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In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[â ]
2008Johnny Podres, American baseball player and coach (born 1932)[â ]
John Joseph Podres was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in the majors from 1953 to 1969, spending most of his career with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers. Podres won four World Series titles with the Dodgers. He is best known for pitching a shutout in game 7 of the 1955 World Series to give the Dodgers their first championship.
Chad L. Coleman, an actor on the HBO series âThe Wireâ and resident of Brooklyn, works shifts at the Park Slope Food Co-op.
Brad Grey, an outsider from the world of television, steers a fabled studio through tough times.
A former New York City police sergeant claims his First Amendment rights are being violated by the State Department of Motor Vehicles, which wonât issue him the license plate he desires.
New England advanced to the A.F.C. Championship against either Indianapolis or San Diego, both of which the Patriots have already beaten on their way to a 17-0 record.
Thanks to their first postseason victory in four years, the Packers face the winner of Sundayâs Dallas-Giants game next Sunday for the conference championship.
All things considered, 131st Street is not the most obvious place for a rock ânâ roller from Connecticut to set up a studio.
Marina owners say they are caught in the middle of a long-running feud between New York and Connecticut over the dumping of dredge spoils in Long Island Sound.
Gawker, the gossip Web site, seems to be in the midst of a particularly intense period of turmoil, which has led to a slide in its once-hypnotic influence on the news media world.
Overdrive Magazine, an industry journal for long-haul truckers, has named New Jersey the state with the âleast available overnight parkingâ every year since 2000.
How banks could help, not hinder, sales by troubled homeowners.
Gov. Jon S. Corzine is preparing for a campaign-style swing through New Jersey to convince residents that his plan to drastically raise highway tolls is the only way to keep the state from financial ruin.
Economists suggest that it may be too late to change the course of the economy over the first half of 2008.