Topeka (Shawnee, Kansas)

State tourism offices

2011-02-27 00:00:00

States and many U.S. territories have tourism offices to help visitors. When requesting travel literature, be as specific as possible. Alabama: Alabama Tourism Department, 401 Adams Ave., Suite 126, P.O. Box 4927, Montgomery, AL 36103; (800) 252-2262...

New York artist satirizes Westboro Baptist Church leaders in painting

2011-04-18 16:33:16

Monster Mash: Watts Towers receives big pledge of money; arts supporters rally against Kansas governor

2011-02-11 16:32:57

Insert virtual coin to play Pac-Man on Google [Updated]

2010-05-21 16:35:21

Ronnie James Dio's widow asks for tolerance over planned memorial protest

2010-05-24 16:35:10

Proposed law gives hope to uninsured IndyMac depositors

2010-05-28 16:34:09

Joanne Jordan dies at 88; television spokesmodel in 1950s

2009-09-24 00:00:00

Joanne Jordan, one of the top spokesmodels on television in the 1950s who was best known for touting "long-lasting" Hazel Bishop lipstick during commercial breaks on "This Is Your Life," has died. She was 88. Jordan, who also was an actress and TV host,...

Black, white and Brown

2006-12-06 00:00:00

FIFTY-TWO YEARS after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown vs. Board of Education that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," the court still can't agree on what that landmark decision really meant. That was painfully clear Monday when...

Tourism offices in U.S. states, territories

2009-02-08 00:00:00

States and many U.S. territories have tourism offices to help visitors. When requesting travel literature, be as specific as possible. Alabama: Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel, 401 Adams Ave., Suite 126, P.O. Box 4927, Montgomery, AL 36103; (800) 252-...

State government tourist offices

2006-01-22 00:00:00

William Gibson dies at 94; Tony Award-winning playwright was best known for 'The Miracle Worker'

2008-11-28 00:00:00

William Gibson, 94, a Tony Award-winning playwright best known for "The Miracle Worker," the inspirational story of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan, died Tuesday at his home in Stockbridge, Mass. The family did not disclose the cause of death....

Military deaths

2009-04-26 00:00:00

The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq: William C. Comstock, 21, of Van Buren, Ark.; corporal, Marine Corps. Comstock died of noncombat-related injuries Wednesday in Iraq's...

A photograph showing Sheldon's Kindergarten band, which was part of the Tennessee Town Kindergarten, Topeka, Kansas. Date: Between 1890 and 1900

2011-09-23 12:58:25

A portrait of the mothers of kindergarten students in a meeting at the Sheldon Kindergarten in Topeka, Kansas.

2011-09-23 12:58:29

First Letter from the Lucinda Todd, of the Topeka Chapter of the NAACP, to NAACP Executive Secretary Walter White. In the letter, Todd outlines the problems in Topeka and the fact that the Topeka Chapter of the NAACP wants to test the limits of Kansas law regarding segregated schools.

2011-09-23 12:58:44