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| Rank | River | Location | Approximate Length—miles |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nile | Africa | 4,180 | |
| 2. | Amazon | South America | 3,912 | |
| 3. | Mississippi-Missouri-Red Rock | United States | 3,710 | |
| 4. | Chang Jiang (Yangtze) | China | 3,602 | |
| 5. | Ob | Russia | 3,459 | |
| 6. | Huang Ho (Yellow) | China | 2,900 | |
| 7. | Yenisei | Russia | 2,800 | |
| 8. | Parana | South America | 2,795 | |
| 9. | Irtish | Russia | 2,758 | |
| 10. | Zaire (Congo) | Congo | 2,716 |
Written by admin on February 28th, 2007 with no comments.
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| Rank | Name, Location | Area (sq. miles) | Length (miles) | Max. Depth (feet) |
| 1 | Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan-Russia-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran (salt water) | 152,239 | 745 | 304 |
| 2 | Superior, U.S.-Canada | 31,820 | 383 | 1,333 |
| 3 | Victoria, Tanzania-Uganda | 26,828 | 200 | 270 |
| 4 | Huron, U.S.-Canada | 23,010 | 247 | 750 |
| 5 | Michigan, U.S. | 22,400 | 321 | 923 |
| 6 | Aral, Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan | 13,000 | 266 | 223 |
| 7 | Tanganyika, Tanzania-Congo | 12,700 | 420 | 4,708 |
| 8 | Baikal, Russia | 12,162 | 395 | 5,712 |
| 9 | Great Bear, Canada | 12,000 | 232 | 270 |
| 10 | Nyasa, Malawi-Mozambique-Tanzania | 11,600 | 360 | 2,316 |
Written by admin on February 28th, 2007 with no comments.
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Rank Celebrity Earnings in Millions
1. Kurt Cobain $50
2. Elvis Presley $42
3. Charles M. Schulz $35
4. John Lennon $24
5. Albert Einstein $20
6. Andy Warhol $19
7. Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) $10
8. Ray Charles $10
9. Marilyn Monroe $8
10. Johnny Cash $8
Source: Forbes
Written by admin on February 27th, 2007 with 2 comments.
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Rank DVD
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
2. Cars
3. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5. Over the Hedge
6. King Kong
7. Wedding Crashers
8. Walk the Line
9. Ice Age: The Meltdown
10. The Little Mermaid
Written by admin on February 27th, 2007 with no comments.
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Rank DVD
1. Flightplan
2. Wedding Crashers
3. Walk the Line
4. Failure to Launch
5. Fun With Dick and Jane
6. Click
7. Inside Man
8. King Kong
9. RV
10. Lord of War
Source: Rentrak’s Retail Essentials.
Written by admin on February 26th, 2007 with no comments.
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| Rank | President | Years | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theodore Roosevelt | 42 | 322 |
| 2 | John F. Kennedy | 43 | 236 |
| 3 | Bill Clinton | 46 | 154 |
| 4 | Ulysses S. Grant | 46 | 236 |
| 5 | Grover Cleveland | 47 | 351 |
| 6 | Franklin Pierce | 48 | 101 |
| 7 | James Garfield | 49 | 105 |
| 8 | James K. Polk | 49 | 122 |
| 9 | Millard Fillmore | 50 | 184 |
| 10 | Chester A. Arthur | 50 | 350 |
(By age upon taking office)
Written by admin on February 23rd, 2007 with no comments.
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Rank State
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1. New Hampshire
2. Minnesota
3. Iowa
4. Vermont
5. New Jersey
6. Wyoming
7. Massachusetts
8. Virginia
9. Nebraska
10. Connecticut
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Methodology: To determine a state’s livability rating, each state’s rankings in 44 categories were averaged. Some of the positive factors included household income, homeownership, job growth, and educational attainment. The negative factors included crime rate, poverty rate, infant mortality rate, and unemployment rate.
Source: Morgan Quitno Press
Written by admin on February 22nd, 2007 with no comments.
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| Rank | Island | Location | Area—sq mi |
| 1 | Greenland | North Atlantic | 839,999 |
| 2 | New Guinea | Southwest Pacific | 309,000 |
| 3 | Borneo | West mid-Pacific | 287,300 |
| 4 | Madagascar | Indian Ocean | 227,000 |
| 5 | Baffin | North Atlantic | 195,926 |
| 6 | Sumatra | Northeast Indian Ocean | 182,859 |
| 7 | Honshu | Sea of Japan-Pacific | 89,176 |
| 8 | Great Britain | off coast of NW Europe | 88,795 |
| 9 | Victoria | Arctic Ocean | 83,896 |
| 10 | Ellesmere | Arctic Ocean | 75,767 |
Written by admin on February 21st, 2007 with no comments.
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| Rank | Country |
| 1 | Norway |
| 2 | Iceland |
| 3 | Australia |
| 4 | Ireland |
| 5 | Sweden |
| 6 | Canada |
| 7 | Japan |
| 8 | United States |
| 9 | Switzerland |
| 10 | Netherlands |
Written by admin on February 21st, 2007 with no comments.
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| Rank | Name, location | Visitors |
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tenn. | 9,192,477 |
| 2 | Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. | 4,401,522 |
| 3 | Yosemite National Park, Calif. | 3,304,144 |
| 4 | Olympic National Park, Wash. | 3,142,774 |
| 5 | Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.-Mont.-Idaho | 2,835,651 |
| 6 | Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo. | 2,798,368 |
| 7 | Zion National Park, Utah | 2,586,665 |
| 8 | Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio | 2,533,827 |
| 9 | Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. | 2,463,442 |
| 10 | Acadia National Park, Maine | 2,051,484 |
Source: Based on data from the National Park Service.
Written by admin on February 21st, 2007 with 1 comment.
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