The statue will be sold at auction for the benefit of an organization that says it fights human trafficking and the sexual ...

Staring out from the $100 bill, looking more like a wise old uncle than Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin seems an easy guy to like. And if anyone belongs on U.S. currency it's this colonial ...

LOS ANGELES – Even Michael Douglas had doubts about portraying Benjamin Franklin ... just had to glance at Franklin's ubiquitous portrait on the $100 bill to see there wasn't much resemblance ...

Benjamin Franklin and his future wife, Deborah Read first saw each other in 1723 on his arrival in Philadelphia, when they were only teenagers. By then, the Read family was well established in the ...

Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words ...

First is the “On Time Guarantee.” For every minute the plumber is late, Benjamin Franklin pays $5, up to a total of $300. They also offer a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee for two years.

In 1998 the program was reorganized under the umbrella of the Benjamin Franklin Medals. Fields recognized today include ... and is an inventor on more than 100 patents and patent applications, more ...

One of the most famous writers on common sense economics was Benjamin Franklin, born January 19, 1706. As a scientist, he saw what worked and published it-from the value of lightning rods to ...