Gazette.Net: American history assemble! Folks is not your parents tall tale

American history assemble! ‘Folks’ is not your parents’ tall tale Adam Umak knew he wanted to write a superhero adventure, but rather than dreaming up superpowers and villains, he decided he need look no further than America’s own folk legends for inspiration.

American Airlines to be Presenting Sponsor of AirFest’s Honoring Heroes Program

The Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) has announced that American Airlines is the new presenting sponsor of the AirFest Honoring Heroes program.

Wonder® Bread Partners With the USO to Honor American Heroes

IRVING, Texas, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For a second year, Wonder® bread is partnering with the USO to celebrate ordinary Americans making extraordinary contributions to their families, communities ...

Texas's war on history | Katherine Stewart

Christian-nationalist zealots are trying to rewrite US history, airbrush slavery and enshrine creationism in Texas schools Don McLeroy, chairman of the Texas State Board of Education from 2007 to 2009, is a "young earth" creationist. He believes the earth is 6,000 years old, that human beings walked with dinosaurs, and that Noah's Ark had a unique, multi-level construction that allowed it to ...

'Avengers' smashes US box office record

Earth's mightiest comic book heroes shattered North American box office records in the just-released "The Avengers" which debuted this weekend with an estimated $200.3 million in ticket sales, industry analysts said Sunday.