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Essex Police

Security

Essex Police is a territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Essex, in the East of England. Essex Police is responsible for a population of over 1.8 million people and an area of

Metropolitan Police

Politics and Administration

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or&nbsp

Anna Politkovskaya

Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya (1958–2006) joined a long list of dissidents who died because of their outspoken criticism of their country's regime. A war reporter who chron...

Marco Polo

Born: c. 1254 Venice Died: January 8, 1324 Venice Venetian explorer and writer The traveler and writer Marco Polo lef...

Pierre du Pont

Born: January 15, 1870 Wilmington, Delaware Died: April 5, 1954 Wilmington, Delaware American industrialist and businessman ...

Alexander Pope

Born: May 21, 1688 London, England Died: May 30, 1744 London, England English poet The English poet Alexander Pope is...

John Pople

Born John Anthony Pople, October 31, 1925, in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England; died of liver cancer, March 15, 2004, in Chicago, IL. Mathematician and chemist. Sir John A. Pople was a br...

Carolyn Porco

Planetary scientist Born Carolyn C. Porco in 1953, in New York, NY. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook, B.S. in physics and astro...

Martín Porres

Saint Martín de Porres (1579–1639) spent his entire life in Lima, Peru. A Dominican monk known as a healer and an indefatigable worker in charitable service to the poor, Martín was...

Katherine Anne Porter

Born: May 15, 1890 Indian Creek, Texas Died: September 18, 1980 Silver Spring, Maryland American author American writ...

Cole Porter

Born: June 9, 1891 Peru, Indiana Died: October 15, 1964 Santa Monica, California American composer American composer ...

Zac Posen

October 24, 1980 • New York, New York Fashion designer American designer Zac Posen emerged as fashion's newest star in 2002 when his alluringly feminine dresses made th...

Emily Post

Born: October 3, 1873 Baltimore, Maryland Died: September 25, 1960 New York, New York American author For many years ...

The Yorkshire Post

Advertising and media

The Yorkshire Post is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. It primarily covers stories from Yorkshire, although its masthead carries the slogan "Yorkshire's National N

New York Post

Advertising and media

The New York Post (sometimes abbreviated as NY Post) is a daily newspaper in New York City. The Post also operates NYPost.com, the celebrity gossip site PageSix.com

The Washington Post

Advertising and media

The Washington Post is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most-widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area, and h

The New York Post (NY Post)

Advertising and media

The New York Post (NY Post) is an American conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The Post also operates three online sites, NYPost.co

Pol Pot

Born: May 19, 1928 Kompong Thom, Cambodia Died: April 15, 1998 Near Anlong Veng, Cambodia Cambodian premier Pol Pot w...

Nora Pouillon

Chef, restaurateur, and author Born Nora Aschenbrenner in 1943, in Vienna, Austria; married Pierre Pouillon (a journalist; divorced); companion of Steven Damato; children: A...

Poundland

Consumer goods

Poundland is a British variety store chain founded in 1990. It once sold most items at the single price of £1, including clearance items and proprietary brands. The firs