Since the era of "silent films," moving pictures are an important part of worldwide culture. How did movies get their start? What are the stories behind the movies? Enjoy hundreds of stories in this Collection.
Charles Howard, Seabiscuit's owner, is a car salesman who takes horses for trade on his cars.
Alexander's main enemy is Darius III, head of the Persian Empire. The young ruler's strategy just might get the better of his older rival.
Chicago reporter Maurine Watkins, who covers the courts, turns two real murders into a play for a college class.
Meet Chicago's early crime bosses including Big Jim Colosimo, Johnny Torrio, and Al Capone.
Maureen Watkinss play Chicago appears on Broadway in 1926 and later is the basis for the Bob Fosse musical.
By the end of the 19th century, the Native American name Chickagou (which means "bad smell") becomes Chicago and organized crime moves in.
Abandoned by his father and losing his mother and foster mother to tuberculosis, Poe spends his childhood alone and sad.
Child miners suffer from horrible conditions and have health problems including stunted growth.
Today child miners still work in some countries, but laws now protect them in the U.S. and the U.K.
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI have four children but only one - a daughter - reaches adulthood.
Meet and see photographs of famous circus performers and animals.
The Free State Army and the Irish Republican Army continue to fight.
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