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The First 48: 134 - Cold as Ice
In Louisville, a 45-year-old man is found gunned down in the snow. Det. Rick Arnold and his team track down a key witness who is forced to chose between her friendship with the suspect and her own freedom.
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The First 48: 139 - Caught Up
When a 21-year-old father is gunned down in a parking lot in broad daylight, Louisville Det. Keith Roberts begins investigating one of the most brazen murders he has ever seen. As he scrambles to find clues and track down witnesses, he gets two important pieces of information--the license plate number of a car that fled the scene and confirmation that the crime-scene parking lot has a surveillance camera. But will the leads pan out and direct Roberts to the killers or will it prove to be an exercise in futility?
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The First 48: House of Pain/Into the Night
When a friendly house party turns into a double murder, the only female homicide detective in Cleveland has to piece together what went wrong. In Harris County, a hardworking father stops off for a drink after work and ends up the victim of a robbery gone bad.

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Jay-Z -- Mini Biography

Hip hop mogul Shawn Carter took his stage name, Jay-Z, to honor his rap mentor Jaz-O and give a shout out to the J/Z subway lines in his Brooklyn neighborhood.

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George Washington Carver
invented over 100 products using the peanut including dyes, plastics and gasoline.

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Thomas Edison - Mini Biography

Thomas Edison, known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park," changed the world with his groundbreaking inventions including the phonograph, the movie camera, and the light bulb.

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Leonardo da Vinci
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Andy Warhol
was an influential artist of the Pop Art movement of the 1960s.

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Pablo Picasso – Mini Biography

Pablo Picasso was one of the founders of Cubism and one of the most influential artists of all time.

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Rembrandt
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Isaac Newton
the long-haired English physicist could have fronted his own hair band.
Franz Liszt
the Hungarian composer rocked a serious coif.

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Louis XIV – Full Biography

The renowned King of France had a rockin' royal hairdo. Watch a biography about his opulent lifestyle.

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Mariah Carey – Mini Biography

Pop diva Mariah Carey debuted on the music scene in 1990 and quickly rose to the top of the charts with hits like “Vision of Love” and “I Don’t Wanna Cry.”

Ray Manzarek, Founder of the Doors, Dead at 74

May 21, 2013 by Eudie Pak

Doors founder Ray Manzarek [pictured on the right] died Monday in Germany following a long battle with cancer, reports NPR. He was 74.

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It Happened On this Day

After nearly 30 years, Johnny Carson bids farewell to the Tonight Show.

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