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May 1, 2008

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Headlines from May 1, 2008

Lacerated Spleen Sidelines Avery

By Lynn Zinser

Forward Sean Avery was hospitalized after he suffered a lacerated spleen during a hit in Tuesday’s loss to the Penguins and will miss the rest of the season.

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No. 20 Post? Derby Favorite’s Handlers Say Sure

By Joe Drape

The confidence that Rick Dutrow and Mike Iavarone have in their colt Big Brown, the undefeated Florida Derby champion, knows no bounds.

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Returning to the Past and Finding the Bogeyman Is Still There

By Janet Maslin

Determinedly unfunny, awkwardly histrionic and sometimes anything but credible, Augusten Burroughs’s new memoir repudiates everything that put him on the map.

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It’s Not Easy to Stick to Principles Devised for Farmers 141 Years Ago

By Peter Applebome

Oliver Orton is confident that an organization that was once the voice of America’s hard-pressed farmers could still become the voice of America’s hard-pressed suburbanites.

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Trials and Triumphs on the Road to Justice

By Charles Isherwood

“Thurgood,” a solo show starring Laurence Fishburne as the venerated Thurgood Marshall, is surprisingly absorbing, at times even stirring.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 30, 2008, covering May 1, 2008.

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Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best Of Both Worlds Concert
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Notable Deaths

2008Anthony Mamo, Maltese judge and politician, 1st President of Malta (born 1909)^[†]

Sir Anthony Joseph Mamo, was the first president of Malta and previously served as the last Governor-General of the State of Malta before the country became a republic. He was also the first Maltese citizen to be appointed Governor-General, and before independence, briefly served as acting Governor.

2008Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (born 1917)^[†]

Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager was the second-last surviving member of the 20 July Plot, a conspiracy of Wehrmacht officers to assassinate the German dictator Adolf Hitler in 1944.

Historical Context for May 1, 2008

In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people^[†]

Headlines from May 1, 2008

Lacerated Spleen Sidelines Avery

No. 20 Post? Derby Favorite’s Handlers Say Sure

Returning to the Past and Finding the Bogeyman Is Still There

It’s Not Easy to Stick to Principles Devised for Farmers 141 Years Ago

Trials and Triumphs on the Road to Justice

E=MC2

Spirit

Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best Of Both Worlds Concert

Lady Antebellum

NOW 27

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for May 1, 2008