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The owners of The New York Post and The Daily News lost out to Cablevision in the battle for Newsday on Monday, but the tabloid war may be far from over.
Barney Frank, the rumpled, cantankerous Massachusetts Democrat, has emerged as a key deal-maker in the House.
Mining permits could become permanent for New York’s bluestone industry, which is one of the state’s oldest.
The woman accused of being the primary booker for the Emperor’s Club V.I.P. prostitution ring is expected to plead guilty this week, people involved in the matter said.
The Olympic hopes of many of Kenya’s runners have been disrupted by the ethnic violence that followed a disputed presidential election last December.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 7, 2008, covering May 13, 2008.
Mariah Carey
Leona Lewis
Flight of the Conchords
Ashlee Simpson
Atmosphere
2008Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler, Emir of Kuwait (born 1930)[†]
Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah was the Emir of Kuwait from 15 January 2006, succeeding Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, until abdicating nine days later on 24 January. Prior to that he had been Prime Minister of Kuwait from 1978 to 2006.
2008Ron Stone, American journalist and author (born 1936)[†]
Ron Stone was an American news anchor at KPRC-TV in Houston, Texas for 20 years from 1973 to 1992. He was called "the most popular and revered news anchor the city has ever known" by the Houston Chronicle. He was president of Stonefilms, Inc., a Texas production company.
In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]