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Biography Channel Special: Mothers Who Kill
A mother kills her child. It's a crime as old as Greek mythology, yet it's just as shocking today when the stories of Andrea Yates, Marilyn Lemak, and Susan Smith show up in the news. When women kill their children, are they always insane or do some of them make clear-cut, cold-blooded choices? We pose the question to psychiatrists, prosecutors, and guilty mothers themselves and find some surprising insights and answers.
9:00 PM
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Women Behind Bars: 303 - Patricia and Willie Mae
A woman and her lover murder her husband while another woman schemes to kill a witness in her nephew's murder case.
10:00 PM
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Women Behind Bars: 104 - Peggy and Susan
The stories of one woman who was convicted of the death of her adopted daughter after a beating, and a handicapped man who was pushed into a river by his wife.

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Malcolm X - Mini Bio

African American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism in the early 1960s.

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Weekend Highlights

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Sun 9/8c I Survived...
Survivors explain how they overcame unbelievable circumstances.
Sun 10/9c I Survived... Beyond and Back
The extraordinary stories of people who have passed onto the other side and came back.
Sat 10/9c My Ghost Story
Everybody has a ghost story, but these people have theirs on film.

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Celebrity Ghost Stories - Best of FULL EPISODE

First-person accounts by celebrities who have experienced the other side.

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Charlie Parker
caused a jazz revolution as a saxophonist, composer, and bandleader in the 1940s and 50s.
Paul Robeson
was the son of an escaped slave, singer, athlete, actor and political activist.
Nina Simone
sang a mix of jazz, blues and folk music in the 1950s and '60s.

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James Baldwin - Mini Bio

James Baldwin was a novelist and playwright who wrote about racial and sexual issues in the mid-20th century, especially pertaining to black life in America.

Short List

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Kendra Wilkinson
was one of Hugh Hefner's Playboy girlfriends co-starring in The Girls Next Door.
Jack Black
is the quintessential slacker and one half of the satirical rock duo Tenacious D.
Amy Poehler
is famous for her work on Saturday Night Live and Parks and Recreation.

Photo Gallery

Super Bowl Half-Time Stars Gallery

In 1993, Michael Jackson emerged from the Rose Bowl JumboTron, then magically teleported to the stage to perform for Super Bowl XXVII. Jackson, along with 3,500 local children, presented the "Heal the World" half-time theme.

Little Known Facts About Black History

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February is Black History month, which means that every year we remember the African-Americans who have made history—and made America what it is today—often with... read more

Celebrity Super Bowl Ads

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BIO Pics: Inspiring Real-Life Coaches

February 2, 2012 by Josh Mapes

'Soul Train' Creator Don Cornelius Dies

February 1, 2012 by Jennifer Ball

Who Am I? Super Bowl MVPs

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Died On This Day

Buddy Holly

Died: 1959 | 22 years old

The plane carrying rock 'n' rollers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson crashed in Iowa with no survivors. The tragedy was later immortalized as "the day the music died" in the song "American Pie."

Buddy Holly

Singer / 1936 - 1959

Buddy Holly was a singer/songwriter whose records, conveying a sense of the wide-open spaces of West Texas and unstoppable joie de vivre, remain vital today.

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2012 Presidential Hopefuls

Republicans and Democrats alike are gearing up for the 2012 elections, with debates and campaigns in full swing. With a Democrat in the White House, the GOP is hoping to capitalize on Tea Party support for a big win. The race is far from clear-cut at this point, as several big names contend for the candidacy. Here are the people who are vying for the highest office in the land in 2012.

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