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In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[â ]
2008Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (born 1942)[â ]
Marc Moulin was a Belgian musician and journalist. In the early-mid seventies, he was the leader of the jazz-rock group Placebo. He went on to become a member of the avant-rock band Aksak Maboul in 1977 and also formed the pop group Telex in 1978. Moulin was one of Belgium's jazz legends, making jazz-influenced records for over 30 years.
2008Paul Newman, American actor, director, producer, and businessman (born 1925)[â ]
Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, race car driver, philanthropist, and activist. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, seven Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Silver Bear for Best Actor, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and nominations for two Grammy Awards and a Tony Award. Along with his Best Actor Academy Award win, Newman also received two additional Oscars, both meritorious: the Academy Honorary Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
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Only the Mets, it appears, can spare Hank Steinbrenner an October emotional meltdown by failing to save themselves from another September nervous breakdown.
The spectators who can claim perhaps the most peculiar relationship with the ballpark may be pilots who fly into La Guardia.
It is far from clear that a functioning financial system will emerge even if the White House and Congress can reach an agreement on a bailout plan.
Without a mechanism to shed the bad loans on their books, financial institutions and lenders may continue to hoard their dollars and starve the economy of capital.
When Kurt Warner is apart from his large family, which includes seven children, the 37-year-old quarterback has the responsibility of guiding the young Arizona Cardinals to maturity.
Despite a vow of truth, Barack Obamaâs latest ads match the misleading nature of some of John McCainâs spots.
Even companies far from Wall Street find themselves in a tightening bind as loans grow scarce and the economy struggles.
The dayâs events raised questions about why Senator John McCain had called for postponing the first debate.
Partisan presidential politics seemed to trample what had been exceedingly delicate Congressional negotiations over the $700 billion bailout package.
Daniel Radcliffe steps into a mothball-preserved, off-the-rack part and wears it like a tailorâs delight in Thea Sharrockâs oddly arid revival of âEquus.â
Russell A. Harding, a former Rudolph Giuliani administration official, has unveiled a Web site, which claims to be a warts-and-all portrait of the former mayor.
Ryan Church somehow evaded a tag at home plate to score the tying run in the eighth and José Reyes scored the winning run an inning later to pull the Mets past Chicago.