Topic: Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart: Her plane was found in 2010, says lawsuit

Amelia Earhart disappeared in 1937. A lawsuit claims Amelia Earhart's aircraft was found in 2010, and it says a group fraudulently raised $1 million for a 2012 search.

Amelia Earhart mystery: Sonar image a new clue to missing plane? (+video)

A group trying since 1989 to solve the mystery of what happened to Amelia Earhart offers a fuzzy sonar image captured off a South Pacific island, hopes to raise $3 million to check out 'anomaly.'

Amelia Earhart: Is it her plane in sonar photo?

Amelia Earhart: Mystery solved? A sonar image taken in waters off a Pacific Island is the latest clue found by a team trying to solve the mystery of the 1937 disappearance of aviator Amelia Earhart.

Culture Cafe 'Boardwalk Empire' season 3 premiere explores old and new character motivations

'Boardwalk Empire' returns for season 3 and moves beyond being only a impressively costumed drama.

Did researchers spot Amelia Earhart's plane? (+video)

Researchers on an expedition to the South Pacific to discover the fate of Amelia Earhart and her navigator say they have spotted a field of manmade debris in an underwater video taken in waters off the Republic of Kiribati.

Amelia Earhart: No more clues to be found?

Google is celebrating the 115th birthday of the aviatrix Amelia Earhart on Tuesday. The group searching for remains of Earhart's disappeared plane is returning to shore.

Amelia Earhart: Pilot and feminist (+video)

Amelia Earhart broke aviation records and gained the respect of male pilots. But Amelia Earhart also held modern views about gender roles, and demanded equal status in her marriage.

Amelia Earhart: Why the mystery continues (+video)

Today's Google Doodle honors Amelia Earhart even as the latest $2.2 million search for her plane runs afoul of a Pacific Island reef. The famous aviatrix would have been 115 today.

Amelia Earhart search missions begins: five others that failed

An expedition to search for the lost aircraft of Amelia Earhart leaves Hawaii Tuesday with high hopes. But many have tried, and failed, to find conclusive evidence before. 

Will researchers solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance? (+video)

A team of researchers hopes to locate Amelia Earhart's plane off the coast of an island called Nikumaroro. Promising pieces of 1930's clothing and cosmetic products have been found there before. 

Amelia Earhart: New evidence tells of her last days on a Pacific atoll (+video)

New information gives a clearer picture of what happened 75 years ago to Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan, where they came down and how they likely survived – for a while, at least – as castaways on a remote island.

The Reformed Broker Hedge funds: Should you bother?

Hedge funds have traditionally been a very rich man's game, but one broker is trying to bring the hedge fund experience to the medium rich.

Decoder Wire Was Amelia Earhart a US spy? (+video)

The rumor persists that Amelia Earhart was spying on Japan for her good friend, President Franklin Roosevelt. A new expedition to find her downed aircraft may finally put to rest some of the wild theories about the aviatrix.

Amelia Earhart: Why is Hillary Clinton backing new search? (+video)

Amelia Earhart might have crashed on Nikumaroro island, a private group suggests. Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that the US is backing the group's effort to discover the truth. 

The new clue that could solve the Amelia Earhart mystery (+video)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has joined scientists and aviation archaeologists in unveiling a renewed search for the wreckage of the plane flown by Amelia Earhart as she attempted to circle the globe in 1937.

Hillary Clinton wades into mystery of Amelia Earhart

New photographic evidence shows parts of a plane on a Pacific Island. Hillary Clinton meets Tuesday with a group investigating the disappearance of American aviator Amelia Earhart. 

Little girls or little women? The Disney princess effect

In today's highly sexualized environment – where 5-year-olds wear padded bras – some see the toddlers-and-tiaras Disney princess craze leading to the pre-teen pursuit of "hot" looks. Do little girls become little women too soon?
09/24/2011 12:48 pm

Little girls or little women? The Disney princess effect

In today's highly sexualized environment – where 5-year-olds wear padded bras – some see the toddlers-and-tiaras Disney princess craze leading to the pre-teen pursuit of "hot" looks. Do little girls become little women too soon?

Everett Ruess: two new biographies

The story of Everett Ruess – the young explorer of the American West who vanished in the 1930s – remains an unsolved mystery to this day.
08/31/2011 07:00 am

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3 intriguing books you may have missed in 2010

Here are three good reads that might have flown under your radar this year. Before you get inundated with 2011 releases, we recommend that you take a look.
12/27/2010 02:40 pm

Amelia Earhart mystery solved? South Pacific bones may have answers.

Bones found on a South Pacific island may be those of Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while attempting to become the first woman to fly around the world.
12/17/2010 11:23 pm

Amelia Earhart rare photos on display in Hawaii

Amelia Earhart's visit to the historic Waikiki hotel will be seen in rare photographs from the 1930's.
07/26/2010 03:22 pm

Space junk close to International Space Station; new astronauts arrive

Space junk has NASA keeping a close eye on the International Space Station. New residents arrived Thursday.
06/21/2010 01:10 pm

Amelia Earhart's watch brought to International Space Station

Amelia Earhat's watch, which the famed aviator wore on two trans-Atlantic flights was brought aboard the International Space Station 82 years to the day after her first flight.
06/18/2010 08:15 pm