Sylvia Browne (born Sylvia Celeste Shoemaker, October 19, 1936 – November 20, 2013) was an American author who described herself as a psychic and spiritual medium. She appeared regularly on television and radio, including the shows Larry King Live and The Montel Williams Show, and hosted an hour-long Internet radio show on Hay House Radio.
Prince Semien Fielder (born May 9, 1984) is an American professional baseball player for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.
Catching Fire is a 2009 science fiction young adult novel by American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy. As the sequel to the 2008 bestseller The Hunger Games, it continues the story of Katniss Everdeen and the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. Following the events of the previous novel, a rebellion against the oppressive Capitol has begun, and Katniss and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark are forced to return to the arena in a special edition of the Hunger Games.
The Hunger Games is a 2008 science fiction novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins. It is written in the voice of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America. The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, exercises political control over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12â18 from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle to the death.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 â November 22, 1963), commonly known as “Jack” or by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from January 1961 until he was assassinated in November 1963.
Joseph Paul Franklin (April 13, 1950 â November 20, 2013) was an American serial killer. He was convicted of several murders, and given six life sentences, as well as a death sentence. He confessed to the attempted murders of two prominent men: the magazine publisher Larry Flynt in 1978 and Vernon Jordan, Jr., the civil rights activist, in 1980. Both survived their injuries, but Flynt was left permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Franklin was not convicted in either of those cases.
Henry Jude “Trey” Radel III (born April 20, 1976) is an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Florida’s 19th congressional district, since 2013. Radel, a Republican, has worked as a television reporter, anchor, conservative radio host, and businessman. His district is located in southwest Florida and includes Fort Myers, Naples and Cape Coral.
“Person of interest” is a term used by U.S. law enforcement when identifying someone involved in a criminal investigation who has not been arrested or formally accused of a crime. It has no legal meaning, but refers to someone in whom the police are “interested”, either because the person is cooperating with the investigation, may have information that would assist the investigation, or possesses certain characteristics that merit further attention.
Goldie Blox is a toy company (and also the name of the toy), established in 2012 in Oakland, California to introduce girls to the field of engineering. The toy was developed by Debbie Sterling, an engineer from Stanford who is now an entrepreneur living in San Francisco. Initial production of GoldieBlox was crowdfunded on Kickstarter in 4 days.
A one-game playoff, sometimes known as a pennant playoff or play-in game, is a tiebreaker in certain sportsâusually but not always professionalâto determine which of two teams, tied in the final standings, will qualify for a post-season tournament. Such a playoff is either a single game or a short series of games (such as best-2-of-3).
