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The first time Jean Jennings encountered the Mexican federal police, she had just arrested one of her friends for public…

Howard Bouten, a college dropout from Detroit, has lived three extraordinary lives.In one, he was a cuddly, clumsy and speechless…

James Arthur Ray, an Oprah-backed motivational speaker who spent two years in prison for manslaughter after three people died in…

Richard M. Cohen, an outspoken and award-winning television news producer whose career was ultimately derailed by the ravages of multiple…

Ann Lurie, a self-proclaimed hippie who became one of Chicago’s most famous philanthropists, in one case giving more than $100…

Anthony JF O’Reilly, a charming, talented, Irish-born former chairman of the HJ Heinz Company who also owned newspapers, luxury brands…

Lynn Conway, a pioneering computer scientist who was fired by IBM in the 1960s after telling managers she was transgender…

Morrie Markoff, a centenarian blogger and scrap metal sculptor who was believed to be the oldest man in the United…

H. Bruce Franklin, a self-described Maoist whose dismissal from Stanford University in 1972 for an anti-Vietnam War speech became a…

Taro Akebono, a Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler who became the sport’s first foreign grand champion and helped revive the sport’s popularity…