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Japan's top camera maker, Canon Inc., says it will stop developing new single-lens reflex film cameras as more people turn to digital models. The move followed a similar one by Canon's closest Japanese competitor, Nikon Corp., which announced earlier this year it would stop making 7 of its 9 film cameras and concentrate on digital. Japanese camera makers sold 64.77 million digital cameras last year globally, compared with 5.38 million film cameras.

Nicholas II of Russia was the last crowned Emperor of Russia. Ruling until his forced abdication in 1917, Nicholas proved unequal to the combined tasks of managing a country in political turmoil and commanding its army in the largest international war to date. Bolsheviks executed Nicholas and his family, fearing he would be liberated through a counterrevolutionary advance during the Russian Revolution. What was Nicholas' full name?

Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.

DEFINITION: (noun) A deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture. SYNONYMS: ruse. USAGE: What could the bewildered scouts do, masters as they were of every war-like artifice save this one, but trot helplessly after him, exposing themselves fatally to view.

Rising to prominence with the birth of modern jazz in the mid-1940s, when he was a sideman in Charlie Parker's bebop quintet, Davis became a dominant force in jazz trumpet. He was influential in the development of "cool" jazz in 1949–50, led numerous small groups through the 1950s and 60s, and produced a successful blend of jazz and rock music in the 1970s and 80s. Davis's trumpet and flügelhorn styles were warmly lyrical and were marked by a brilliant use of mutes. When did he begin playing?

The Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is the largest pyramid ever built. A solid mass of limestone block covering 13 acres, it was originally 756 ft along each side of its base and 482 ft high. It has several passages, two large chambers in addition to one below ground level, and two small air chambers for ventilation. It is generally believed to have been built as the tomb of Fourth dynasty Egyptian King Khufu, who was also known by what Greek name?