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A Man and His 'Hood Then again, Blankfein is different. Born into modest circumstances in the South Bronx, he moved with his family to the East New York section of Brooklyn "in search of a better life," Blankfein says, when he was 3. The family lived in the Linden Houses...
Aug. 27 marks the sesquicentennial of the first oil well, which was drilled in Titusville, Pa. It has been more than a century since any major producer shipped oil in an actual barrel, but the unit has been the industry's standard ever since the overwhelmed Pennsylvania oilmen struck their...
The role of propofol in Jackson's final days looms large even as the coroner's report remains under official seal. On Aug. 24, the Los Angeles Times reported that the L.A. County Coroner's Office found fatal amounts of the powerful anesthetic (also known as Diprivan) in Jackson's...
The Monuments Men stayed in Europe for six years after the war to finish their work. How many works did they eventually return? By 1951 they had restituted more than 5 million objects. That includes thousands of church bells the Nazis were going to melt down and use for war...
Defenders of the harsh interrogation - notably Cheney - claim it yielded a rich vein of information, possibly including details of imminent attacks on the U.S. homeland. But tantalizing references to the IG's findings contained in the now infamous "torture memos" by the Bush Administration Office of Legal Counsel suggest that...