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Season two of Supernatural, an American paranormal drama television series created by Eric Kripke, premiered September 28, 2006, and concluded May 17, 2007, airing 22 episodes. The season focuses on protagonists Sam (Jared Padalecki, pictured) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) as they track down Azazel, the demon responsible for the deaths of their mother Mary and father John. They attempt to discover the demon's plan for Sam and other psychic children—young adults who were visited by Azazel as infants and given abilities, and whose mothers often then died in a fire. During their travels, they use their father's journal to help them carry on the family business—saving people and hunting supernatural creatures. The season aired Thursdays, 9:00 pm ET in the United States, and averaged only about 3.14 million viewers. The cast and crew garnered many award nominations, but the episodes received mixed reviews from critics. While both the brotherly chemistry between the lead actors and the decision to finish the main storyline were praised, the formulaic structure of the episodes was criticized. The season was internationally syndicated, released on DVD as a six-disc box, and made available through digital retailers. (Full article...) Recently featured: Ace Books – Golden White-eye – Jesse L. Brown Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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From Wikipedia's newest content: ... that local Muslim tribes in Balochistan, Pakistan, follow an ancient tradition and join the pilgrimage group to the Hindu shrine Hinglaj Mata (pictured) and call it the "Nani Ki Haj"? ... that Polish Jewish resistance fighter Vladka Meed was a central source of the 2001 television movie Uprising? ... that the United Kingdom began enumerating people by race/ethnicity in 1991, two centuries after the United States? ... that Peter Hersleb Classen, statesman and amateur architect, was probably assisted by Andreas Kirkerup in designing the Copenhagen library on Amaliegade? ... that the Monkey King Festival in China is a celebration dedicated to the monkey Sun Wukong? ... that Vladimir Landau, the first ever Davis Cup tennis player of Monaco, was actually Russian? Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

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Typhoon Bopha (satellite image pictured), known as "Pablo" in the Philippines, makes landfall on the island of Mindanao. Borut Pahor is elected President of Slovenia. The Kuwaiti parliamentary election is held amidst boycotts by opposition groups. Ramush Haradinaj, formerly Prime Minister of Kosovo and commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, is acquitted of war crimes. The UN General Assembly approves a motion granting Palestine non-member observer state status. Recent deaths: Oscar Niemeyer – Dave Brubeck – I. K. Gujral Syrian civil war – Wikinews – More current events...
On this day...
December 7: Armed Forces Flag Day in India; Pearl Harbor Day in the United States 1724 – In Toruń, Royal Prussia, Polish authorities executed the city's mayor and nine other Lutheran officials following tensions between Protestants and Catholics. 1787 – Delaware became the first U.S. state to ratify the United States Constitution. 1941 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy made a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, intending to neutralize the United States Pacific Fleet from influencing the war Japan was planning to wage in Southeast Asia. 1988 – A 6.9 M_w earthquake struck the Spitak region of Armenia, killing at least 25,000 people. 2005 – Spanish authorities captured Croatian Army general Ante Gotovina (pictured), who was wanted for war crimes committed during the Croatian War of Independence; he was eventually cleared of all charges. More anniversaries: December 6 – December 7 – December 8 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now December 7, 2012 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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A self-portrait of Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680), an Italian artist, architect, and sculptor who is credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture. He received commissions for sculptures at an early age from Cardinal Scipione Borghese and soon rose to prominence under the patronage of Popes Gregory XV, Urban VIII, and Alexander VII. His artistic pre-eminence meant he was able to secure the most important commission in the Rome of his day, St. Peter's Basilica, as well as the adjoining Piazza San Pietro. He fell from favour in later neoclassical criticism of the Baroque, but art historians in the 19th century and onwards have restored his artistic reputation.

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