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April 9, 2006

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Spotlight on Pay Could Be a Wild Card

By Stephen Labaton

Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10 closes window for companies and experts to comment about new rules about compensation of top executives; rules would require disclosure of far more details about how compensation committees set pay for top corporate officers; also would force companies to provide more comprehensive information about perks, retirement packages and post-employment compensation they award to companies' most senior employees; photo (M)

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The Bjork-Barney Enigma Machine

By Randy Kennedy

Article discusses new film Drawing Restraint 9, first artistic collaboration between filmmaker Matthew Barney and Icelandic pop star Bjork; describes Bjork's and Barney's life together and process of making movie; photos (L)

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You Want It Clean? You Clean It!

By Lisa Belkin

Housework and division of chores remains one of primary topics that couples fight about despite more equitable division of labor in workforce over past decades; several couples discuss solutions to age-old debate over clean house and its importance in relationship; photos (L)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 5, 2006, covering April 9, 2006.

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    Album cover for 3121 by Prince

    3121

    Prince

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for High School Musical by Soundtrack

    High School Musical

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  3. 3
    Album cover for Back To Bedlam by James Blunt

    Back To Bedlam

    James Blunt

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    25
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Greatest Songs Of The Fifties by Barry Manilow

    The Greatest Songs Of The Fifties

    Barry Manilow

    Last week
    24
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  5. 5
    Album cover for In My Own Words by Ne-Yo

    In My Own Words

    Ne-Yo

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4

Notable Deaths

Billy Hitchcock

2006Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, manager (born 1916)[†]

William Clyde Hitchcock was an American professional baseball infielder, coach, manager and scout. In Major League Baseball (MLB), he was primarily a third baseman, second baseman and shortstop who appeared in 703 games over nine years with five American League teams. After 18 years as a coach, manager, and scout he became an executive in Minor League Baseball, serving as president of the Double-A Southern League from 1971 to 1980. His older brother, Jimmy Hitchcock, played briefly for the 1938 Boston Bees.

Vilgot Sjöman

2006Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish director and screenwriter (born 1924)[†]

David Harald Vilgot Sjöman was a Swedish writer and film director. His films deal with controversial issues of social class, morality, and sexual taboos, combining the emotionally tortured characters of Ingmar Bergman with the avant garde style of the French New Wave. He is best known as the director of the films 491 (1964), I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967), and I Am Curious (Blue) (1968), which stretched the boundaries of acceptability of what could then be shown on film, deliberately treating their subjects in a provocative and explicit manner.

Historical Context for April 9, 2006

In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[†]