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Ben-Hur Turns Author Into a Soldier of Fortune

November 12, 1880 Lewis (Lew) Wallace wanted to be remembered as a great soldier. But he turned to writing in his spare time and now he will always be best known as the author of "Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ", which was published on this day.

Boxing Day Tsunami: TIME's Cover Story

Geologists describe the tectonicsthe almost imperceptibly slow movement of massive platesof the southern Indian Ocean as complex because a number of plates converge there. The floor of the Indian Oceanthe Indian plateis moving north at around 2.5 in. per year, about twice the rate that your fingernails grow. As it moves, it is forced under

Cinema: Ideal Woman - TIME

(3 of 5) But Louis B. Mayer, Greer soon found, was not a corporation. He loathed the show, but he liked Greer very much. Actress Garson had her stage career, to be sure. But had she ever seriously reflected on the immensely greater significance of the cinema? She thought she was not photogenic?

Compostable Dog Poop Bags Aren't Really That Compostable

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Centers Ocean Reporting Network. In the United States, one of the best-selling dog waste bags on Amazon is compostable. So far, so green. Paying slightly more to clean up after fido in an earth-friendly way casts a double haloyou can be a responsible dog parent while

Do You Remember The Movie "Her Excellency"

'Her Excellency' tells the "hate to love" story of a rude spoilt barrister (Jackie Appiah) who is also the daughter of the first female vice president of the republic of Ghana, and a middle class doctor (Majid Michel).