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One Of The Most Iconic Photos Of American Workers Is Not What It Seems
Eleven pairs of loafers were dangling over the New York City skyline. It was September of 1932, as the Great Depression was reaching its height. Unemployment and uncertainty could be felt throughout the city and the entire country. But on West 49th Street, a pillar of hope was under construction: the art deco skyscraper that would come to be known ...
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First Mother To Go To Space Was Pregnant When NASA's Offer Came
The moment Anna Lee Fisher had been waiting for came on a hot summer afternoon in 1983. Five years had passed since Fisher and five other women were chosen to become America's first female astronauts. But she hadn't yet been to space.
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US Teen, Target Of FBI Manhunt After She "Threatened" School, Found Dead
The frantic hunt for an armed young woman who threatened Columbine High ended Wednesday near the base of a mountain 40 miles west of the school. Sol Pais, an 18-year-old who was the target of a nearly 20-hour manhunt, was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.
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Julie Nixon Married David Eisenhower - And Refused A White House Ceremony
Julie Nixon was getting married. The church was booked. The reception venue was picked. The invitations were ordered. And then, there was a hiccup.
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Boy Jumped Off Bridge To Kill Himself. Instead, He Killed Someone Else
There was no way she could have seen him, the boy on the bridge. Marisa Harris was driving her Ford Escape down a Northern Virginia highway, heading home after a peaceful afternoon hike at Burke Lake in the state's Fairfax County. Her boyfriend, Perry Muth, was stretched out in the passenger seat as they cruised east on Interstate 66 toward the bri...
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74 Years After Death, US Marine Returned To Family Who Refused To Forget
A bugle sounded taps, a flag was presented, and a Marine was buried Saturday in Maryland - 74 years after his death.
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Woman Who Accused Clinton Of Groping Her Fights A Legacy Of Being Doubted
Thirty-nine days before she would lose the home she loved, Kathleen Willey poured her coffee, fed the dogs and clicked on the TV above her fireplace. Fox News was the ever-present background noise to her life, but on this morning, Willey would be paying close attention. Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh were about to testify before Congress...
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"How Could You?" The Day Jackie Kennedy Became Jackie Onassis
She was the world's most beloved widow. And then that widow was gone. Fifty years ago, the world mourned the end of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
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Stay In School Or Get Married? In 1965, President's Daughter Had To Choose
The question that changed the course of her life was asked in the solarium of the White House. It was 1965 and Luci Baines Johnson, the president's daughter, was looking at her boyfriend. He had just asked her to marry him.
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Meghan Markle: A "Confident Mixed-Race Woman" Marries Into The Royal Family
Ten children found living in squalid conditions in a California home were waterboarded, shot at with crossbows and had scalding water poured over them by their mother and her partner, authorities said Wednesday.
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One Of The Most Iconic Photos Of American Workers Is Not What It Seems
Eleven pairs of loafers were dangling over the New York City skyline. It was September of 1932, as the Great Depression was reaching its height. Unemployment and uncertainty could be felt throughout the city and the entire country. But on West 49th Street, a pillar of hope was under construction: the art deco skyscraper that would come to be known ...
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First Mother To Go To Space Was Pregnant When NASA's Offer Came
The moment Anna Lee Fisher had been waiting for came on a hot summer afternoon in 1983. Five years had passed since Fisher and five other women were chosen to become America's first female astronauts. But she hadn't yet been to space.
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US Teen, Target Of FBI Manhunt After She "Threatened" School, Found Dead
The frantic hunt for an armed young woman who threatened Columbine High ended Wednesday near the base of a mountain 40 miles west of the school. Sol Pais, an 18-year-old who was the target of a nearly 20-hour manhunt, was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.
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Julie Nixon Married David Eisenhower - And Refused A White House Ceremony
Julie Nixon was getting married. The church was booked. The reception venue was picked. The invitations were ordered. And then, there was a hiccup.
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Boy Jumped Off Bridge To Kill Himself. Instead, He Killed Someone Else
There was no way she could have seen him, the boy on the bridge. Marisa Harris was driving her Ford Escape down a Northern Virginia highway, heading home after a peaceful afternoon hike at Burke Lake in the state's Fairfax County. Her boyfriend, Perry Muth, was stretched out in the passenger seat as they cruised east on Interstate 66 toward the bri...
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74 Years After Death, US Marine Returned To Family Who Refused To Forget
A bugle sounded taps, a flag was presented, and a Marine was buried Saturday in Maryland - 74 years after his death.
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Woman Who Accused Clinton Of Groping Her Fights A Legacy Of Being Doubted
Thirty-nine days before she would lose the home she loved, Kathleen Willey poured her coffee, fed the dogs and clicked on the TV above her fireplace. Fox News was the ever-present background noise to her life, but on this morning, Willey would be paying close attention. Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh were about to testify before Congress...
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"How Could You?" The Day Jackie Kennedy Became Jackie Onassis
She was the world's most beloved widow. And then that widow was gone. Fifty years ago, the world mourned the end of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
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Stay In School Or Get Married? In 1965, President's Daughter Had To Choose
The question that changed the course of her life was asked in the solarium of the White House. It was 1965 and Luci Baines Johnson, the president's daughter, was looking at her boyfriend. He had just asked her to marry him.
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Meghan Markle: A "Confident Mixed-Race Woman" Marries Into The Royal Family
Ten children found living in squalid conditions in a California home were waterboarded, shot at with crossbows and had scalding water poured over them by their mother and her partner, authorities said Wednesday.
