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Meet the American who brought Barbie to life, Ruth Handler, fierce testament to girl power

Poultry peddler Double Dubs of Wyoming sells 48,083 chicken wings in 24 hours for world record

Meet the American who made Easter sweeter, legendary chocolate bunny salesman Robert Lincoln Strohecker

Tampa's treasured 'Cigar City' culture enjoys revival as tourists, newcomers flock to Florida

Meet the American who designed the Empire State Building, New York City native architect William F. Lamb

Michigan UPS worker, born a preemie herself, makes warming blankets for other babies born prematurely

Meet the American who planted the first Christmas tree farm: New Jersey entrepreneur W. V. McGalliard

Christmas trees are just one part of the allure that a Vermont family brings to NYC each December

Meet the American who created the first department-store Santa: immigrant entrepreneur James Edgar

What Black communities need are local solutions not big government. That's the only way real change happens.