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October 5, 2004

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'Desperate Housewives' Stirs ABC's Comeback Hopes

By Bill Carter

ABC is in midst of its first ratings surge in five years, spurred by success of new hit show Despearate Housewives and of drama Lost, another possible breakthrough hit; leads all other networks in weekly competition for viewers aged 18 to 49; development makes ABC, long mired in last place among four big networks, unexpected factor in network competition; is also potentially significant for parent Walt Disney Co; photo (M)

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Europe Worries Over Russian Gas Giant's Influence

By Judy Dempsey

Russia, through its Gazprom natural gas monopoly, controls supply, sale and distribution of gas through much of Europe; is world's largest natural gas producer and exporter, giving it economic leverage over nations dependent on Russian gas; provides over 44 percent of EU's gas imports; Gazprom has big economic interest in increasing its sales to Western Europe, where prices are considerably higher than in Russia; photos (M)

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F.B.I. Is Searching With Backhoes in a Reputed Mob Dumping Ground

By William K. Rashbaum

FBI agents and police detectives begin tearing up vacant lot on Brooklyn-Queens border that is reputed mob dumping ground; are looking for bodies of John Favara, Queens man who disappeared in July 1980 after he accidentally ran over and killed John Gotti's 12-year-old son, and Philip Giaccone and Dominic Trinchera, Mafia figures shot to death on May 5, 1981; photo (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 29, 2004, covering October 5, 2004.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Suit by Nelly

    Suit

    Nelly

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    Album cover for Sweat by Nelly

    Sweat

    Nelly

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    Peak
    2
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    1
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    Album cover for Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw

    Live Like You Were Dying

    Tim McGraw

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    Peak
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    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Genius Loves Company by Ray Charles

    Genius Loves Company

    Ray Charles

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    3
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    Album cover for Now 16 by Various Artists

    Now 16

    Various Artists

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    8

Notable Deaths

Rodney Dangerfield

2004Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)[†]

Jack Roy, better known by the stage name Rodney Dangerfield, was an American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He was known for his self-deprecating one-liner humor, his catchphrase "I don't get no respect!" and his monologues on that theme.

2004William H. Dobelle, American biologist and academic (born 1941)[†]

Dr. Bill Dobelle was a biomedical researcher who developed experimental technologies that restored limited sight to blind patients, and also known for the impact he and his company had on the breathing pacemaker industry with the development of the only FDA approved device for phrenic nerve pacing. He was the former director of the Division of Artificial Organs at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.

Maurice Wilkins

2004Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)[†]

Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins was a New Zealand-born British biophysicist and Nobel laureate whose research spanned multiple areas of physics and biophysics, contributing to the scientific understanding of phosphorescence, isotope separation, optical microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. He is most noted for initiating and leading early X-ray diffraction studies on DNA at King's College London, and for his pivotal role in enabling the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.

Historical Context for October 5, 2004

In 2004, the world population was approximately 6,503,377,772 people[†]