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The 24-year-old Retiree

Rookie player Chris Borland finished his first year playing football in the NFL. He was considered one of the best defensive rookies in the league and ...


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Naval Ships Test the 'Integrity of the Hull'

Naval officers often refer to the "integrity of the hull." When a submarine comes out of dry dock, the first exercise is called a "sea ...


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Soldier Volunteers to Take Out a Tank

On a wintry December day in 1944, German forces made a massive surprise attack on the Allied lines, which became known as the Battle of the Bulge. About ...


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Nelson Mandela Was Ready to Suffer for His Convictions

In 1964 Nelson Mandela began his prison sentence at Rodden Island, the former site of a leper colony and the insane. For the next 27 years, Mandela would ...


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Lindsay Lohan Faces Her Problems

In 2011, after being convicted of stealing a necklace, actress Lindsey Lohan was sentenced to work 12-hour shifts at a county morgue twice a week for ...


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Navy SEAL Admiral on Doing Little Things Well

Admiral William H. McRaven, a 36-year Navy SEAL veteran, gave the commencement address to the Class of 2014 at the University of Texas in Austin. He titled ...


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The Lie Behind 'The Crying Indian'

On Earth Day, 1971, Keep America Beautiful launched what was called one of the "50 greatest commercials of all time." Dubbed "The Crying ...


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Thieves Paint Getaway Car but Don't Change Plates

After selling his pickup truck, 22-year-old Westley C. French, decided he wanted it back. So Westley and a few friends mugged the new truck owner, beating ...


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Charity's Founder Loses Moral Bearings

After the publication of his bestselling book, Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson became an instant celebrity. The mountain climber turned champion for ...


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'Fatigue Flaw' Leads to Airline Crash

On July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 was cruising blandly along on autopilot at thirty-seven thousand feet a seven-foot number one fan disk broke ...


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