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Morning Glory Pool hot spring in Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in United States. © Patrick Leitz/Getty Images/Flickr RF. MHE Canada;MHE USA.

Happy 100, National Parks!

March 25, 2016 btwuser 0

Last year, more than 305 million people visited a national park or monument across the U.S. Made up of a collective 84 million acres, they […]

man buys milk at the supermarket. Shutterstock/Korta. MHE World

Stuff YOU Should Know

March 18, 2016 btwuser 0

Fukushima: 5 Years Later On September 11, 2011, northeastern Japan was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami. It is considered one of the costliest natural […]

International Space Station, (ISS). Purestock/SuperStock. MHE World

Home From Space!

March 16, 2016 btwuser 0

Last year, btw brought you news of the launch of the longest-ever consecutive space mission. The two-man mission was made up of Russian Cosmonaut, Mikhail […]

Crayon wheel. McGraw-Hill Education. MHE World

Stuff YOU Should Know

March 11, 2016 btwuser 0

McDonalds in Brazil Under Investigation As you probably know, McDonald’s is the largest hamburger fast food chain in the world, with restaurants located in 119 […]

Republican National Convention 2004. Jill Braaten/McGraw-Hill Education. MHE World

Is the Republican Party Headed for a Split?

March 10, 2016 btwuser 0

Political frustration is hardly new. Continually governing an “of the people, by the people, for the people” global superpower based on open-ended principles laid out […]

Death Valley Wildflowers. Steve Geer/Getty Images/iStockphoto. MHE Canada;MHE USA.

Stuff YOU Should Know

March 5, 2016 btwuser 0

Oscar Recap Perhaps you were one of the 34 million people who tuned into the annual Oscar telecast. If not, the evening was filled with […]

In this Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, file photo, Leslie Odom Jr., from left, Phillipa Soo, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Christopher Jackson appear at the curtain call following the opening night performance of "Hamilton" at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York. Fans of Broadway gave producers reasons to smile this Christmas, with 18 of the current 37 shows breaking the $1 million mark for the week, led by “Hamilton,” the new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “School of Rock _ The Musical” and Disney’s “Aladdin” and “The Lion King.” Charles Sykes/Invision/AP. http://www.apimages.com/Search?query=927613637490&ss=10&st=kw&entitysearch=&toItem=18&orderBy=Newest

Hamilton: American Then by America Now

March 3, 2016 btwuser 0

Not since the folks at School House Rock set American History (among other subjects) to song, has popular culture been as excited about our Founding […]

Election Central Keeps You Up to Date

March 2, 2016 btwuser 0

Last night was Super Tuesday. Eleven states held primaries and caucuses across the country. Do you know what happened? The best way to stay up-to-date? […]