- Tammy Bruce
Tammy Bruce (born August 19, 1962) is a pro-choice lesbian feminist who hosts "The Tammy Bruce Show," a radio talk show broadcast on over 160 stations in the United States. Bruce describes herself as a classical liberal author and political commentator. "The Tammy Bruce Show" broadcasts three hours a day six days a week, including Saturdays. She is also a political contributor to Fox News Channel. She is described on her website as "an openly homosexual, … - Gennifer Flowers
Gennifer Flowers (born January 24, 1950) is one of three women who have claimed to have had affairs with U.S. President Bill Clinton. She came forward during Clinton's 1992 Presidential election campaign claiming that she had had a twelve-year affair with him. When Clinton denied having an affair with Flowers, she held a press conference in which she played tape recordings she claimed were of secretly recorded intimate phone calls with Clinton. - Lee Elia
Lee Constantine Elia (born July 16, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is the bench coach for Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles. He previously was a manager of the Chicago Cubs (1982 - 1983) and the Philadelphia Phillies (1987 - 1988). Additionally, he has served as a coach for the Phillies, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Seattle Mariners. Elia was a shortstop for Chicago White Sox in 1966 and a pinch hitter for the Cubs in 1968. - Budd Dwyer
Robert "Budd" Dwyer (November 21, 1939 - January 22, 1987) was a former Pennsylvania politician who, on the morning of January 22, 1987, committed suicide by shooting himself in the mouth with a revolver during a televised press conference. - Patricia Schroeder
Patricia Nell Scott Schroeder, popularly known as Pat Schroeder (born July 30, 1940), American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado, serving from 1973 to 1997. She was the first woman elected to congress from Colorado. - Randy Gardner
Randy Gardner holds a Guinness world record for the longest period of time a human being has intentionally gone without sleep not using stimulants of any kind. In 1964, as a 17-year-old high school student in San Diego, California, Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours (11 days),, with the help of friends, TV reporters, and shooting hoops. - Brad Ottens
Brad Ottens (born May 2, 1980) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Selected at pick 2 in the 1997 AFL Draft. Ottens rose to prominence at the Richmond Football Club as a strong overhead marker, with an extremely accurate and long kick for goal. He was also a part-time ruckman. During one season he was touted as the most accurate kick for goal in the AFL. However a season ending knee injury posed a major setback to his career. - Jennifer Fitzgerald
Jennifer Fitzgerald (born Jennifer Ann Isobel Patteson-Knight in 1932) is a retired U.S. diplomat who allegedly had a long-term affair with President George H.W. Bush from the time he was United States ambassador to China which continued while he was Vice President and then President. She served under Bush "in a variety of positions" (as the "Washington Post" later put it) for much of this time, … - Andrew Halcro
Andrew Halcro (born September 20, 1964) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. Formerly a Republican member of the Alaska Legislature, he ran for Governor of Alaska as an Independent candidate in the 2006 election, running third with 10% of the vote. Halcro was born in San Francisco, California to the owners of a car rental agency in Anchorage, Alaska. - Steve Dannenmann
Steven (Steve) Dannenmann (born August 15 1966 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a CPA from Severn, Maryland who gained notability for his success in the 2005 World Series of Poker, finishing runner-up to Joe Hachem in the Main Event in his first attempt. Arriving as a fresh face on the poker scene, during one WSOP segment he claimed to be merely "the fourth best player in his home game" prior to his entry in the Main Event. - Penny Crone
Barbara Penny Crone is an American reporter who was formerly a member of the Howard 100 News team on Sirius Satellite Radio. On January 17, 2007, she was laid off at Sirius due to budget cuts. Mrs. Crone had an extensive background in journalism before coming to Sirius. She was a feature reporter for "Good Day New York", WNYW Fox 5's Live, a locally produced news and information morning show. - Robert Ricks
Robert Ricks is an FBI Special Agent in Charge, one of four supporting SAC Jeff Jamar in the 1993 Waco Raid. The others were Richard Schwein, Richard Swensen and Richard Rogers. As of 1993, Ricks was overseeing the FBI's Oklahoma City field office. In his role as the FBI spokesman at the Waco siege, Ricks held the first press conference after the blaze that ended the standoff, stating that the FBI had not used any pyrotechnics to cause the fire. - William L. Scott
William Lloyd Scott (July 1, 1915 - February 14 1997) was a Republican politician from Virginia. Scott was born in Williamsburg, Virginia. He received a law degree from George Washington University, and was employed by the federal government 1934-1961, principally as trial attorney with Department of Justice. He engaged in private practice of law in Fairfax, Virginia, 1961-1966. Scott won the Republican nomination for Virginia's 8th congressional district in 1966. - Maureen Greenwood
Maureen Greenwood-Basken is an American human rights activist. She has an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Slavic Studies from the University of Michigan; and a masters degree in International Relations from the University of Chicago. Maureen serves as the Advocacy Director for Europe and Eurasia in the Washington office of Amnesty International. She promotes the role of human rights issues in United States foreign policy. Ms. - Dansam Dhansook
Dansam Dhansook is a Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman. Dhansook, who represents the Ecclesville district, is the lone People's National Movement (PNM) councillor on the Mayaro-Rio Claro Regional Corporation. On August 27, 2005, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, United National Congress (UNC) Member of Parliament for Siparia read into Hansard a letter from Dhansook in which he alleged that he had paid bribes to Franklin Khan, … - Homer E. Capehart
Homer Earl Capehart, American business innovator and politician, was born in Algiers, Indiana, in Pike County. During the First World War, he served as a Sergeant in the United States Army Supply Corps, but was never sent overseas. Capehart attained fame as the father of the jukebox industry. He worked for the company Holcomb and Hoke, which made record players, until 1928. He started his own company in 1928, and was forced out of the company by investors in 1931. - Doug Tyler
Doug Tyler is a political figure in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Tyler was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from the 1987 election until his defeat in the 1999 election. He served in the cabinet from 1991 to 1999 overseeing various ministries, including a stint as Deputy Premier under Camille Thériault's leadership. Tyler was campaign manager for Paul Duffie's unsuccessful bid for the New Brunswick Liberal Party leadership, … - Rabeh Kebir
Rabeh Kebir is an Algerian Islamist leader, and a former leader of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), a radical fundamentalist party. The dissolution of the FIS by military decree after its electoral victories in 1991-92 triggered the Algerian Civil War, in which the FIS-affiliated Islamic Salvation Army (AIS) and other militias fought the military-dominated government. Kebir spent most of the war years in exile in the Germany, … - Ita Martadinata Haryono
Ita Martadinata Haryono was an Indonesian human rights activist, who was murdered in 1998, a case which is still unsolved. Her real name was Martadinata Haryono, however, she was better known by her nickname, Ita. At the age of 18 and while a senior year student in her high school, Ita was found dead on October 9, 1998 in her bedroom in Central Jakarta. Her stomach, chest, and right arm were stabbed ten times, while her neck was slashed. - Maurice A. Dionne
Maurice A. Dionne (born 1936 in Bath, New Brunswick; died 2003 in Miramichi, New Brunswick) was an educator and politician in the Miramichi River Valley of New Brunswick, Canada. Dionne attended teacher's college and taught in a variety of locations, including Baie-Comeau, Quebec, where he met his future wife, Precille. Dionne moved to the Miramichi to become principal of Millerton High School. Dionne was long active in Liberal Party of Canada circles, …
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