian town plans statue of Bush

2010-06-25T19:41:17Z

TIRANA (Reuters) - The small Albanian town of Fushe-Kruje plans to erect a statue of former U.S. President George W. Bush to commemorate his June 2007 visit, when he was feted as a hero in an outpouring of love for America. Mayor Ismet Mavriqi said seven Albanian ...

New Woodrow Wilson bio presents a complex figure

2010-06-14T11:56:29Z

New biography offers fascinating picture of President Woodrow Wilson's life and times

"Woodrow Wilson" (Knopf, 704 pages, $35), By John Milton Cooper Jr.: Soon after he was elected president in 1912, Woodrow Wilson told a former colleague at Princeton University that ...

Clinton wishes he had left White House "in a coffin"

2010-06-25T20:02:16Z

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Monday he would have preferred to leave the White House in a coffin because he loved being commander in chief, but signaled his political life was over. "It's good that we have a (term) limit. Oth...

Book: White House 'the American house next door'

2010-04-16T09:29:44Z

New White House book calls famed 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. address 'the American house next door'

Lady Bird Johnson said walking through the White House was like walking "through history." Hillary Clinton called the home "a repository of President Barack Obama doesn't think racism is an "overriding issue" in criticism of his polices, according to TV interviews to be broadcast Sunday as part of a media blitz pushing the White House's health care reform. "Are there people out there who don't like me because of race? I'm sure there are. That's not the overriding issue here," Obama insisted in an excerpt o...

NC crash kills ex-White House photog Kightlinger

2010-04-16T10:18:10Z

Former White House photographer to 5 US presidents Kightlinger dies in NC car wreck

Jack Kightlinger, a retired White House photographer who worked for five U.S. presidents, was killed along with his wife following a fiery wreck, his son-in-law said Wednesday. He was 77. Jack and his wife, Adele, were in a collision Monday in their hometown of Fl...

CAPITAL CULTURE: The room Obama cannot do without

2010-04-16T10:19:57Z

CAPITAL CULTURE: Overlooked East Room long has served as the most important all-purpose room

Sure, the West Wing gets the glory. But the East Room gets the action. Indispensable, yet overshadowed by more famous rooms like the Oval Office, the roomy space at the end of the White House's first floor is more than a hub of activity. It's the most important all-purpose room in U.S. presidents: Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. There are also four living former U.S. vice presidents (who never became president...

NKorean diplomats to meet Bill Richardson

2010-06-25T16:33:28Z

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson will meet Wednesday with two North Korean diplomats, his office said, amid signs of a thaw following a visit to Pyongyang by former US president Bill Clinton. "The governor will meet tomorrow in

Trading-in Capitol statues

2010-06-25T21:05:08Z

Trading-in Capitol statues

States that have or plan to trade statues of notable natives in the U.S. Capitol for figures they feel better represent their history. Kansas and California have new statues in place. _ ALABAMA Who's in: Helen Keller, advocate for the rights of people with disabilities. Will be unveiled O...

John Quincy Adams tweeting thanks to Mass. society

2010-06-25T21:12:17Z

Centuries-old tweets? Historians to post John Quincy Adams' brief diary entries on Twitter

It seems John Quincy Adams was way ahead of his time. A high school student touring the sixth U.S. president's archives recently noticed his bite-sized diary entries looked a lot like tweets. Start...

Bill Clinton believed to have arrived in NKorea: report

2010-06-25T21:12:45Z

An aircraft believed to be carrying former US president Bill Clinton landed in North Korea on Tuesday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.

Highlights of some Cronkite broadcasts

Highlights of some of Walter Cronkite's broadcasts. From Cronkite's September 1963 interview with President John F. Kennedy. Cronkite: "Mr. President, the only hot war we've got running at the moment is, of course, the one in Vietnam. And we've got our diffi...

Today in History

2010-04-16T11:22:24Z

Today in History

Today is Friday, July 24, the 205th day of 2009. There are 160 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 24, 1959, during a visit to Moscow, Vice President Richard Nixon engaged in his famous "Kitchen Debate" with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. (The impromptu exchanges occurred in the kitchen of a model home at the Ame...

Jill Biden to have orthopedic surgery

2010-09-01T12:19:02Z

Jill Biden, VP's wife, to have operation to relieve shoulder pain

Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, will have orthopedic surgery Monday to relieve shoulder pain. Mrs. Biden will have the outpatient procedure performed at Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Mount Rushmore may change security procedures after Greenpeace demonstration

Officials at Mount Rushmore may change their security measures after environmentalists were able to hang a banner warning about global warming from atop the national monument, a spokesman said. The activists intenti...

Correction: Carter award from Palestinian group

2010-06-25T21:53:37Z

Correction: Carter receives award from Palestinian foundation

In a June 13 story about Jimmy Carter's visit to the West Bank, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the former U.S. president was honored by the Palestinian go...

