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With the reopening of the Bode Museum, a cultural park in the former East Berlin has taken another step toward recovering its place as one of the worldâs great centers of art.
Police experts suggest that 'contagious shooting'--gunfire that spreads among officers who think they are facing threat--played role in fatal police shooting in Queens that killed man on eve of his wedding; 50 shots fired by police killed bridegroom Sean Bell and wounded his two friends, all of whom were found to be unarmed; five officers involved in shooting are placed on administrative duty--without their guns--as Police Dept and Queens district attorney investigate circumstances surrounding shooting; relatives of Bell, joined by Rev Al Sharpton, stage rally and march to demand answers; families of men and community leaders are angered by total number of shots fired by police; shootings with high numbers of shots fired, however rare, call to mind dark events of city's past, most notably 1999 shooting of Amadou Diallo, unarmed West African immigrant who died in hail of 41 bullets; chronological account of latest shooting; map (M)
Nate Chinen reviews performance by Jay-Z at Brooklyn Academy of Music; photos (M)
In this entertaining and very funny new book, Simon Winder gives us a rollicking tour through Bondland.
Shopping Malls Strike Back Discount chains tend to dominate the start of holiday shopping, but this year malls took a page from their playbook -- opening early, offering deep discounts -- and saw big sales boosts. BUSINESS DAY, PAGE C1 Deadly Attack in Afghanistan A suicide bomber killed 15 other people in a packed restaurant in southeastern Afghanistan. The attack raised fears of renewed insurgent violence. PAGE A11 With Victory Near, The Giants Collapse The Tennessee Titans scored 24 points in the final nine and a half minutes, including Brandon Jones's tying touchdown reception with 44 seconds left, and stunned the Giants, 24-21. The Giants have now lost a demoralizing three games in a row. SPORTSMONDAY, PAGE D1
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 22, 2006, covering November 27, 2006.
Various Artists
Josh Groban
Keith Urban
Sugarland
Soundtrack
2006Don Butterfield, American tuba player (born 1923)[â ]
Don Kiethly Butterfield was an American jazz and classical tuba player.
2006Bebe Moore Campbell, American author and educator (born 1950)[â ]
Bebe Moore Campbell was an American author, journalist, and teacher. Campbell was the author of three New York Times bestsellers: Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me, which was also a Los Angeles Times "Best Book of 2001". Her other works include the novel Your Blues Ain't Like Mine, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and the winner of the NAACP Image Award for Literature; her memoir, Sweet Summer: Growing Up With and Without My Dad; and her first nonfiction book, Successful Women, Angry Men: Backlash in the Two-Career Marriage. Her essays, articles, and excerpts appear in many anthologies.
2006Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (born 1951)[â ]
Kenneth R. "Casey" Coleman Jr. was a sportscaster and radio personality in the Cleveland area for nearly 30 years.
2006The House of Commons of Canada approves a motion introduced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper recognizing the QuĂ©bĂ©cois as a nation within Canada.[â ]
The House of Commons of Canada is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[â ]