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A group of investment funds has amassed a 21 percent stake in CNet and is seeking to oust its directors and take over a majority of its board.
What, exactly, did 1,944 New Yorkers see, and what did they say?
Discovery Kids pins some hopes on a chip off the crocodile hunter.
A new study challenges conventional wisdom, suggesting that violent films prevent violent crime by attracting and keeping would-be assailants occupied.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 2, 2008, covering January 7, 2008.
Josh Groban
Mary J. Blige
Alicia Keys
Eagles
Miley Cyrus
2008Alwyn Schlebusch, South African academic and politician, Vice State President of South Africa (born 1917)[†]
Alwyn Louis Schlebusch was a South African politician, the only holder of the title Vice State President of South Africa from 1 January 1981 to 14 September 1984. He was an Afrikaner with a surname of German origin. He was born in Lady Grey, Eastern Cape. He was the son of Charel Johannes Schlebusch and Elizabeth Cornelia Myburgh and eldest brother of Charel Johannes Schlebusch, Elsie Cornelia Schlebusch and Anna Christina Schlebusch.
In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]