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In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[†]
2007Michael Deaver, American soldier and politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (born 1938)[†]
Michael Keith Deaver was a member of President Ronald Reagan's White House staff who served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff under James Baker III and Donald Regan from January 1981 to May 1985.
2007Magdalen Nabb, English author (born 1947)[†]
Magdalen Nabb was a British author, best known for the Marshal Guarnaccia detective novels.
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A growing number of Americans are stacking up a series of shorter getaways and shunning longer stretches.
Hundreds of thousands of Chinese migrants are doing business on a continent that until five years or so ago had been terra incognita.
The family conflict over the care of the grande dame of New York society and philanthropy leading up to her death was only subtly evident at her funeral.
The Dow Jones industrial average surged 233 points Friday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for loans to banks and indicated it would act again if the economic outlook worsens.
Michael Vick’s future in the National Football League became more tenuous when two more of his co-defendants accepted plea agreements and implicated him in a dogfighting ring.
Andy Pettitte worked eight innings, allowing one run and five hits to give the Yankees their first victory in four games.
There are few summer sights more archetypically urban than the face in an open window gazing out at the street.
Boston College Coach Jeff Jagodzinski’s offensive mind-set should mesh with senior quarterback Matt Ryan, who is considered a second-tier Heisman Trophy contender.
The Justice Department’s use of a seldom-tested conspiracy law in the case cemented a new prosecutorial paradigm.
In this month’s market turbulence, even quantitative investing systems, managed by computers, have faltered.
The possibility of the occasional 30-yard free-kick goal by David Beckham is enough to float a league, give it a buzz, move jerseys and sell tickets.
A contemporary, limestone-clad, five-story, single-family town house is being planned on the site of a Victorian-era brownstone that blew up last July.