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In his major league debut, pitcher Matt DeSalvo left with a lead after seven innings, but a home run by Seattle’s Adrián Beltre cost the Yankees the game in the ninth.
Paul E. Steiger, the paper’s top editor who knew of Rupert Murdoch’s offer, is said to have decided not to publish any news of it.
European governments signaled that they would let the U.S. choose the bank’s next chief if Paul D. Wolfowitz resigned soon.
Richard Flanagan’s stunning new novel gives us a world headed toward irredeemable disaster.
A partnership between subprime lenders and Wall Street banks has now degenerated into a cross-country blame game.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 2, 2007, covering May 8, 2007.
Avril Lavigne
Nine Inch Nails
Various Artists
Bucky Covington
Martina McBride
2007Philip R. Craig, American author and poet (born 1933)[†]
Philip R. Craig was a writer known for his Martha's Vineyard mysteries.
2007Carson Whitsett, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (born 1945)[†]
James Carson Whitsett was an American keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer.
In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[†]