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Featured Article: Antananarivo
Antananarivo is the capital, largest city and the economic center of Madagascar. It was known by its French name Tananarive or the colonial shorthand form Tana until 1977. The city is guarded by two forts built on hills to its east and southwest. This city is the doorway to Madagascar's rich biodiversity, which attracts ecologically and socially conscious tourists who are concerned with learning new ways to live on the planet.
Popular Article: Bob Feller
Robert William Andrew Feller (November 3, 1918 – December 15, 2010), nicknamed "the Heater from Van Meter," "Bullet Bob," and "Rapid Robert," was an American baseball pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians between 1936 and 1956. In a career spanning 570 games, Feller pitched 3,827 innings and posted a win–loss record of 266–162, with 279 complete games, 44 shutouts, and a 3.25 earned run average (ERA). His career 2,581 strikeouts were third all-time upon his retirement.
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Spanish painter Francisco Goya is both the last of the Old Masters and the first of the modern artists (source: Francisco Goya)
