A Year Into Job, WNET President Seeks a Heightened Urgency
By Elizabeth Jensen
Neal Shapiro hasn’t been shy about putting his at times unorthodox stamp on WNET and his own team in place.
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On this day
January 30, 2008
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Fed’s Issue on Rates: How Low?
By Edmund L. Andrews
After a stunning cut one week ago, the Federal Reserve appears poised to announce another rate cut on Wednesday as insurance against a recession.
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Dip Once or Dip Twice?
By Harold McGee
A scientific report, inspired by an episode of “Seinfeld,” may cause football fans to take a second look at that communal bowl of dip.
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On a Day of Talk, Burress’s Words Anger Giants Coach
By John Branch
Giants Coach Tom Coughlin’s theme for the season was “Talk is Cheap. Play the game.” But with five days still to go before Super Bowl XLII, receiver Plaxico Burress couldn’t help himself.
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Financial Ties Are Cited as Issue in Spine Study
By Reed Abelson
The testing of an artificial spinal disk provides a stark example of conflicts of interest among clinical researchers.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 30, 2008, covering January 30, 2008.
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As I Am
Alicia Keys
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Juno
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Growing Pains
Mary J. Blige
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
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Love Behind The Melody
Raheem DeVaughn
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Notable Deaths
2008Marcial Maciel, Mexican-American priest, founded the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi (born 1920)[†]
Marcial Maciel Degollado was a Mexican Catholic priest who founded the Legion of Christ and the Regnum Christi movement. He was general director of the Legion from 1941 to 2005. Throughout most of his career, he was respected within the church as "the greatest fundraiser of the modern Roman Catholic church" and as a prolific recruiter of new seminarians.
Historical Context for January 30, 2008
In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]