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Oscar Pistorius, Double-Amputee Olympian, Charged With Murder
February 14, 2013 by Eudie PakOscar Pistorius, the first double-amputee Olympic sprinter, was charged with the murder of his model girlfriend, Reeva Steencamp, after he shot her multiple times in his South African home on Thursday morning, reports the New York Times.
Although Pistorius...
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Oscar Pistorius
Track and Field Athlete / 1986 -
Oscar Pistorius, the "Blade Runner," is a South African sprint runner who became the first amputee to compete in the Olympics in 2012. In 2013, Pistorius admitted to shooting and killing his girlfriend, South African model Reeva Steenkamp.
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Remembering Rosa Parks on Her 100th Birthday
February 3, 2013 by Kim Gilmore“We received a call upon arrival the bus driver said he had a colored female sitting in the white section of the bus, and would not move back.” These words, from...
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Rosa Parks
Civil Rights Activist / 1913 - 2005
Civil rights activist Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, spurring the Montgomery boycott and other efforts to end segregation.
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Theodore Roosevelt: The First Teddy Bear
February 11, 2013 by Andrew CannizzaroThe producers at BIO.com review hundreds of photos of famous figures each week, from award-winning actors and popular singers, to headliners and scandal makers...
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Theodore Roosevelt
Environmental Activist, Warrior, Governor, U.S. President / 1858 - 1919
A New York governor who became the 26th U.S. president, Theodore Roosevelt is remembered for his foreign policy, corporate reforms and ecological preservation.
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Pope Benedict Resigns Due to 'Advanced Age'
February 11, 2013 by Eudie PakAmong the 78 million Catholics in the U.S. who woke up this morning, there was probably a fair share of cereal spitting, seat jolting, and perhaps even some creative...
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Pope Benedict XVI
Pope / 1927 -
Benedict XVI served as pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013. He is best known for his rigid views on Catholicism and topics such as birth control and homosexuality.
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Inaugural Poets
January 20, 2013 by Eudie PakThere's been a lot of hype surrounding the A-list stars performing at President Barack Obama's second presidential inauguration, but aside from all of the Beyonce...
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Maya Angelou
Author, Poet / 1928 -
Maya Angelou is a poet and prize-winning memoirist. She is the author of the critically acclaimed I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
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Robert Frost
Educator, Poet / 1874 - 1963
A four-time Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry, American Robert Frost depicted realistic New England life through language and situations familiar to the common man.
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Mary Leakey's 100th Birthday: A Look at Her Human Achievements
February 6, 2013 by Eudie PakToday marks the 100th birthday of anthropologist Mary Leakey, whose extensive research in Africa's Rift Valley taught us that our ancestors had capabilities far beyond the image of the primitive, brutish Neanderthal (although the existence of Arnold Schwarzenegger...
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Mary Leakey
Anthropologist, Scientist / 1913 - 1996
Mary Leakey was a paleoanthropologist who, along with husband Louis, made several prominent scientific discoveries. Skull fossils found by the Leakeys advanced our understanding of human evolution.
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