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August 30, 2008

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The Bank Account That Sprang a Leak

By Diana B. Henriques

Even the wealthy are vulnerable to automated clearing house fraud, theft involving unauthorized electronic transfers through the automated networks that connect the world’s bank accounts.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 27, 2008, covering August 30, 2008.

  1. 1
    Album cover for A Little Bit Longer by Jonas Brothers

    A Little Bit Longer

    Jonas Brothers

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Mamma Mia! by Soundtrack

    Mamma Mia!

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  3. 3
    Album cover for Rock N Roll Jesus by Kid Rock

    Rock N Roll Jesus

    Kid Rock

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    45
  4. 4
    Album cover for Breakout by Miley Cyrus

    Breakout

    Miley Cyrus

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  5. 5
    Album cover for Love On The Inside by Sugarland

    Love On The Inside

    Sugarland

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4

Notable Deaths

2008Brian Hambly, Australian rugby player and coach (born 1937)[†]

Brian Clinton Hambly was an Australian rugby league player, a representative forward for the Australia national team between 1959 and 1965. His club career was played with South Sydney and Parramatta. He was considered one of the Australia's finest rugby league players of the twentieth century.

Killer Kowalski

2008Killer Kowalski, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (born 1926)[†]

Wladek Kowalski was a Canadian professional wrestler, known by his ring name Killer Kowalski.

Historical Events

Conviasa

2008A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board.[†]

LĂ­nea AĂ©rea Conviasa is the flag carrier of Venezuela, with its headquarters on the grounds of SimĂłn BolĂ­var International Airport in MaiquetĂ­a, near Caracas. It is the flag carrier and largest airline of Venezuela, operating services to domestic destinations and destinations in the Caribbean and South America. Conviasa is known to make routes from a political perspective rather than a financial standpoint.

Historical Context for August 30, 2008

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