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New York State Court of Appeals strikes down Pataki administration's use of mental hygiene laws to confine sex offenders in psychiatric hospitals after their prison terms end; orders immediate hearings to determine whether 11 men being held should be released; Gov George E Pataki will call special legislative session to push for bill to allow civil confinement (M)
Google's shares close at $509.65, up $14.60, passing $500 mark for first time; company was forced to reduce its initial public offering price to $85 little more than two years ago because of lackluster demand; it quickly confounded skeptics, rising to $100 on first day of trading, and reaching closing prices of $200, $300 and $400 all within course of 2005; Google now has market value of $156 billion, exceeding all but 13 American companies; it is worth more than any media company and all technology companies except Microsoft; Google's success has made its founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page 12th- and 13th-richest people in US; their shareholdings are worth more than $15 billion each, on top of more than $2 billion in cash that each has received for selling some shares; graphs; photos (L)
Google’s shares gained $14.60, or 3 percent, to close at $509.65, passing the $500 mark for the first time.
Marshall Wittmann, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman’s new spokesman, is one of the great ideological contortionists.
Has Bob Dylan been listening to hip-hop? That’s what it sounded like when he performed some old love songs at City Center on Monday night.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 22, 2006, covering November 22, 2006.
Various Artists
Josh Groban
Keith Urban
Sugarland
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2006Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (born 1917)[†]
Asima Chatterjee was an Indian organic chemist noted for her work in the fields of organic chemistry and phytomedicine. Her most notable work includes research on vinca alkaloids, the development of anti-epileptic drugs, and development of anti-malarial drugs. She also authored a considerable volume of work on medicinal plants of the Indian subcontinent. She was the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Science from an Indian university.
2006Pat Dobson, American baseball player and coach (born 1942)[†]
Patrick Edward Dobson, Jr. was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers (1967–69), San Diego Padres (1970), Baltimore Orioles (1971–72), Atlanta Braves (1973), New York Yankees (1973–75) and Cleveland Indians (1976–77). He was best known for being one of four Orioles pitchers to win 20 games in their 1971 season.
In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[†]