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Every few years, the Academy tweaks the rules for its animated feature category, with the net result that the nominees tend to skew ever more mainstream. That makes it tough for most of this years hopefuls: A record-setting number of animated features submitted (nearly three dozen, though the Academy is still finalizing its list). Those

One year after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, insurance companies have settled 95% of homeowners claims, paying out $16.4 billion. But the industry remains mired in related lawsuits, which could raise prices and lower availability. Allstate CEO Edward Liddy tells TIMEs KATHLEEN KINGSBURY how his business must evolve to keep underwriting the American Dream.

Profession: Scientist Biography: Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand-born physicist known as the father of nuclear physics. His discovery of the concept of radioactive half-life, proof of the nuclear structure of the atom, and identification and naming of alpha and beta radiation form the basis of the modern understanding of the atom.

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Birthdays 201 - 400 of 819 Apr 18 American actor (Jeff Colby-Dynasty), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota May 12 American fictional patriarchal character, and donut aficionado from the long running animated television show "The Simpsons", born in Springfield