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TIMOTHY B. BENFORD is a best-selling author, award-winning novelist, and prolific magazine writer. His feature articles have appeared in more than a hundred publications worldwide. To contact him directly email: TimothyBenford@aol.com

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Business > Business (Other) Why the U.S. Mint would issue another dollar coin: 1 of 1
ANOTHER U.S. DOLLAR COIN WITHOUT PULLING $1 PAPER CURRENCY FROM CIRCULATION On February 15, 2007, officials at the U.S. Mint were besides themselves with glee as they introduced yet another metallic mistake: a $1 coin intended to circulate alongside $1 paper currency. For some reason, Congress, and the Mint just don't get it... More..
Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) U.S and Canadian coins from World War II: 1 of 1
STRANGE AND DIFFERENT U.S. AND CANADIAN WORLD WAR II COINS When 60th anniversaries of events in the final year of World War II were taking place in 2005, this writer compiled a list of strange and different U.S. and Canadian general circulation coins which were the result of the war. If you are not old enough to remember see... More..
Arts & Humanities > Colonial & Early American Nevis: Visited first by Jamestown settlers: 1 of 1
JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA, SETTLERS STOPPED IN CARIBBEAN FIRST On March 24, 1607, a group of 144 English men landed on the Caribbean island of Nevis, spent six days and left. Less than two months later they established the first English settlement beyond the British Isles and named it Jamestown, Virginia. The Commonwealth of Virgi... More..
Arts & Humanities > 19th Century US History Oldest Jewish synagogue in the Caribbean discovered by archaeologists in Nevis: 1 of 1
HAS OLDEST SYNAGOGUE IN CARIBBEAN BEEN FOUND ON NEVIS? An old, one-story stone structure behind the modern administration building in Charlestown, Nevis, is possibly the oldest synagogue in the Caribbean. Some believe it is the mikva (ceremonial bath) and all that remains of the oldest Jewish synagogue in the Caribbean. Rece... More..
Travel > Travel (Other) St Kitts: producers of the purest water in the world: 1 of 1
IS IT THE WATER THAT MAKES THINGS GROW BIG ON ST. KITTS AND Nevis, W. I.? There is no place on Earth with water so pure. And Baron de Rothschild risked a fortune to prove it. Instead of bottling the water and competing with purveyors of pure spring water, he went one step better and used it as the vehicle for alcoholic bever... More..
Travel > Travel (Other) The case of the missing cannon on the Caribbean island of Nevis: 1 of 1
Like the mysterious corpse in an old Dashiell Hammett novel, the big gun appeared on a Caribbean beach after a hurricane, then it disappeared. The mystery began when Dr. Adly Abdel-Meguid, owner of the Mt. Nevis Hotel on Nevis in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, was inspecting his beachfront restaurant after the passag... More..
Travel > Travel (Other) Caribbean trivia: Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1 of 1
AMAZING ST. KITTS AND NEVIS TRIVIA Fact: The original 144 Jamestown, Virginia colonists stopped at the Caribbean island of Nevis in 1607, spent six days there. Two months later they established the first English settlement in America. A commemorative plaque was dedicated in 1957 on the 350th anniversary of that visit. Fact: ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Spirituality (Other) Psychics and the death of Princess Diana: 1 of 1
In the decade since the car crash in a Paris tunnel that took the life of Princess Diana, her boyfriend Dodi Fayed, and the driver of the Mercedes, a handful of so-called psychics have claimed they predicted the tragedy. As expected, the media has ignored ad dismissed nearly all of them as screwballs or people seeking public... More..
Autos > Antique Cars Automotive history: Famous and notorius automobiles: 1 of 1
THE "GODFATHER" DEATH CAR MYSTERY Filmed some 35 years ago, the original "Godfather" movie is truly a Hollywood classic. But this article is about another classic, the 1941 Lincoln Continental in which Sonny Corleone (actor James Caan) bought the farm in a gangland slaying at a toll booth. Rumors and stories about the 1941 L... More..
Travel > Boat Travel & Cruises Cruise ship reviews: Sea Cloud: 1 of 1
REVIEW: FORMER PRIVATE YACHT SEA CLOUD The much-touted 5-star, four-masted barque SY Sea Cloud was built in 1931 for cereal food heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post by her husband, Wall Street broker Edward F. Hutton. She turned Sea Cloud into a gathering spot for royalty, heads of state, and the cream of society. For decades... More..