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Oct 13, 2008
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Feature of the Day
Quiz: Explorers & Adventurers
Where did Christopher Columbus believe he had landed in 1492?
Columbus's Unknown Legacy
Columbus introduced tobacco, corn, cassava, and many types of beans to Europe and Africa
Biggest One-Day Declines in the Dow
The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered some of its biggest losses during the financial crisis of 2008
Nobel Prize History
The 2008 Nobel Prize for Economics is awarded to Paul Krugman for "his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity"


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