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Just as some cities’ newspapers sputter, a handful of Web sites emerge to cull local content from government data, blogs and news media.
Newspapers are increasingly talking about putting up pay walls and tracking the use of content online.
The threat of a shutdown or a sale of The Boston Globe has brought together civic leaders and residents, speaking out about the paper’s role in the region.
As advertising falls, publishers are assessing whether they can charge more without losing subscribers.
The Treasury Department is said to be directing G.M. to prepare for a bankruptcy filing by June 1, if necessary.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 8, 2009, covering April 13, 2009.
Various Artists
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Keri Hilson
Kelly Clarkson
2009A fire destroys a homeless hostel and kills at least 22 people in Kamień Pomorski, Poland.[†]
The Kamień Pomorski homeless hostel fire occurred in north-western Poland on 13 April 2009. The fire occurred during the night at a three-story homeless hostel in Kamień Pomorski, a town situated approximately 60 kilometres or 37 miles from the German border. 23 people, including 13 children, were pronounced dead, with a further 20 sustaining an injury of some sort. It was Poland's deadliest fire since a conflagration destroyed a home for the mentally ill in Górna Grupa in 1980 claiming the lives of 55 victims.
In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]