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In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[â ]
2006Tillman Franks, American bassist and songwriter (born 1920)[â ]
Tillman Ben Franks, Sr., was an American bassist and songwriter and the manager for a number of country music artists including Johnny Horton, David Houston, Webb Pierce, Claude King, and the Carlisles.
2006Pontus HultĂ©n, Swedish art collector and curator (born 1924)[â ]
Karl Gunnar Vougt Pontus HultĂ©n was a Swedish art collector and museum director. Pontus HultĂ©n is regarded as one of the most distinguished museum professionals of the twentieth century. He was the pioneering former head of the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm and in the 1970s he was invited to participate in the creation of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, where he was the first director of the MusĂ©e National d'Art Moderne (MNAM) in 1974â1981.
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A blizzard of Warhol merchandise is forecast for the holidays.
Executives at Daimler refused to rule out the possibility that the Chrysler Group could be spun off or sold.
The move gave investors reason to think that the rate could remain at its current level of 5.25 percent for months to come.
How strange that baseballâs new labor contract was announced in St. Louis on Tuesday night, the same place where Curt Flood made a stand against his version of slavery in 1969.
The complications over âHarsh Times," directed by David Ayer, are symptomatic of the perilous road that Hollywood newcomers and independent producers face.
Attorney General Eliot Spitzerâs campaign for New York governor is being consumed by fallout from charges that a fellow Democrat broke the law by using a state employee to chauffeur his wife.
With 1,700 killed this year, the brutality is unprecedented, even in a country accustomed to high levels of drug violence.
The stateâs Supreme Court gave the Legislature 180 days to decide whether same-sex unions will be called marriage.
The highest-paid executive last year was Barry Diller, chairman and chief executive of IAC/Interactive.
Itâs not an Apple phone, but Bang & Olufsenâs Serene cellphone seems to have embraced some very iPoddish design goals.
Once pessimistic about making gains in the Republican bastion of upstate New York, Democrats have now made the region a focal point in their campaign to retake Congress.
What George W. Bush and Madonna have in common: both are famous people famously under fire for a ruckus overseas.