Google Co-Founder Backs Vast Parkinson’s Study
Sergey Brin says he plans to contribute money and his DNA to a large genetic study of Parkinson’s disease.
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Sergey Brin says he plans to contribute money and his DNA to a large genetic study of Parkinson’s disease.
As the evidence of economic pain mounts in Europe, a growing number of analysts say the Continent’s leaders are reacting too slowly.
Bernard L. Madoff’s bail status is the biggest question mark hanging over the court hearing where he is expected to plead guilty to operating a vast Ponzi scheme.
A craze over a mythical beast conceived as an impish protest raises questions about China’s Internet censorship.
Legislation Republicans had blocked would lift a statute of limitations on lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of children.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 11, 2009, covering March 12, 2009.
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Lamb of God
Jonas Brothers
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2009Financier Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.[†]
Bernard Lawrence Madoff was an American financial criminal and financier who was the admitted mastermind of the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, worth an estimated $65 billion. He was at one time chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange. Madoff's firm had two basic units: a stock brokerage and an asset management business; the Ponzi scheme was centered in the asset management business.
In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]