Posted on November 25th, 2008 by Andrea
Maura Murray in 2003
Maura Murray, a 21-year-old college student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, disappeared on a snowy night in February 2004.
Maura, a nursing student, sent an email to her boss and professors on February 9, 2004, letting them know she would be out of town for a few days due to the […]
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Posted on November 24th, 2008 by Meg
Desiree Rogers, 49, is President-elect Barack Obama’s pick for White House Social Secretary. A Chicago friend of the Obama family, she is currently chief of online community development for Allstate Financial, serving as president of social networking.
The Wellsley College graduate previously served as CEO of Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas in Chicago and before […]
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Posted on November 23rd, 2008 by Meg
Check out the meteor that streaked across the night sky over Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on November 20, 2008. We’ve got several videos that capture the phenomenon from different angles.
Scientists are hunting for the meteor that made a spectacular show before exploding into pieces and falling to earth. They are calling it one of the biggest […]
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Posted on November 21st, 2008 by Meg
Louisa C. Tuck is a teachers aide at D’Ippolito Elementary School in Vineland, New Jersey. She was hired in June and earns $5,772 a year for performing playground aide duties and working in the cafeteria. She also works with kids at Vineland’s YMCA. Tuck had a little secret that has recently come to light - […]
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Posted on November 19th, 2008 by Meg
Victoria Ann Chacon, a 27 year old former teacher, was arrested Tuesday on charges of distributing harmful material to a minor. The charge stems from an incident that first surfaced in March when a 14 year old San Antonio area teen’s parents found racy love letters written by Chacon.
The arrest affidavit states […]
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Posted on November 19th, 2008 by Meg
Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steve Bowen, Mission Specialists on the STS-126 space shuttle Endeavor mission, embarked on their first of four planned spacewalks on Tuesday, November 18, after spending the night in the Quest airlock with its lower air pressure. Their objective was to clean and lubricate a stubborn hinge on the Space Station. In […]
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Posted on November 18th, 2008 by Meg
Nicole Lapin is 24 years old and has been a CNN anchor since May 2006. The daughter of a scientist and a former beauty queen, Lapin was raised in Los Angeles and attended Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
She is an anchor on CNN.com Live and appears regularly on CNN Headline News, CNN and […]
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