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In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[â ]
2007Charles Harrelson, American murderer (born 1938)[â ]
Charles Voyde Harrelson was an American contract killer and organized crime figure who was convicted of assassinating federal judge John H. Wood Jr., the first federal judge to be assassinated in the 20th century. Charles Harrelson was the father of actors Brett and Woody Harrelson.
2007Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (born 1927)[â ]
Stuart Rosenberg was an American film and television director. He was most noted for his collaborations with actor Paul Newman, whom he directed in Cool Hand Luke (1967), WUSA (1970), Pocket Money (1972), and The Drowning Pool (1975). He was a five-time Directors Guild of America Award nominee, and a Primetime Emmy Award winner.
As he recounts in a new memoir, âWhite Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s,âJoe Boyd has a knack for being in the right place at the right time with the right job.
âI was responsible for the 9/11 operation, from A to Z,â Khalid Shaikh Mohammed said, according to a Pentagon transcript.
All the giddy diversion in the next three weeks is based upon a double standard, the unnatural blending of big-time athletics and education. Having said this, Iâm ready for the tournament.
New Haven Police Lt. William White, who is charged with taking bribes and stealing, has a reputation of being a good cop and a bad cop.
While H&R Blockâs tax business is showing signs of improvement, it cannot get rid of its subprime mortgage group, Option One, fast enough.
Rachel Zoe stirs Hollywood with moves that seem to upstage her clients.
There is an unsettling sense that Kentuckyâs basketball universe is out of whack, with former Wildcatsâ Coach Rick Pitino preparing Louisville for the N.C.A.A. tournament in his old backyard.
The grand jury is trying to determine whether any of the five officers who fired bullets into Sean Bell's car will face criminal charges.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art plans to collect significant pieces of midcentury residential architecture, including houses by Rudolf M. Schindler, Richard Neutra and Frank Lloyd Wright.
A new service called GrandCentral can unify your cellphone with phones at work and home and perform many other tricks.
Two days after Isiah Thomas was rewarded with a contract extension, the Knicks were roundly thumped by the Raptors, who came from nowhere to become the class of the Atlantic Division.
Mohamed El-Erian, head of the $30 billion Harvard Endowment, has brought an international flair and bond expertise to the job.