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In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]
2008Geoffrey Perkins, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1953)[†]
Geoffrey Howard Perkins was a British comedy producer, writer and performer. He was BBC head of comedy between 1995 and 2001, and produced the first two radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He is one of the people credited with creating the panel game Mornington Crescent for I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. In December 2008 he posthumously received an Outstanding Contribution to Comedy Award.
2008Michael Schoenberg, American geophysicist and theorist (born 1939)[†]
Michael Schoenberg (1939–2008) was an American theoretical geophysicist noted for his fundamental contributions to the understanding of anisotropy in the real earth and its application to the determination of texture, fracture porosity, and flow properties of reservoir rocks.
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President Evo Morales, a former coca grower, is both a partner in U.S. anti-drug policy and an antagonist.
Deputy Mayors Edward Skyler, Patricia E. Harris and Kevin Sheekey oppose a third term, while business leaders in the city generally support the idea.
Dr. Jamshad I. Wyne and former Assemblyman Robert A. Straniere are sparring for the Republican nomination in a district that includes all of Staten Island and portions of Brooklyn.
The debut of Apple’s iPhone 3G cellphones has been a public relations headache for AT&T, after complaints of dropped calls and poor network connections.
There is no game quite like baseball offering equal opportunity for the unsung. To personalize this point, meet Cody Ransom.
Three women have co-founded a school that balances special needs students and those developing more typically.
Senator Barack Obama made his promise of “change” specific and showed he could fight his opponent.
Senator Barack Obama told tens of thousands of Democrats gathered at Invesco Field on Thursday night that he could repair “broken politics.”
In one part of his 9,000-square-foot garage, Darrell L. Davis has recreated a fully equipped Plymouth dealership showroom.
This Bentley is luxurious and astonishingly powerful, provoking the sensation that you’re inside a country-club bar that’s been hit by a tornado.
In choosing Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain reached far outside the Beltway and selected the Republicans’ first female vice presidential candidate.
To move ahead, Metallica looks back, with an album evoking its mid-’80s sound.