psychopath. sunni insurgents inspired by al zarqawi blew up a holy shiite shrine. the murders of innocent civilians, indiscriminate bombings, even beheadings, the focus not just on foreigners but on shiites. other muslims, seen as heretics, tactics that today sound hauntingly familiar. with a $25 million price on his head, there s no one the u.s. wants to capture or kill more than al zarqawi. the cia had been tracking his every move. in june of 2006 u.s. forces killed him with two 500 pound bombs. the most wanted terrorist has been captured. al zarqawi s death is a severe blow to al qaeda. but as it turned out, the
that came next, from struggling rancher, to hopeful husband, to dad worried about being a good provider, and then to renowned dino-cowboy, who is still hoping to find a way to make it all work financially. he gets a boost when this professional knocks on his door. using clayton s ranch as a base of operations, they set out to scour not only the phipps ranch but also the formation of the area on which it sits. in june of 2006, mark scans a rock cropping, and finds bones from a seven-foot tall plant eater. it is these guys right here, more than 75 million years ago. it s only about 60 miles from the phipps ranch, but the journey is logged on strange
deal which she walked away from a year later. she had a collection of songs that she really wanted to get out there and rca didn t think that she was ready. she landed here nashville s blue bird cafe, the place for aspi aspiring singer/song writers. she was heart and signed by a music executive about to start his own company. taylor s first single, tim mcgraw dropped in june of 2006. it was from her debut album taylor swift. my album is selling like freakishly amounts i can t even believe the way that it s selling right now. and he says the single our song went to
it s hard to hear that he did it. he was somebody i trusted and i looked up to. i m very sad. there s not a day that goes by that i don t think about my sister. in june of 2006, justin barber went on trial for the first-degree murder of his wife, april. the forensic evidence was simply too much to overcome. he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. investigators describe it as one of the most unusual and cold blooded cases they ve ever seen. if you take somebody like justin barber who is probably a sociopath and he looks at everything as to how it suits him. he did not want the stigma of a divorce. there were no independent witnesses other than the
and it s as true in politics as it is in sports. in june of 2006 almost as far out from the 2008 presidential elections we now are from 2016, gallup polled a list of hopefuls from the 2008 democratic nomination. then senator barack obama didn t even make it onto that list. that s how far from the radar he was back then but he went on to defeat hillary clinton for the nomination and john mccain for the presidency. the story of barack obama s ascendancy from state senator in illinois to president of the united states in four short years is the quintessential underdog tale. he bet against the odds and he won. he won big. of course just like in the ncaa tournament the underdogs usually don t end up winning the big prize in politics. george mcgovern in 1972, gary hart in 1984, paul tongas in 1982. we remember them because for a brief moment they defied political gravity and captured our imaginations, only to be done in by cold hard reality.