Topic: Richard Norton

Nearly 100 U.S. historians and scholars have rated Barack Obama as one of the 12 greatest presidents in American history, a comprehensive survey showed Friday.

UPI Almanac for Monday, June 15, 2015

Britain's high-profile drive to sell Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets in the Persian Gulf seems to be running into trouble, with the United Arab Emirates reportedly having second thoughts about acquiring up to 60 of the aircraft under a contract possibly worth $10 billion.

UPI Almanac for Saturday, June 15, 2013.

UPI Almanac for Friday, June 15, 2012.

UPI Almanac for Sunday, June 15, 2008.

One of U.S. President George W. Bush's top three priorities in the Middle East -- stabilizing Lebanon -- is on the verge of collapse, observers said Saturday.

It was late November 2007 when the already extended mandate of Lebanese President Emile Lahoud expired, the former president wished his staff at the presidential palace in Baabda good luck and goodbye, got into his armor-plated limousine and drove off into the night. Four months later and 16 attempts at staging elections to fill the vacant presidency, Baabda Palace remains unoccupied -- and Lebanon remains without a president.

More than 80 works by the U.S. impressionist painter Alfred Juergens have surfaced in the home of an elderly Chicago woman.

UPI almanac for Friday, June 15, 2007.