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Month: September 2021

A gravestone missing for almost 150 years was being used as a marble slab to make fudge

By Lauren M. Johnson and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN A turned-over gravestone served as the perfect surface to make fudge for a woman living in Michigan. How the gravestone got inside the home in Okemos, Michigan, outside Lansing? Now that’s a mystery, according to Friends of Lansing’s Historic Cemeteries (FOLHC) President Loretta S. Stanaway. The monument

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Jesse Jackson Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of civil rights activist and clergyman Jesse Jackson. Personal Birth date: October 8, 1941 Birth place: Greenville, South Carolina Birth name: Jesse Louis Burns Father: Noah Robinson, cotton grader Mother: Helen (Burns) Jackson, hairdresser Marriage: Jacqueline Lavinia (Brown) Jackson (December 31, 1962-present) Children: with Karin Stanford:

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CIA Directors Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at directors of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). As part of America’s intelligence community, the CIA collects information about foreign governments, organized crime and terrorist groups. Facts September 18, 1947 – The Central Intelligence Agency is established. It was created by President Harry S. Truman under the National Security

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Ralph Lauren Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of American fashion designer and philanthropist Ralph Lauren. Personal Birth date: October 14, 1939 Birth place: Bronx, New York Birth name: Ralph Rueben Lifshitz Father: Frank Lifshitz, housepainter and artist Mother: Frieda (Cutler) Lifshitz Marriage: Ricky (Low-Beer) Lauren (December 1964-present) Children: Dylan, 1974; David, 1971; Andrew,

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CIA Torture Report Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s report on the CIA and its detention and interrogation program. Facts The report, completed in 2014, is the result of an investigation into six years of detention and “enhanced interrogation techniques” used by the CIA against suspected terrorists in secret

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