Some of us circled the toys and left the catalog open to strategic pages for all to see. Or tore out pages and added them to ...

Marcella Gruelle died at the age of 13 from a smallpox vaccination, ironically as her father had been granted approval for a patent for his doll called Raggedy Ann ... and Dream House to its ...

Of course, the Mouse House wanted more ... He fell on the floor like a Raggedy Ann doll. I picked him up, and he was no longer in the hospital gown. He was in a black robe. I woke up and remember ...

Legendary composer Alan Menken looks back on his career spanning five decades, from Disney's "The Little Mermaid" to "Tangled ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

The blue weatherboard house sold at auction for $1.55 million. For a detached house just a two-minute walk from one of Sydney’s busiest business districts, it’s a bargain price. But it comes ...

The United States is a federal republic whose people benefit from a vibrant political system, a strong rule-of-law tradition, robust freedoms of expression and religious belief, and a wide array of ...

Wendy-Ann Paige starred in The Lovers’ Guide, Britain’s first-ever graphic sex education video, in 1991 – and subsequently enjoyed a lengthy career as a sex-expert. At the height of her fame ...

A glamorous Toorak mansion has sold for close to $70 million in Melbourne’s highest sale of the year. The deal ends the extended campaign for the contemporary home on Macquarie Road, which hit ...

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Plus, Trump sues The Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer. Media companies react to ABC News $15M settlement with the President-elect. Trump starts to slow down his timeline to fulfill ...

Kanye West’s new $35 million mega-mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif., boasts two swimming pools, a spa and tons of other luxurious amenities. Ye’s pricey Mediterranean-style, 20,000-square-foot ...