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Proposed cuts to bus and subway service for next year mean that riders could face longer waits for many buses and trains, which would be more crowded.
The filmmaker Ric Burns digs beyond the surface of Andy Warhol to bare the derisive artist’s underside in a four-hour film airing on PBS.
Leaders of Thailand’s armed forces seized control of Bangkok, suspended the constitution and declared martial law on Tuesday.
Across the nation’s 36 races for governor, Republican candidates are playing up their liberal positions.
Supermarkets are throwing everything they can think of at shoppers. And the range of services is as impressive as it is improbable.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 20, 2006, covering September 20, 2006.
Beyonce
Audioslave
Bob Dylan
Danity Kane
Soundtrack
2006Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (born 1932)[†]
Armin Jordan was a Swiss conductor known for his interpretations of French music, Mozart and Wagner.
2006Sven Nykvist, Swedish director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1922)[†]
Sven Vilhem Nykvist was a Swedish cinematographer and filmmaker, best known for his collaboration with directors Ingmar Bergman and Woody Allen.
2006John W. Peterson, American pilot and songwriter (born 1921)[†]
John Willard Peterson was a songwriter who had a major influence on evangelical Christian music in the 1950s through the 1970s. He wrote over 1000 songs, and 35 cantatas.
In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[†]