NY Times claims it knew of Watergate scandal first

2010-06-25T22:12:04Z

The Watergate scandal that brought down US president Richard Nixon was one of the great news scoops of the 20th century, and the New York Times on Monday revealed it nearly had the story in its grasp. The early 1970s scandal, which turned the two Statue in honor of President Ronald Reagan being built in downtown London

Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan is being honored with a statue in central London. Westminster City Council says it has changed the usual rules to allow the memorial to be erected outside the current

Restoration done at Truman's Little White House

2010-04-16T12:19:30Z

President Harry Truman's Little White House in Key West finished after 7 years of restoration

A seven-year, nearly $1 million restoration of President Harry Truman's Little White House in South Florida is complete. The Key West home where...

Correction: Carter on South America

2010-06-25T22:34:05Z

Clarification: Carter on South America story

In an April 28 story, The Associated Press reported that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he was exploring bringing together the presidents of five South American countries with

Iranian expats in US cheer fantastic Obama speech

2010-04-16T15:56:59Z

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Anik Arakel let out a heartfelt sigh of happiness as she listened to US President Barack Obama wishing the Iranian people "Eid-eh Shoma Mobarak" as they celebrate Nowruz, the Persian new year. "Wow ... that's really nice, fantastic," she said from her home in California, where she has lived for nearly 30 years. "'Shoma' means 'you guys' and 'mobarak' means 'congratulatio...

Iranian expats in US divided on Obama speech

2010-06-26T01:40:06Z

Iranian-Americans on Friday hailed President Barack Obama's message on the Persian new year as a positive step towards healing the rift with Tehran, while others insisted that the only way forward was to oust Iran's Islamic regime. "Wow ... that's really nice, fantastic," said Anik Arakel from her...

Actor Stacy Keach suffers mild stroke

2010-06-26T01:42:26Z

Veteran US actor Stacy Keach has fallen victim to a mild stroke in Los Angeles but should not suffer any impairment from it, according to his spokesman. Keach, 67, felt discomfort Tuesday while on stage performing in the role of US president Richard Nixon in the hit p...

And Now...Throwing In The Towel!

2010-09-08T17:47:35Z

Most of us have heard that motivational pearl 'Winners never quit, and quitters never win'. So it can be a little confounding to realize that, in fact, a person can quit, and end up still winning.

Following the French attack against Washington's troops, [see previous post...

Home, and then what? Pondering the ex-president

2010-04-16T17:06:12Z

After the top, then what? Ex-presidents struggle for definition beyond `wandering ghosts'
Each dawn through the 1950s and into the 1960s, he would emerge from the house on North Delaware Street and amble through town in suit and Stetson hat, a snowy-haired Midwestern retiree on a morning constitutional to the library where he volunteered. He had been a farmer once, and after that a haberdasher and a judge....

North Korea Carter

2010-09-01T12:12:56Z
In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center left, hugs with American Aijalon Gomes at Pyongyang airport, North Korea, o...

Austria AIDS Conference

2010-07-19T03:30:32Z
Former US president Bill Clinton speaks during a session at the International AIDS Conference Austria, on Monday, July 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
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Walter Hickel

2010-06-26T10:27:13Z
FILE - In this file photo from Jan. 9, 1969, Walter J. Hickel, left, Secretary of Interior-designate in the cabinet of Richard Nixon, meets with President Lyndon Johnson at the White House in Washington

Sudan Elections

2010-06-26T07:00:09Z
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, second from right, speaks with a polling official at a polling station outside Juba, southern Sudan, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. President Carter's organization, the Carter Center, deployed a team of observers for the elections. Widespread problems with voting prompted S...

Obit Lederhandler

2010-06-25T19:56:56Z
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 1967 file photo by Associated Press photographer Marty Lederhandler, President Lyndon Johnson smiles while eating a cookie, and George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO, laughs ...

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History of Virginia

Former US president Carter arrives in N.Korea: media

FDR rated best president in survey of 238 scholars

George Washington's library book returned -- 221 years late

George Washington's library book returned 221 yrs late

Biden's son being moved to Philadelphia hospital

Former Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz dies at 98

Book Talk: Historian Holt finds admiration for President Pierce

Justice Stevens turns 90; only Holmes was older

Cambridge University society offers pole dancing tuition

White House butler to 8 presidents dies at 90

Former Gerald Ford press secretary is dead at 87

Timeline of White House access and security

John F Kennedy Biography, Part 2,

Albanian town plans statue of Bush

New Woodrow Wilson bio presents a complex figure

Clinton wishes he had left White House "in a coffin"

Book: White House 'the American house next door'

NC crash kills ex-White House photog Kightlinger

CAPITAL CULTURE: The room Obama cannot do without

NKorean diplomats to meet Bill Richardson

Trading-in Capitol statues

John Quincy Adams tweeting thanks to Mass. society

Bill Clinton believed to have arrived in NKorea: report

Today in History

Jill Biden to have orthopedic surgery

Correction: Carter award from Palestinian group

NY Times claims it knew of Watergate scandal first

Restoration done at Truman's Little White House

Correction: Carter on South America

Iranian expats in US cheer fantastic Obama speech

Iranian expats in US divided on Obama speech

Actor Stacy Keach suffers mild stroke

And Now...Throwing In The Towel!

Home, and then what? Pondering the ex-president

North Korea Carter

Austria AIDS Conference

Walter Hickel

Sudan Elections

Obit Lederhandler