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Giuliana Sgrena, 2005 News

Italian journalist, was fired at by U.S. troops in March, shortly after she was released from captivity by Iraqi insurgents. Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari, who wa…

Michael Jackson, 2005 News

pop star, was acquitted by a California jury in June of ten felony charges, including molesting a child, conspiracy, and providing alcohol to minors. He was accused of molesti…

Dorothy Stang, 2005 News

American-born Roman Catholic nun, was shot and killed in Brazil's Amazon state of Pará in February. A naturalized Brazilian, Stang had been working with Brazil's rural poor s…

Dennis Rader, 2005 News

suspected serial killer, was arrested in February in Kansas and charged with ten counts of first-degree murder. In letters to news outlets, Rader called himself BTK, for bind,…

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005 News

artists, stirred up heated debate over what constitutes art with the February debut of “The Gates,” 7,500 billowing panels of saffron nylon suspended between 16-foot-tall pain…

George Kennan 2005 Deaths

George KennanAge: 101 influential diplomat and historian who, while working at the U.S. embassy in Moscow in 1946, devised the U.S. policy of containment to deal with the Sovie…

Jeff Weise, 2005 News

high school student, went on a shooting rampage in March on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota, killing nine people before turning the gun on himself. His victims i…

Howard Dean, 2005 News

Vermont doctor and politician, was elected chairman of the Democratic National Party in February. In 2004, he was an early frontrunner in the crowded field of Democratic presi…

Carleton “Carly” Fiorina, 2005 News

business leader, was forced to resign as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard in February. HP's board of directors was unhappy with the company's profits and with her strategy, …

Tillie Fowler 2005 Deaths

Tillie FowlerAge: 62 Republican politician who served four terms in Congress. Known as the “steel magnolia” for her sharp intelligence and grace, Fowler, once the highest-ranki…