The show that rocks Chicago Jan 24, 2010
A 6-inch rose made of 2,637 Brazilian diamonds, crafted for Princess Mathilde, niece of Napoleon Bonaparte. By Globe Staff / January 24, 2010. (Boston Globe)
Dot in the ocean Jan 21, 2010
Geography: In the Atlantic, midway between South America and Africa Population: 7,637 Terrain: Rugged and volcanic History: Discovered by the Portuguese in 1502, uninhabited, then British East India Company colonised it in 1650s, and became Crown Colony in 1834 Famous resident: Napoleon Bonaparte exiled there in 1815, until his death in 1821. Among the passengers, Robert Newman is on the way to attend the funeral of his father, the former chief of police John Newman, who recently passed away on... (BBC News -- UK)
Haiti's survival Jan 15, 2010
When the slaves rebelled, Napoleon Bonaparte sent tens of thousands of troops. Many historians believe that Napoleon's humiliation by the Haitians halted any hope he might have had of using the island as the staging ground for a new French empire on North America, and led to the Louisiana Purchase. (Albany Times Union)
Franklin County Veterans Hall of Honor: World War I Jan 10, 2010
Eugene Clarence Stanley, Clarence O. Stanley, Theodore Roosevelt Steele, William Steffens, Henry Louis Steinbeck, Augustus Albert Steinbeck, Herbert Frederick Steinhaus, George Dewey Stelzer, Jude Stephens, Leon B. Steuterman, Edwin John Stevenson, Arthur Lang Stoeppelmann, Elmer Oliver Stolte, Louis Edward Stoltz, Hiser A. Stone, Norman Stone, Vernon E. Stoops, Oliver Stout, Harry Fletcher Stout, Roacoe Howard Strauser, Charles R. Strauser, Eli A. Strauser, Emit Strauser, Mabel Gertrude... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Tim Sullivan Jan 10, 2010
The principle predates pro football, and can be traced at least as far back as that great game-planner, Napoleon Bonaparte. You dont win battles by wasting elite troops where theyre not needed. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
