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In the tranquil hamlet of Pocantico Hills, N.Y., the imprint of the Rockefeller family is everywhere and visitors will delight in exploring its rich legacy.
“Branded retreats,” invitation-only, luxury destinations, are the new way of giving to the already rich and famous.
With six players 40 or older, there are obvious health concerns at Mets’ camp. But their presence also adds a richer dimension to a team that integrated players young and old with great success last season.
The N.F.L. scouting combine is more circus than sport, as perhaps befits the intersection where the rabid audiences of college football and the N.F.L. meet.
This is the second trial for Steven Johnson, who is accused of storming an East Village bar in 2002 armed with a samurai sword, three pistols and kerosene.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 21, 2007, covering February 23, 2007.
Fall Out Boy
Norah Jones
Daughtry
Akon
Ashley Tisdale
2007Hanna Barysiewicz, the oldest female resident of Belarus not registered by the Guinness Book of Records (born 1888)[†]
Hanna Adamauna Barysiewicz, Belarusian: Ганна Адамаўна Барысевiч, Russian: Анна Адамовна Борисевич was the oldest female resident of Belarus not registered by the Guinness Book of Records. Until her death, she was the oldest resident in the country and, according to the media, in the world. She lived 118 years and 281 days.
2007John Ritchie, English footballer (born 1941)[†]
John Henry Ritchie was an English footballer. He is Stoke City's all-time record goalscorer.
2007A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.[†]
The Grayrigg derailment was a fatal railway accident that occurred at approximately 20:15 GMT on 23 February 2007, just to the south of Grayrigg, Cumbria, in the North West England region of the United Kingdom. The accident investigation concluded that the derailment was caused by a faulty set of points on the Down Main running line, controlled from Lambrigg ground frame. The scheduled inspection on 18 February 2007 had not taken place and the faults had gone undetected.
In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[†]