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Who in his right mind would expect to find a fairly formal French restaurant โ jackets for the gentlemen, please โ on a drab downtown corner in easy-living San Antonio?
A new service in Japan allows users to point a cellphone at a location of interest and the phone will display information describing what they are looking at.
The carmaker is betting that with high gasoline prices and concerns about global warming consumers will welcome the tiny two-seat vehicle.
It's a plot from a telenovela that might be seen on Univision: a months-long courtship with a surprise twist and a jilted groom, hinting at revenge.
A federal judge ruled that a tactic used by prosecutors to crack down on corporate misconduct violated the constitutional rights of employees.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 28, 2006, covering June 28, 2006.
Busta Rhymes
Dixie Chicks
AFI
Soundtrack
Three Days Grace
2006Jim Baen, American publisher, founded Baen Books (born 1943)[โ ]
James Patrick Baen was a U.S. science fiction publisher and editor. In 1983, he founded his own publishing house, Baen Books, specializing in the adventure, fantasy, military science fiction, and space opera genres. Baen also founded the video game publisher, Baen Software. In late 1999, he started an electronic publishing business called Webscriptions, which is considered to be the first profitable e-book vendor.
2006Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1919)[โ ]
Peter Anthony Grayson Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, was an English barrister, Conservative Party politician and author. He served as Member of Parliament for Epsom for 23 years, from 1955 to 1978, and held the offices of Solicitor General (1962โ1964) and Attorney General for England and Wales (1970โ1974) and for Northern Ireland (1972โ1974). Had he been appointed Lord Chancellor, as seemed likely during the mid-1970s, he would have been the first Roman Catholic to hold that position since Thomas More in 1532.
2006George Unwin, English pilot and commander (born 1913)[โ ]
George Cecil Unwin, was an officer in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and a flying ace of the Second World War. He is credited with destroying at least 15 German aircraft.
In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[โ ]