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Tyra Banks is an American model, media personality, actress, business women and a singer. She shot to fame as a model in Paris, Milan, London, Tokyo and New York.

Tyra Lynne Banks was born on 4th December 1973 in California to parents Carolyn London and Donald Banks. Her parents separated when she was 6 years old. Banks attended John Burroughs Middle School and later attended Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles graduating in 1991.

She got into modeling while in 11th grade. She went to Paris, to do runway modeling. Her first visit captured the imagination of several designers, as they were pretty impressed the way her presence was felt on the runway and she was booked for 25 shows, which was a record for a newcomer.

In the news recently, was the story of a Georgia death row inmate, Troy Davis. A man convicted of killing a policeman, back in 1989. Davis was convicted in 1991, and has been on death row for 17 years.

Troy Davis has repeatedly claimed that he did not kill Mark McPhail, the police officer in question. Even more interesting, "seven out of nine witnesses who gave evidence at his trial in 1991 have recanted or changed their testimony, which was the backbone of the prosecution's case in the absence of a murder weapon, fingerprints and DNA", according to an AFP news story.

Recently, Troy Davis was granted another stay of execution, three days before his execution. Since his conviction in 1991, Davis has received a stay of execution thrice - one which was about two hours before his execution!

Teri Lynn Hatcher is an American actress. She is known for her television roles as Susan Mayer on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives, and Lois Lane on the ABC comedy-drama series Lois & Clark.