In 1893 the organizers of the Chicago World's Fair were on the horns of a dilemma. They were under tremendous pressure to outdo the Paris World's Fair of 1889, but try as they might, they couldn't come up with anything that would rival the Eiffel Tower. Then along came that creative little bridge builder from Pittsburgh. His idea sent everyone spinning. | Full Story
It was truly one for the ages last Friday night in a packed Walter Wright Gymnasium on the campus of Chowchilla Union High School, as the boys and girls varsity basketball teams swept Washington Union High School Panthers on a night that featured four games, a near capacity crowd and the electric feel that something big was about to happen. Updated: Jan. 25, 2012 1:13 PM | Full Story
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2012? Hmm ... isn't 2012 the year the world ends, according to the movie by the same name? Isn't this the year the Mayan calendar stops which some say indicates the end of the world? | Full Story
Nearly every Civil War buff knows that there was a huge disparity between the equipment used by the soldiers of the North and those of the South. | Full Story
Are Your Christmas Lights Still On? | Full Story
Have you ever had a dream where you die? Abraham did. He wanted children, especially a male heir, and God took him out under the stars one night and told him, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Updated: Dec. 14, 2011 11:37 AM | Full Story
December 7, 1941, "A day that will live in infamy!" That's what President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called it. As most everyone knows, on that day Japan struck the blow that brought the United States into World War II, but the Land of the Rising Sun was not through with America yet. Updated: Dec. 15, 2011 6:10 PM | Full Story
Steve Jobs, (1955-2011) co-founder of Apple Computer, related the following to his biographer, Walter Issacson. Jobs said that on recent trip to the Middle East he was amazed because all the teenagers looked just the kids from California with blues jeans, slogan tee-shirts, and, of course, mobile phones. Updated: Dec. 7, 2011 4:29 PM | Full Story
