Exiled by Russia: Casinos and Jobs
Russia is closing every legal casino this week, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work.
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Russia is closing every legal casino this week, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work.
New laws allow residents to begin rainwater harvesting, a practice that water rights laws once prohibited.
Pete Sampras expected his record of the most men’s major singles titles to last. But by 2006, Sampras knew Roger Federer was capable of breaking it.
News organizations that would reject using cellphone videos or Twitter reports are forced to rely on them as an information source.
Jeroen van der Veer deftly righted the oil major after an accounting scandal. His successor, Peter Voser, will continue the company’s overhaul.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 24, 2009, covering June 29, 2009.
The Black Eyed Peas
Dave Matthews Band
Eminem
Chickenfoot
Aventura
2009Joe Bowman, American, target shooter and boot-maker (born 1925)[†]
Joseph Lee Bowman was an American marksman called "The Straight Shooter", considered to have been a guardian of Texas and Western frontier culture. He was also an Eagle Scout, Army soldier, and bootmaker.
In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]