How do I find out where a Federal Court case was filed?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: I’ll assume you’re talking about a case introduced in a federal district court, where trial-level cases are heard, as opposed to an appellate court or the US Supreme Court. You might be able to get this information from the PACER [...]

Does the M3 Power shave closer than the M3 Turbo or the Mach 3?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Actually, the Schick company claims that their 4-bladed Quattro is the best, and I guess the industry will soon be making 5 and 6-blade razors. AP is absolutely terrified by the idea of vibrating razor blades, such as [...]

Where does the Perkins name come from and are there any decendants of the family (or have there been in say the past 4 years) at Duke?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: The library was named after William R. Perkins (1875-1945), personal counsel to James B. Duke, the person who wrote up the legal terms of the [...]

Is it possible to determine what state The Simpsons live in? I claim yes, my friend says no. If it is, do you know where they are supposed to live?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Since the beginning of the show, this question has created endless speculation on Simpsons forums such as the newsgroup alt.tv.simpsons . There [...]

Whatever happened to Dustin Diamond?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: According to the Internet Movie Database (http://www.imtb.com) “Dustin is keeping busy making guest appearances on television, movies and selling out colleges and comedy clubs around the country as a stand up comic.” They also say he likes professional wrestling and chess and has been involved with projects [...]

Why were the Grateful Dead called the Grateful Dead?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Most internet music sites, such as Allmusic.com, rehash over and over that Jerry Garcia took the name “from an Egyptian prayer discovered in a dictionary.”

A more detailed discussion can be found in the essay “The Ripple Effect” by Joseph Holt in *Perspectives [...]

Is Will Ferrell fun to hang out with? I know you don’t hang out with him, AP, but what do you think?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: I didn’t think I’d ever hang out with Will, either, but imagine my surprise a few months ago when I was chilling out with my buddy George W. in Crawford [...]

How are transit tunnels made, like the one on I-95 North between Washington and Baltimore? Are they dropped into the water the tunnel passes through or do engineer’s dig under the water?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: There are several different tunneling methods. The 1985 Fort McHenry tunnel (the I-95 tunnel under Baltimore Harbor) and the 1957 [...]