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Restaurants in Canada that serve seal have been thrust into the spotlight now that the European Union has banned imports of Canadian seal products.
Some people counted as medically insured have coverage so meager that a medical crisis means financial calamity.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. emerged as a canny strategist at the Supreme Court this term.
When the financial crisis struck the global economy last autumn, European governments moved swiftly to keep their biggest banks from falling into an abyss — never mind fears over nationalization.
Annual school spending has risen to $22 billion under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. But critics say the Education Department needs to be more accountable.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 1, 2009, covering July 1, 2009.
Jonas Brothers
The Black Eyed Peas
Dave Matthews Band
Eminem
Incubus
2009Karl Malden, American actor (born 1912)[†]
Karl Malden was an American stage, movie and television actor who first achieved acclaim in the original Broadway productions of Arthur Miller's All My Sons and Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire in 1946 and 1947. Recreating the role of Mitch in the 1951 film of Streetcar, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
2009Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author (born 1917)[†]
Onni Palaste, born Onni Bovellan was a Finnish Winter War veteran and writer.
2009Mollie Sugden, English actress (born 1922)[†]
Isabel Mary Sugden, known professionally as Mollie Sugden was an English actress and comedian. She was best known for being an original cast member in the British sitcom Are You Being Served? (1972–1985) as senior saleswoman Mrs. Slocombe and appeared reprising the character in the AYBS spin-off Grace & Favour (1992–1993).
In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]