6 Stories on Charles Schulz
Elvis Presley may have left the building three decades ago, but he raked in more money last year than many living titans of the music industry
Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other Peanuts characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91
Bill Melendez, 91, drew more than 70 TV specials for Snoopy and friends, including A Charlie Brown Christmas
Who was the real Charles M. Schulz?
David Michaelis' new biography of Charles M. Schulz explores the man behind "Peanuts," the comic strip that has delighted readers for decades. CNN.com appealed to fans out there to say what Linus, Lucy and Charlie Brown meant to them.
Concerned that the prestige of the congressional gold medal is being diluted because Congress is doling out too many of them too often, the House voted Wednesday to cap the number of medals approved each year at two and placed other restrictions on who can receive it.
Elvis Presley may have left the building three decades ago, but he raked in more money last year than many living titans of the music industry
Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other Peanuts characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91
Bill Melendez, 91, drew more than 70 TV specials for Snoopy and friends, including A Charlie Brown Christmas
Who was the real Charles M. Schulz?
David Michaelis' new biography of Charles M. Schulz explores the man behind "Peanuts," the comic strip that has delighted readers for decades. CNN.com appealed to fans out there to say what Linus, Lucy and Charlie Brown meant to them.
Concerned that the prestige of the congressional gold medal is being diluted because Congress is doling out too many of them too often, the House voted Wednesday to cap the number of medals approved each year at two and placed other restrictions on who can receive it.
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