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Top News Sites by Traffic

Top Sites

The following is a list of the top general news and newspaper sites in the United States, sorted by traffic (unique monthly visitors). News/Newspaper Site CNN Unique Visits 24,000,000 Yahoo! News 23,000,000 AOL News 18,000,000 NYTimes.com 17,000,000 Fox News 9,900,000 Washington Post 8,200,000 ABCNews.com 8,000,000 USA Today 7,500,000 CBS News 7,400,000 LA Times 6,700,000 Wall [...]

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100+ Dictionary Sites for Students & Researchers

Dictionary

Top Dictionaries for Quick Lookup Merriam-Webster Dictionary – the Webster dictionary is one of the most cited dictionaries. AskOxford.com – The online version of the famous Oxford dictionary. Dictionary.com – Dictionary.com is one of the most popular dictionaries on the web. FreeDictionary.com – the Free dictionary. Dictionaries American-Heritage Collegiate Dictionary Century Unabridged Dictionary (1889) Cambridge [...]

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Gigantic LeBron James Mural Dismantled in Cleveland

News

WATCH WORKERS TAKE DOWN LEBRON WITNESS BANNER: Workers began dismantling the 10-story-tall iconic image of James on a mural in downtown Saturday, a billboard that has dominated the city’s skyline for years but is being taken down now that the superstar has left the Cavaliers for the Miami Heat. “We are removing the LeBron James [...]

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Mail Delivery Holidays

Calendar
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U.S. Mail Holidays – UPS Holidays – DHL Holidays – FedEx Holidays The following is the 2010 holiday schedule for USPS in the United States. [Visit USPS' Calendar] Friday, January 1 – New Year’s Day Monday, January 18 – Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday Monday, February 15 – Washington’s Birthday (President’s Day) Monday, May 31 [...]

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Where to Watch World Cup 2010 Online

Sports
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World Cup 2010 begins on June 11th. ABC TV and ESPN announced that between the two stations all games will be aired. Check your local listings. In addition, there are many places to watch live streams of the games online. ESPN3: All the games will be streamed live on ESPN3.com. Univision and TeleFutura will cary [...]

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JFK and Marilyn Monroe Snapped Together

News

The only known photograph of President John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe will be put on display in a Los Angeles gallery and listed at $23,000. Taken at a Manhattan after party on the night Monroe famously cooed “Happy Birthday,” the image is of the pair and the president’s brother Robert. At the time, Secret [...]

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Top 10 Largest Oil Spills (Exxon Valdez or Deep Water Horizon Not on List)

Environment
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Surprising to many, the Exxon Valdez spill is only the 34th largest oil spill ever. And while the Deep Water Horizon spill is a disaster by any means, it remains distant to this top 10 list (Hopefully it never makes this list). I decided to publish this list because I’ve heard a handful of people [...]

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World Date & Time

Date & Time
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Need the official date and time: The Official U.S. Time Need to know the time in an important city? Use these lists to find out: Small Time Zone List with Cities Large Time Zone List with Cities For the person that’s about to make an International phone call or is planning a trip to a [...]

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Top 100 Newspapers

Newspapers
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This is a list of the top 100 newspapers in the United States, by circulation, including daily and Sunday circulation, respectively. USA Today (2,281,831; None) The Wall Street Journal (2,070,498; None) The New York Times (1,121,623; 1,680,582) Los Angeles Times (907,997; 200,065) Washington Post (740,947; 1,000,565) The Daily News (708,773); 835,121) New York Post (643,086; [...]

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Lee Resolution (1776)

Documents
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On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, introduced this resolution in the Second Continental Congress proposing independence for the American colonies. Acting under the instruction of the Virginia Convention, Richard Henry Lee on June 7, 1776, introduced a resolution in the Second Continental Congress proposing independence for the colonies. The Lee Resolution contained [...]

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