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Ben Curtis, 2003 News

26, professional golfer, stunned the world in July when he won the British Open. Curtis's win ranks as one of the biggest upsets in sports history. Curtis had played in only 14 other PGA…

Lance Armstrong, 2003 News

cyclist, proved once again in July that he is indeed the King of the Mountains, as he breezed past his rivals to win his fifth consecutive Tour de France. He joined four other cyclists who…

Stephen Hadley, 2003 News

deputy national security adviser, took some of the blame in July for the unsubstantiated claim in President Bush's State of the Union address that Iraq had attempted to buy uranium from…

Bill Thomas, 2003 News

Republican politician from California, made a rare apology on the House floor in July, when he admitted to using “poor judgment” in calling on Capitol police to break up a meeting of…

V. Gene Robinson, 2003 News

Episcopalian minister, was approved as the church's first openly gay bishop in August. Diocesan bishops voted 62–45 in favor of his confirmation following an eleventh-hour accusation of…

William Bulger, 2003 News

politician and public official, resigned as president of the University of Massachusetts in August, after months of intense pressure and criticism from Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.…

Hambali, 2003 News

(Riduan Isamuddin), Indonesian terror suspect, was captured in Thailand in August in a joint operation between the CIA and the Thai police. Hambali, Asia's most-wanted terrorist, served as…

John Poindexter, 2003 News

retired rear admiral and former national security adviser, resigned as head of the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) after July's embarrassing disclosure that the…

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2003 News

Austrian-born movie star and body builder, was elected governor of California in October. Voters approved the recall of Gray Davis and overwhelmingly elected Schwarzenegger over the 134…

John Geoghan, 2003 News

defrocked priest, was killed in a Massachusetts prison in August by fellow inmate Joseph Druce, a self-proclaimed homophobe. Geoghan was convicted in 2002 of indecent assault and battery…