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Wesley Clark Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of retired Army General Wesley Clark. Personal Birth date: December 23, 1944 Birth place: Chicago, Illinois Birth name: Wesley Kanne Father: Benjamin J. Kanne, WWI veteran and attorney Mother: Veneta Kanne Clark Marriage: Gertrude (Kingston) Clark (June 1966-present) Children: Wesley Clark Jr. Education: United States Military

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Exclusive: A 13-year-old girl’s murder over two decades ago haunted NYPD detectives. Here’s how they finally cracked open the cold case

By Brynn Gingras, CNN Video by Yon Pomrenze, Julian Cummings and Margaret Dawson, CNN Omar Soriano has waited 22 years for good news from police about his younger cousin Minerliz, ever since that winter day in 1999 when the 13-year-old never returned home from school. Her body was found in a Bronx, New York, dumpster

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Exclusive: A 13-year-old girl’s murder over two decades ago haunted NYPD detectives. Here’s how they finally cracked open the cold case

By Brynn Gingras, CNN Video by Yon Pomrenze, Julian Cummings and Margaret Dawson, CNN Omar Soriano has waited 22 years for good news from police about his younger cousin Minerliz, ever since that winter day in 1999 when the 13-year-old never returned home from school. Her body was found in a Bronx, New York, dumpster

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The parents of school shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley were booked early Saturday morning in the same jail where their son is incarcerated

Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect held on $500,000 bond each after manhunt

By Carolyn Sung, Shimon Prokupecz and Jason Hanna, CNN The parents of the teen accused in this week’s deadly Michigan high school shooting pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges Saturday morning, hours after police said they arrested them in a Detroit warehouse following an hours-long search. A judge in Michigan’s Oakland County set bond

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Mahathir Mohamad Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Mahathir Mohamad, former prime minister of Malaysia. Personal Birth date: July 10, 1925 (officially recorded as December 20, 1925) Birth place: Alor Setar, Kedah Father: Mohamad Iskandar, an Indian Muslim and a teacher in Northern Malaysia Marriage: Siti Hasmah Ali (1956) Children: Marina, Mirzan, Melinda, Mokhzani, Mukhriz,

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Screen Actors Guild Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Screen Actors Guild. In 2012, a merger was completed between the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA). The SAG-AFTRA labor union has more than 160,000 members. SAG Timeline June 30, 1933 – Articles of incorporation are filed. The guild

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Steven Spielberg Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of filmmaker Steven Spielberg. Personal Birth date: December 18, 1946 Birth place: Cincinnati, Ohio Birth name: Steven Allan Spielberg Father: Arnold Spielberg, electrical engineer and computer pioneer Mother: Leah (Posner) Spielberg, restaurateur and concert pianist Marriages: Kate Capshaw (1991-present); Amy Irving (1985-1989, divorced) Children: with Kate

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Although not particularly rare

Cannibalistic lancetfish washes up on a San Diego beach, the first one preserved there since 1996

By Lauren M. Johnson and Noah Sheidlower, CNN Beachgoers discovered a 4-foot lancetfish washed up near the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego Tuesday. Although not particularly rare, researchers noted it was the first lancetfish preserved by the institution since 1996, and only the 17th preserved from a San Diego beach

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Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa is pictured at a hearing in September in Boulder

Colorado supermarket mass shooting suspect determined “incompetent to stand trial currently,” district attorney says

By Mallika Kallingal and Raja Razek, CNN The 22-year-old suspect in a deadly mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket has been deemed “incompetent to stand trial currently” by a doctor, according to Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty, following a second court-ordered competency evaluation. The suspect was declared incompetent to stand trial by evaluators in

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