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June 18, 2006

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Is This Game Already Over?

By Gretchen Morgenson

Arbitration panels are supposed to offer a fast and fair system for customers to resolve complaints with their brokers. But critics say the arbitrators often have hidden conflicts of interest.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 14, 2006, covering June 18, 2006.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Taking The Long Way by Dixie Chicks

    Taking The Long Way

    Dixie Chicks

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

    High School Musical

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    21
  3. 3
    Album cover for Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Stadium Arcadium

    Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Me And My Gang by Rascal Flatts

    Me And My Gang

    Rascal Flatts

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  5. 5
    Album cover for American Idol Season 5: Encores by Soundtrack

    American Idol Season 5: Encores

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    2

Notable Deaths

Vincent Sherman

2006Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1906)[†]

Vincent Sherman was an American director and actor who worked in Hollywood. His movies include Mr. Skeffington (1944), Nora Prentiss (1947), and The Young Philadelphians (1959).

2006Joseph Zobel, Martinique-French author (born 1915)[†]

Joseph Zobel is the Martinican author of several novels and short-stories in which social issues are at the forefront. Although his most famous novel, La Rue Cases-Nègres, was published some twenty years after the great authors of Negritude published their works, Zobel was once asked if he considered himself "the novelist of Negritude". The novel was adapted for the screen by Euzhan Palcy in 1983 as Sugar Cane Alley.

Historical Events

Kazakhstan

2006The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.[†]

Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Astana, while the largest city and leading cultural and commercial hub is Almaty.

Historical Context for June 18, 2006

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