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B.J. Novak, producer, writer and actor for the NBC series, which will begin its fifth season on Thursday, has thrived off-screen as his on-screen character has fallen on hard times.
A dozen athletes have agreed to donate their brains after their deaths for research into the effects of concussions.
Even with the pitiful exchange rate, France is the greatest source of wine bargains in the world.
Republican leaders on Staten Island have been brainstorming ideas to get Representative Vito Fossella to run for re-election, despite his repeated insistence that he will not.
Around a half-dozen French chefs and culinary experts are trying to persuade the United Nations to declare French gastronomy a world treasure.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 24, 2008, covering September 24, 2008.
Metallica
Young Jeezy
Kid Rock
Jessica Simpson
Slipknot
2008Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (born 1917)[†]
Oliver Crawford was an American screenwriter and author who overcame the Hollywood blacklist during the McCarthy Era of the 1950s to become one of the entertainment industry's most successful television writers. Shows that Crawford wrote for include Star Trek, Bonanza, Quincy, M.E., Perry Mason, and the Kraft Television Theatre.
2008Irene Dailey, American actress (born 1920)[†]
Irene Dailey was an American stage, film, and television actress.
2008Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (born 1918)[†]
James Barton "Mickey" Vernon was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman who played for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox (1956–1957), Milwaukee Braves (1959) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1960). He also was the first manager in the history of the expansion edition of the Senators, serving from 1961 through May 21, 1963, and was a coach for four MLB teams between 1960 and 1982.
2008Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.[†]
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician who served as the 2nd democratic president of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008, when he resigned at the request of his party, the African National Congress (ANC). Before that, he was deputy president under Nelson Mandela from 1994 to 1999.
In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]