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The financial crisis and falling oil prices will make it harder for Iraq to pay for services and could affect U.S. plans for withdrawal.
The life and death of David Cameron’s young disabled son have helped bridge a social gap between him and Britain.
An official admitted that he helped unqualified people win union membership and licenses to operate cranes in New York City.
The Justice Department charged Forest Laboratories with defrauding the government of millions of dollars by illegally marketing the antidepressants Celexa and Lexapro.
A case against a Phoenix gun store owner offers a glimpse of how weapons delivered to U.S. gun dealers are moved into Mexico and wielded in horrific crimes.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 25, 2009, covering February 26, 2009.
Taylor Swift
Robert Plant / Alison Krauss
India.Arie
The Fray
Lily Allen
2009Johnny Kerr, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1932)[†]
John Graham Kerr, also known as Red Kerr, was an American basketball player, coach, executive and broadcaster who devoted six decades to the sport at all levels. The affable 6'9", 230-pound center starred for the University of Illinois (1951–1954) before he became a three-time All-Star and one-time league champion in the NBA (1954–66), primarily as a member of the Syracuse Nationals.
2009Wendy Richard, English actress (born 1943)[†]
Wendy Richard was an English actress, best known for her television roles as Miss Shirley Brahms on the BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? from 1972 to 1985, and Pauline Fowler on the soap opera EastEnders from 1985 to 2006.
2009Norm Van Lier, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1947)[†]
Norman Allen Van Lier III was an American professional basketball player and television broadcaster who spent the majority of his career with the Chicago Bulls.
In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]