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1. Experience: I spent 29 years in solitary confinement

   Robert King

   And he was innocent. Is there anything more sickening than wrongful convictions?

   Issue #55: September 7, 2010

2. Churchill

   Klaus Wiegrefe, Spiegel Online

   Lots of interesting tidbits relating to his rivalry with Hitler.

   Issue #53: August 24, 2010

3. Handmade Hoops Put Clang Into New York Courts

   A.G. Sulzberger, New York Times

   A fascinating look at the blacksmiths who make all the rims for NYC basketball courts, even as other major cities have shifted to ordering factory-made rims.

   Issue #41: June 1, 2010

4. The British PoW Who Broke Into Auschwitz

   The Times of London

   Denis Avey swapped identities with a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz during the war. The reason why he did it makes for quite the yarn.

   Issue #35: April 20, 2010

5. Harry Markopoulos

   BusinessWeek

   Essentially the only man that was onto Madoff. Unfortunately, nobody listened.

   Issue #31: March 23, 2010

6. Sidney Torres IV, the Trash King of New Orleans

   Rick Jervis, USA Today

   A great story about the man responsible for keeping the Big Easy clean after the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras.

   Issue #28: February 26, 2010

7. Dambisa Moyo

   Douglas McGray, Wired

   A former financier and an author, Moyo is an active proponent of cutting aid off to Africa, arguing that corruption renders it ineffective.

   Issue #11: October 23, 2009

8. John Nese of Soda Pop Stop

   Chow.com

   The knowledgeable, personable and passionate evangelist for small-brand sodas shares his thoughts on high-fructose corn syrup, energy drinks and recycling.

   Issue #4: September 4, 2009