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Royal Baby: The Bogus ‘Royal Town Crier’ Returns

A new royal prince has been born to The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge — that’s Prince William and Princess Kate to you and me. The 8-pound, 7-ounce baby was born at …..

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Remembering Verne Troyer’s Apple Ad with Yao Ming

Actor Verne Troyer has died at age 49 of unspecified causes. The Los Angeles Times has a full obituary. Verne Troyer appeared in 57 different film and TV roles over …..

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Barbara Bush, Wife and Mother of Presidents, Dead at 92

Former First Lady Barbara Bush has died at age 92. While no cause of death was announced, The Washington Post reports that she had been suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; a spokesman …..

Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen Biographies: New!

Our biographies of Stormy Daniels and of Michael Cohen are now live on Who2. Their connection is bizarre, seedy and deservedly huge news. Stormy Daniels is the adult film actress who …..

See Who2’s Founders on TV Today

Who2 editors and co-founders Paul Hehn (left) and Ryan ‘Fritz’ Holznagel (right) will be on the TV game show WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE on Tuesday, April 17th. Fritz …..

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Stephen Hawking is Dead at 76

Cosmologist Stephen Hawking died Wednesday morning at his home in Cambridge, England. No cause of death was released, but his three children released a statement: “We are deeply saddened that our beloved …..

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‘Josef Pwag’ is My New Favorite Screen Name

Meet Josef Pwag — the top secret phony-passport pseudonym of Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. Josef Pwag, really? So says Reuters, reporting that Kim and his father, Kim Jong-il, had the fake passports …..

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Tonya Harding Was Guilty

Was Tonya Harding innocent?  Was she just the victim of a terrible boyfriend and his nutty henchmen, as the movie I, Tonya suggests? Norm Frink, who prosecuted the case in 1994, …..

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Anne Frank May Not Have Been Betrayed After All

For years the question has been: Who betrayed Anne Frank? Nobody has ever known for sure how the Frank family was discovered in their upstairs hideaway in Amsterdam in August of …..

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The Obama Official Portraits: One Strange, One Wonderful

The new portraits of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were unveiled today at the National Gallery. Here they are:   Barack Obama’s portrait is by Kehinde Wiley, and …..

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Groundhog Prediction 2018: Six More Weeks of Winter

Punxsutawney Phil, that Greta Garbo-like recluse, has made his prediction for 2018. The news is bad: Punxsutawney Phil appeared just long enough to see his shadow, and that means six …..

Roger Federer smiles, sitting on a (tasteful) wood locker room bench, hugging a big silver cup on a pedestal

Is Roger Federer the Most Graceful Athlete of Our Time?

  He’s not letting go ????@rogerfederer #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/GzuMKotSmi — #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 28, 2018   Could Roger Federer be the most graceful and gracious athlete of our time? Of all time? …..

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50 Cent is a Bitcoin Multi-Millionaire

Forget the Winklevoss twins and their bitcoin billions — 50 Cent has a better bitcoin story. Via The Guardian: So what’s the big deal? You see, 50 Cent isn’t just …..

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Vision of Love Still Matters

[Editor’s note: The following guest post was originally published by our friends at The Conversation.] By Joshua F.J. Inwood, Penn State University 2017 was a year of increased conflict in the United …..

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John Young is the First Big Death of 2018

John Young, the “astronaut’s astronaut” who flew on six different NASA missions over 18 years, has died at age 87. Complications from pneumonia was the cause of death. With apologies to …..

Sue Grafton is the Last Big Death of 2017

Now we’ll never know what “Z” is for. Mystery author Sue Grafton has died of cancer at age 77. Her long-running “alphabet” series of mysteries began with A Is for …..

Chuck Berry duckwalks toward the camera, guitar at the ready. He's wearing a nice pair of tan Oxford shoes

The Five Biggest Deaths of 2017

Who was the most significant death of 2017? The year is drawing to a close, and so far 29 people have died who were famous enough to have biographies in Who2. …..

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