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MLK Event: 'Red Tails' benefit screening & reception, Monday, January 16, 2012, 6pm, $25. Empire Theater, 234 West 42nd St., New York. VIP Reception 4-5:30 pm, Top Level-6M $75. Donations go to Claude B. Govan Tri-State Chapter, Tuskegee Airmen.

Award-wining theatre director and veteran writer Whitney J. LeBlanc completes his blues filled trilogy of three generations of the Louisiana Creole Broussard family as brother and sister grandchildren find that coming of age is no simple matter.

What would the world look like without Lincoln?

Was Lee Harvey Oswald on the sixth floor of the Book Depository? New evidence regarding that question surfaces with the story of Victoria Adams, a significant yet ignored witness to the JFK assassination. Meet her in, "The Girl on the Stairs."

So at the age of 12 years 3 months and 10 days Truman Cerney has become the youngest in US History. According to archives, the youngest known Eagle Scout is Mr. Richard Brown of Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Brown earned his Eagle on September 21, 1955.

Crush That Test is launching online learning solutions at www.crushthattest.com. Using research-based methodologies, online tools available anytime, anywhere engage learners with rich content and comprehensive coverage in Advanced Placement subjects.

Shmoop, a publisher of digital resources that make learning fun and relevant for students, introduces online Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Prep course.

Soldiers Bible Ministry is sponsoring a Graphic Arts Competition to design the cover of the new publication which will highlight the role of faith in the United States.

Digital Textbook Company Selected as Top Technology Innovator for 2009

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Shmoop (www.shmoop.com), a new educational website that aims to make learning fun and relevant for today’s students, christened its new “Book Club” section with the best-selling novel Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer.

APRIL 16, 2009 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Shmoop (www.shmoop.com), a new educational website that aims to make learning fun and relevant for today’s students, was recognized as an Official Honoree in the education category for the 2009 Webby Awards.

Teak Removed from Famous WWII Battleship Finds Creative Use

Custer Celebration Event honors city's most famous resident George Armstrong Custer and takes place October 3rd - 11th, 2008. Guests include Sitting Bull's great-grandson, performances by the 126th Army Band of the Michigan National Guard, much more.

Target grant sponsors performances by the 126th Army Band of the Michigan National Guard and Golden Griffon Stringtet as part of Monroe County Historical Society’s Custer Celebration Event

Custer committee uses historic venue and Monroe Michigan tradition to connect with community and promote upcoming living history event