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• Best English country retreats
Our Old School favorites often seem to leap from the pages of history, like Hartwell House, once owned by the illegitimate son of William the Conqueror, and Fawsley Hall, favored as a getaway by Queen Elizabeth I.
• Obama's night for the history books
Sen. Barack Obama becomes the first African-American presidential nominee of a major political party. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. Barack Obama's official nomination as the Democratic Party's standardbearer was a very poignant moment for millions ...
• Obama should turn page on '92 playbook
History may remember this week more in that context -- as a landmark in enlarging our definition of the American family -- than for any political argument that has been raised here.
• VP pick Palin makes appeal to women voters
The pipeline would be the largest construction project in the history of North America. If completed as hoped within 10 years, it would ship 4.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day.
• Slice of Diana's wedding cake sells for $1,830
A slice of royal wedding history was sold off for 1,000 pounds ($1,830) at an auctioneer. A piece of wedding cake from Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer's ceremony in 1981 was sold by a former royal servant, who had kept it wrapped in clingfilm ...