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05/29/2015 by Matt Q

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The 35th President of the United States

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States. Today, May 29, would have been his 98th birthday.

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02/16/2015 by Matt Q

Happy Presidents Day

While the official federal holiday being observed today is the birthday of George Washington — the “father of our country”; first President of the United States, and commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War — most people refer to today as Presidents Day.

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01/19/2015 by Matt Q

Celebrating the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today is the official holiday marking what would have been the 86th birthday of slain civil rights leader, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; one of the most important and righteous Americans to ever have lived.

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11/29/2014 by Matt Q

The Story Behind ‘The Hug Felt Around the World’

A simple photo, putting into clear visual terms how a lot of us are feeling right now, is blazing across the internet this weekend. Some are calling it “the hug felt ’round the world.”

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11/13/2014 by Matt Q

Al Roker Trying to Break Weather Report World Record

Longstanding Today Show meteorologist Al Roker is — as of this writing on Thursday afternoon — attempting to break the world record for longest uninterrupted live weather report broadcast, at a rather staggering 34 hours.

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10/10/2014 by Matt Q

Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi share Nobel Peace Prize

On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its 2014 peace prize to Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi of India.

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10/05/2014 by Matt Q

Coast Guard Had to Save Man Trying to “Run” to Bermuda

According to the United States Coast Guard, a “hydro-pod bubble runner” and peace activist had to be rescued on Saturday morning as he attempted to travel from Florida to Bermuda in an inflatable, human-powered bubble.

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07/03/2014 by Matt Q

RIP Louis Zamperini

Louis Zamperini, Olympic runner and World War II POW, whose incredible story gained wide recognition due to the best-selling 2010 biography Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, has died. He was 97.

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07/02/2014 by Matt Q

The PeekScores of the U.S. Supreme Court

While we’re steering well clear of any in-depth discussion regarding all recent court decisions (as frankly who’d come to us for such talk in the first place?) the fact remains that one of the three branches of the government of PeekYou’s homeland is on the minds of the many today, and there is one area where we can offer insight.

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