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Smithsonian December 2006 Owen Edwards	Sacks Appeal Shopping bags, those testimonial totes signaling the consumer preferences of those who carry them, constitute part of our nation's mercantile history. Originally used as a branding strategy, they eventually came into their own as design objects.
Wild West February 2007 David S. Turk	Billy the Kid and the U.S. Marshals Service Deputy U.S. marshals served on both sides during the Lincoln County War, and for a short time, in February 1878, William Bonney served as a federally deputized posseman.
World War II December 2006 David Lesjak	Interview with Donald Stratton: USS Arizona Survivor's Tale Badly burned in the blast that killed more than a thousand of his shipmates, Donald Stratton lives every day with the physical and mental scars left from the attack on Pearl Harbor.
AskMen.com Ross Bonander	Top 10: Financial Crises A century's worth of financial crises, starring that most slippery of trickster characters, money.
Science News December 2, 2006	Timeline: From the November 28, 1936, issue Commonplace transformed into beauty by frost... Behavior of living cells linked to mathematics...
America's Civil War January 2007 Gordon Berg	Battle of Chickamauga and Gordon Granger's Reserve Corps In 1863, Gordon Granger's rookie Reserve Corps saved the Army of the Cumberland from impending destruction.
America's Civil War January 2007 Mike Haskew	Battle of Chickamauga Overconfident and overextended, the Union Army of the Cumberland advanced into the deep woods of northwest Georgia. Waiting Confederates did not intend for them to leave. At Chickamauga Creek, the two sides collided.
Military History December 2006 Dana Benner	Iroquois Battle Fellow Iroquois on the Niagara Frontier During the War of 1812 Iroquois of the Six Nations proved invaluable allies to both sides during the War of 1812 -- until the inevitable day when they found themselves fighting each other.
Civil War Times January 2007 Richard F. Selcer	Ulysses S. Grant: The Myth of "Unconditional Surrender" Begins at Fort Donelson At Fort Donelson, Grant learned that negotiating peace can be the most important part of making war.
Science News November 25, 2006	Timeline: From the November 21, 1936, Issue Wild Turkeys, Nearly Extinct, Penned to Keep Them Wild... Can Extend "Prime of Life" by Suitable Diet... Liner Uses Beam Radio to "See" Through Fog...
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