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Princess Diana
Princess Diana’s Marriage & Friendship to Royal Butler

  By Virginia Choi • June 17, 2014 Uncategorized
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Former royal butler Paul Burrell speaks on Princess Diana’s marriage and discusses his own “unique” friendship with her: “Towards the end of the princess’s life, I became…everything. I became her policeman, her dresser, her valet, her butler, her driver, her confidante, her friend and the list goes on. And there … Continue reading

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Abraham Lincoln
[TEXT] Witnessing Lincoln on His Deathbed

  By Virginia Choi • June 16, 2014 Uncategorized
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“Intense grief was on every countenance when I replied that the President could survive but a short time. The colored people especially-and there were at this time more of them, perhaps, than of whites – were overwhelmed with grief.” Gideon Welles served under President Lincoln as Secretary of the Navy. … Continue reading

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Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster on Her Ties to Reagan Assassination Attempt

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • June 11, 2014 Uncategorized
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“I feel very young…” Watch Jodie Foster’s press conference on April 2, 1981 following John Hinckley’s assasination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.  Hinckley, who began stalking Foster at Yale University shortly after she appeared in the 1976 film “Taxi Driver.” He claimed that his attempt on Reagan’s life was a … Continue reading

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Espionage Act
Son Discusses the Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • June 11, 2014 Uncategorized
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Robert Meeropol discusses the execution of his parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the only U.S. citizens to be executed under the Espionage Act of 1917. As one of the most contested death sentences in history, the Rosenberg case has inspired continued debate over the constitutionality of the Espionage Act. In … Continue reading

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J. D. Salinger
Former Lover on Romance With Famous Recluse J.D. Salinger

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • June 11, 2014 Uncategorized
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J.D. Salinger, one of America’s best known contemporary writers, is equally famous for his reclusive behavior. After 60 years of silence, a former lover, Jean Miller, finally shares the private details of her romance with the mysterious author of “Catcher in the Rye,” including his initial attraction to her and … Continue reading

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Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona Interviewed on His ‘Hand of God’ Goal

  By Sarah Dejak • June 11, 2014 Uncategorized
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Retired soccer legend Diego Maradona talks about the controversial goal he scored during the 1986 Fifa World Cup quarter-final against England which was held in Mexico City on June 22, 1986. Maradona explains how he fooled the referees into thinking he had scored the goal with his head, when in … Continue reading

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FIFA World Cup
The Head-Butt Heard Around the World

  By Sarah Dejak • June 11, 2014 Uncategorized
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Zinedine Zidane, retired soccer legend and member of France’s World Cup team, explains in an interview why he head-butted Marco Materazzi, a retired member of Italy’s World Cup team, in the FIFA World Cup finals held in Germany on July 9, 2006. Zidane describes the harsh words that Materazzi provoked … Continue reading

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Charles Manson
The Manipulation of a Manson Follower

  By Sarah Dejak • June 9, 2014 Uncategorized
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A former follower of Charles Manson and participant in the Manson Family murders, Leslie Van Houten, is interviewed 23 years after she was found guilty and sentenced on March 29, 1971. Van Houten explains how she got wrapped up in the dangerous group, as well as how people could be … Continue reading

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Orson Welles
On Orson Welles: ‘He Was a Great Actor’s Director’

  By Virginia Choi • June 9, 2014 Uncategorized
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In this clip from Gary Graver’s film, “Working with Orson Welles,” Cameron Mitchell discusses what it was like to act in Welles’s unfinished film, “The Other Side of the Wind.” Mitchell expresses awe at the script that Welles put together and explains how other directors he had worked with stressed … Continue reading

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Charles Manson
Manson Member on Finally Feeling Sorrow Towards Victims

  By Sarah Dejak • June 9, 2014 Uncategorized
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Susan Atkins, a follower of Charles Manson and participant in the Manson Family murders, is interviewed seven years since her life sentencing in prison, which began on March 29, 1971. Atkins explains that there was an evil force in fellow Manson Family member, Charles “Tex” Watson, on the night that … Continue reading