Ed Asner, seven-time Emmy winner, TV's beloved Lou Grant and star of 'Up,' dies at 91. Edward Asner, known to millions as gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, died Sunday at age 91. His publicist, Charles Sherman, confirmed to USA TODAY that Asner died early Sunday morning at home,...
Shortly after her October cancellation, Queen Elizabeth missed a Remembrance Sunday event in London because ofa back sprain. She was “deeply disappointed to miss the engagement which she regards as one of the most significant engagements of the year,” a source told TODAY at the time. A few ...
One of the highest-grossing actors of all time, Harrison Ford has been an American action star and dramatic award-winner since the 1960s. He's best known for his roles as Han Solo in the "Star Wars" franchise, Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and its sequels, and as Jack...
In 1991, high in the mountains of Europe, hikers made a shocking discovery: a dead man partly frozen in the ice. The police investigation soon became a scientific one. Carbon dating indicated that the man died 5, 300 years ago. Today, he is known as the Iceman...
Where did William Henry Harrison die? Where did Henry Ford die? Where did Andrew Carnegie die? Where did Rutherford B. Hayes die? Where did Thomas Paine die? Where did Ben Franklin discover electricity? Where did Grover Cleveland die?
Today, surrounded by promises of easy happiness, we need art to tell us, as religion once did, Memento mori: remember that you will die, that everything ends, and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it. 问题 句子分析(俗称“长难句分析”)是训练提高基础阅读能力的...
March 14 is Celebrate Scientists Day, and so today's episode is a chance for us to do just that. It's also Pi Day, 3.14 (for people who write dates the American way), and it's also Albert Einstein's birthday. But today is our third installment of Skeptoid episodes about scientists...
Byline: Brian CarrollA SINGLE tear falls slowly down Steve Collins's cheek. He apologies and struggles to catch his breath. His body shakes and he looks at the picture of his murdered son on his office wall. The tears flow and he says sorry again, the apology issued, this time, to ...
Do you still remember the interesting question: why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side. Most people know this joke. But recently some people have been much more concerned with how the grizzly bear and mountain lion can cross the road. Millions of animals die each ye...
The average American kid consumes more than 20 teaspoons of sugar per day and adults eat 50% more sugar today than they did in the 1970s. We all know that too much sugar isn’t good for you. But did we know it could be dangerous? A team of researchers at the University of Utah ...