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Delaware is a state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern regions of the United States of America. Delaware is named for Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr. Population estimates by the Census Bureau for 2005 place the population of Delaware at 843,524, moving from the 45th most populous state at the 2000 Census to the 46th most populous. Despite this, it is the 7th most densely populated state with a population density of 320 more people per square mile than the national average, ranking ahead of states such as Florida, California, and Texas. Delaware was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and is known as the “First State”, officially referring to the fact that it was the first to ratify the United States Constitution. Even though the states were already known as such prior to the Constitution, the motto itself is still historically accurate, as Delaware was indeed the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation, the first legal document establishing the new American political entities as “states” (although the Declaration of Independence refers to them as “States”). Commemorating Delaware’s ratification, Constitution Park (one block from where Dover’s Golden Fleece Tavern once stood) features a four-foot cube upon which is inscribed the entire document as it has evolved.

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Screen door choices move beyond the ho-hum

Aug 6, 2008 10:58 pm

To enjoy summer weather without the distraction of bugs indoors, humans created screens. Then they upgraded. Today, screens can block ultraviolet rays, keep pets in, serve as security doors and enhanc...

Dr. John fumes over Katrina on new CD

Aug 6, 2008 10:56 pm

NEW ORLEANS -- Burrowed in The Music Shed, an inconspicuous recording studio in the Garden District, Dr. John and Randy Newman are wrapping up a song for the upcoming animated movie "The Princess...

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Aug 6, 2008 10:56 pm

Get your "hands" on a new cleaning mitt and win the War of the Hoses.

Nothing will be off-limits for Robin Williams' stand-up tour

Aug 6, 2008 10:53 pm

When the going gets tough, Robin Williams gets going.

Gardens tell a tale

Aug 6, 2008 10:52 pm

Green spaces at the Read House are festival's focal point.

Pies to prize

Aug 5, 2008 9:56 pm

Liz Marden knows there are no shortcuts to first-rate pastry.

Chilled gazpacho ? the grilled way

Aug 5, 2008 9:55 pm

Gazpacho may taste great chilled, but the best flavors develop if some of the ingredients are heated first. And because it is grilling season, might as well do it right with a bit of fire roasting.

Bacon gives stuffed peppers more bounce

Aug 5, 2008 9:55 pm

Inexpensive disposable foil loaf pans offer an easy way to cook and serve these cheese-stuffed grilled peppers.

An old-school cooking show

Aug 5, 2008 9:51 pm

Remember when TV's favorite cooks were fat, funny and British? "Two Fat Ladies" are back with a DVD set of their joyous 1990s BBC show.

Outrageous 'Parental Advisory' just another blasé reality show

Aug 5, 2008 9:48 pm

HOLLYWOOD -- What value there ever was in glimpsing the "real lives" of marginal celebrities was long ago leeched from the likes of the Osbourne family and Anna Nicole Smith.

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