In 1900, the typical American was a boy, not yet a teenager, named John. He lived with his parents and his sisters,… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
For the first six years of his career, Sammy Sosa was one of the least patient players in the game. He could… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Mohammed al-Qahtani was not alleged to be a leader of the Sept. 11 plot. He was not trained as a pilot. If… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Though some student activists of the 1960s may have idolized Alinsky, he didn't particularly idolize them. — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
The real Representative McDermott said Jason McDermott is no relation. The Congressman does have a son, but his name is James and… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Although some Clinton biographers have been quick to label Alinsky a communist, he maintained that he never joined the Communist Party. — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Fans love McGwire for his powerful physique, for his on-field hugs of his son, the part-time bat boy. He is Big Mac,… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
If he is convicted, Dr. Kevorkian says he will die a martyr's death by going on a hunger strike. — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
In Montana, where Sen. William Andrews Clark made his fortune and lost his reputation, people had assumed that all his children were… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Reggie Campbell and Kathleen Goldsmith are participants in an American success story, the unprecedented boom of home-buying by African-Americans in the 1990s.… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Relaxing at home in his 55th-floor condominium before a game, Sammy Sosa is the same as at the ball park: focused but… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Fans love Sosa for his exuberance, for the kisses he blows to his mother, wife and four children. He is Slammin' Sammy,… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
One-third of all professional baseball players come from Latin America, and Sosa is following role models such as the late Roberto Clemente,… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
In Atlanta, with a large African-American population, Sosa is often considered a black man. In Miami and Los Angeles, with larger Hispanic… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
William Andrews Clark was caught in a bribery scandal during a campaign for the U.S. Senate - he was said to describe… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Todd Palin's frequent presence in the governor's office led some in Juneau to call him the 'Shadow Governor.' But it had never… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
NBC News found that FEMA has redrawn maps even for properties that have repeatedly filed claims for flood losses from previous storms. At least… — Bill Dedman Copy Share
Huguette Clark has had her own tax liens - four times, the IRS has filed to collect taxes from her. — Bill Dedman Copy Share
At one point, Sarah Palin sent her husband instructions to stock up on 'fresh fruit and veggies' for the kids, and 'as little processed… — Bill Dedman Copy Share
In New York, FEMA granted the Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club's request to be remapped from the high-risk flood zone in August 2012 -… — Bill Dedman Copy Share
Wal-Mart has always paid low wages, or, as Sam Walton put it, 'as little as we could get by with at the time.' — Bill Dedman Copy Share
Less than a year after the Sept. 11 attacks, al-Qaida attacks were continuing: the firebombing of a synagogue in Tunisia in April, a bomb… — Bill Dedman Copy Share
The Manhattan district attorney has closed the well-publicized investigation of the handling of the $300 million fortune of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark - without… — Bill Dedman Copy Share
Mohammed al-Qahtani was not alleged to be a leader of the Sept. 11 plot. He was not trained as a pilot. If he was… — Bill Dedman Copy Share
If he is convicted, Dr. Kevorkian says he will die a martyr's death by going on a hunger strike. — Bill Dedman Copy Share
In votes cast, Latinos have increased to five million in the 1996 Presidential election, up from two million in the 1976 election. The number… — Bill Dedman Copy Share
Lie detectors sometimes work because people believe they work, deterring the wrong people from applying for jobs in the first place, or prompting admissions… — Bill Dedman Copy Share
Each year, at the typical nuclear reactor in the U.S., there's a 1 in 74,176 chance of an earthquake strong enough to cause damage… — Bill Dedman Copy Share
It may be no surprise that Pittsburgh has direct flights to London, Paris and Frankfurt, but consider this: many of the tourists here have… — Bill Dedman Copy Share
More than 30 of America's 100 nuclear power reactors have the same brand of General Electric reactors or containment system used in Fukushima. — Bill Dedman Copy Share
While the House of Blues slogan has been 'In blues we trust,' its stages are usually filled with more reliable moneymakers - Neil Diamond… — Bill Dedman Copy Share
