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In 2009, Nerida Ellerton and her husband Ken Clements, both professors in the Department of Mathematics at Illinois State University, were very excited when they discovered, in the archives of the Houghton Library at Harvard University, a leaf comprising two pages from a ciphering book prepared by a teenage Abraham Lincoln.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, even in the most fickle of industries. Burberry 's return to London after a decade on the Milan menswear catwalks was always going to be a blockbuster show - but in the event, it was also an emotional homecoming.

Man of Steel is from director Zack Snyder and produced by Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas and Deborah Snyder.

Abraham Lincoln was on the Inaugural Train when it stopped in Harrisburg so he could give the address to the Joint Session of the Legislature in 1861, shortly after being elected the 16th president of the United States in November 1860.

The dinosaurs are on a rampage. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, the two filmmakers who are more responsible than any others for the blockbusterization of Hollywood, now consider themselves its victims and worry that the saturation point is near.

Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values.

FOOTBALL fan and occasional actor Russell Crowe has shown he has a beautiful mind for politics, unleashing his support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Twitter this afternoon.

THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Channel scored big when it decided to produce and air the docudrama "Killing Lincoln" based on the popular book by Fox commentator Bill O'Reilly and travel writer Martin Dugard about the assassination of America's 16th president at the hands of thespian John Wilkes Booth.

Presidential products are a fun and easy way to either pay tribute to or to slyly mock past and present presidents alike.

Here's a fellow who could probably solve two problems at once by replacing his dim reading lamps and giant, heavy library with one simple e-reader.

CAITLIN DAVIS/HOPEWELL NEWS/NEWS-PATRIOT Rebecca Rose pours out water in honor of those souls of the ancestors of the slaves that have passed.

Snatch star Jason Statham and his model girlfriend Rosie Huntington-Whiteley put on a rare show of public affection at the world premiere of his new film Hummingbird.

The late Frank Loesser wrote at least 700 songs, more than a dozen of which are included in the score for the smash musical Guys and Dolls, which, believe it or not, opened on Broadway more than sixty years ago, in 1950, with Alan Alda's father, Robert, in the leading role as the gambler Sky Masterson.

"Diagnosing Mary Todd Lincoln" will be presented Tuesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Northville Public Library.

When we think of the Civil Rights Movement , images of Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X often come to mind.

Inspired by the music, life and times of Ike and Tina Turner, the show has been nominated for Best New Musical at the 2013 Olivier Awards.

'What can I tell you, I'm not good at relationships,' says the twice-divorced Sally Field with a wry smile.

Hollywood actress SANDRA BULLOCK is determined to fulfil a lifelong dream by taking a theatre role in London's West End.

"Copperhead" has been in production for over a year, will be seen in a special premiere in Gettysburg, Pa.

Kathleen Kennedy, the President of Lucasfilm and producer of Star Wars Episode VII, will make her inaugural Star Wars Celebration appearance in Essen this July.