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Top 10 richest US presidents

Mitt Romney earned nearly $22 million in 2010. If elected, he would be in the Top 3 most wealthiest presidents. You may be surprised by who ranks among the Top 10 wealthiest US presidents.

A Christmas tree farmer as president? How he raised spirits during wartime.

US presidents have had Christmas trees at the White House for years. But only one was a bona fide Christmas tree farmer, according to his voter registration card.

Gen Y becomes Gen G – the gourmet generation

For many young people, cooking is the hot new trend – becoming at once theater, entertainment, self-definition, status, and creative expression. Why Millennials wield spatulas and smoked paprika.

Was George VI's DC visit as important as the 'King’s Speech'?

King George VI's 1939 visit to Washington came three months before Britain and Germany were at war, and the climax of 'The King's Speech' takes place. The visit helped garner American sympathy for its former colonial ruler.

Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt shared “one of the most interesting and radical marriages in history," contends biographer Hazel Rowley.

JFK trivia: His presidential library houses papers of which famous author?

The presidential library began with FDR, and one for George W. Bush broke ground last week. JFK's includes a collection from an American novelist.

President Obama's bittersweet political homecoming

On the last leg of his campaign blitz, Obama reminisced about his 2008 victory to a hometown crowd. But his main point was to rally the troops facing a very tough midterm election fight.

Education secretary Arne Duncan: headmaster of US school reform

As students head back to school, educators nationwide are implementing controversial school reform wrought by Arne Duncan. Pushing competitive market approaches and armed with unprecedented funding and support from the president, he is possibly the most powerful education secretary ever.

Obama's birthday: a time to fundraise, count gray hairs

President Obama's birthday, No. 49, is an occasion for the Democratic Party to fundraise and rally the grass roots. Obama himself has been taking note of his graying hair.

What cafeterias can teach us about economics

What foods are offered and how they're arranged provide a surprising microcosm of the market.

FDR'S Funeral Train

A collection of fascinating historical anecdotes highlight this account of five days in April 1945.

Bill of Rights Day: what Obama says about it

Bill of Rights Day commemorates Dec. 15, 1791 – when the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution took effect. In the past week, Obama issued a proclamation for the day.

Hecklers turn Democrats' healthcare forums into 'town hells'

House members stumping for President Obama's reform plans return home to 'recess roasts.'

George B. Merry: reporter's reporter and generous colleague

A six-year-old's book about Obama

Obama names basketball buddy and fellow Harvard alum as Education Secretary

A day in the security bubble with Barack Obama

My neighbor is running for president

Barack Obama? Oh sure, he's just a guy from the next block over.

Deals on meals at do-it-yourself grocery

Members of Brooklyn’s Park Slope Food Coop slash their bills for locally grown and organic foods – in exchange for labor.

New worker perk: help buying a home

In Illinois, 70 employers offer assistance with everything from down payments to credit counseling.

More Mail Bag matches

Readers share their experiences with the Monitor's old pen-pal column.

Just desserts for a backwoods boy-turned master chef

Even his school counselor laughed at Marshall Faye's dream of baking. Now the master chef has the last laugh.

Every day should be 'pie day,' they insist

Two women have opened the Pie Bakery & Cafe in a Boston suburb in order to spread the news of this simple comfort food.