In which Pooh turns 100: Hunny-loving bear marks a milestone

The beloved children's character ambled into the world in 1926 in a book written by English author A.A. Milne, and illustrated by E.H. Shepard. Now Disney, which acquired the rights to Pooh and his pals from Hundred Acre Wood in the 1960s, is holding a year-long celebration of the slow-witted bear, whose image is found all over the planet, from Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe. "Winnie the Pooh is all of us," said Kevin Kern, senior manager of research at the Walt Disney Archives in Burbank, California,...