Oprah Winfrey Donates $12 Million to Smithsonian's Black History Museum Jun 12th, 2013 - 03:00h (CET +01.00) By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Oprah Winfrey has donated a small chunk of her estimated $2.8 billion net worth to help build The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. The OWN chairman and CEO has j... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : oprah, winfrey, donates, million, smithsonian's, black, history, museum, Top Keywords

Korea talks raise hopes; history may scuttle them Jun 10th, 2013 - 13:00h (CET +01.00) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The two Koreas will hold their highest-level talks in years Wednesday in an effort to restore scrapped joint economic projects and ease animosity marked by recent threats of nuclear war. That in itself is progress, though th... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : korea, talks, raise, hopes, history, scuttle, them, museum, Top Keywords

Artist Kapoor draws on Berlin's dark history in new show May 24th, 2013 - 19:30h (CET +01.00) By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) - Blood-red bricks of wax are shifted by conveyor belts up metal chutes towards the centre of an atrium before thudding down and splattering like entrails, in a monumental new installation created by artist Anish Kapoo... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : artist, kapoor, draws, berlin's, dark, history, show, museum, Top Keywords

JFK retrospective, Latino history on PBS schedule May 9th, 2013 - 07:00h (CET +01.00) LOS ANGELES (AP) - PBS says its fall schedule will include a variety of specials marking President John F. Kennedy's death 50 years ago. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : retrospective, latino, history, schedule, dark, history, show, museum, Top Keywords

Freddie Mac posts 2nd-biggest profit in its history May 8th, 2013 - 15:40h (CET +01.00) By Margaret Chadbourn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Freddie Mac , the No. 2 provider of U.S. mortgage money, posted its second-largest quarterly profit in company history in the first quarter due to rising home prices, falling mortgage delinquencies and inc... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : freddie, posts, 2ndbiggest, profit, history, history, show, museum, Top Keywords

TIMELINE - Key dates and milestones in the S&P 500's history May 7th, 2013 - 00:20h (CET +01.00) By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's, initially known as the Standard Statistics Company, created its first stock market index in 1923. It consisted of the stocks of 233 companies and was computed weekly. Three yea... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : timeline, dates, milestones, s&p, 500's, history, show, museum, Top Keywords

South Korea summons Japan envoy over PM's remarks on history Apr 25th, 2013 - 10:10h (CET +01.00) By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea summoned Tokyo's ambassador in Seoul on Thursday to protest at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's defense of visits by senior officials and lawmakers to a shrine seen by Japan's neighbors ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : south, korea, summons, japan, envoy, pm's, remarks, history, Top Keywords

Complex history between Iran and al-Qaida Apr 23rd, 2013 - 19:10h (CET +01.00) Canadian authorities claim al-Qaida operatives in Iran directed a failed plot to attack a passenger train. Iran denies it has any links to the two suspects. What falls in between is Iran's complicated history with the terror group that has inclu... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : complex, history, between, iran, alqaida, pm's, remarks, history, Top Keywords

Key dates and milestones in the S&P 500's history Apr 10th, 2013 - 18:40h (CET +01.00) By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's, initially known as the Standard Statistics Company, created its first stock market index in 1923. It consisted of the stocks of 233 companies and was computed weekly. Three yea... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : dates, milestones, s&p, 500's, history, pm's, remarks, history, Top Keywords

Riches of Dutch History Return to Rijksmuseum Apr 4th, 2013 - 14:20h (CET +01.00) AMSTERDAM (AP) - Rembrandt van Rijn's masterpiece "The Night Watch" is back in pride of place at the newly renovated National Museum of the Netherlands, along with works by Johannes Vermeer, Jan Steen and thousands of other Dutch cultu... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : riches, dutch, history, return, rijksmuseum, pm's, remarks, history, Top Keywords