Gen. Michael Hayden listens to statements during a hearing before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill on Feb. 2, 2006 in Washington, D.C.
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James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist remarks that made him an outcast.
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