Astor Trial Plods On, Trying the Patience of Many
By A. G. Sulzberger and John Eligon
The trial of Brooke Astor’s son and one of her lawyers for fraud has lasted longer than anyone could have expected.
Metro1117 words
Continue reading...
Share
On this day
August 18, 2009
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
Filter by:
Headlines from August 18, 2009
Some N.Y. Lawmakers Take Pensions on Top of Pay
By Danny Hakim
Some New York legislators “retire” one day and come back to work the next, a practice known as “double dipping.”
Metro1031 words
Continue reading...
Share
Diabetes Case Shows Pitfalls of Treatment Rules
By Barry Meier
A guideline calling for aggressive control of blood sugar was withdrawn after a study suggested that such action could harm or even kill some patients.
Business1081 words
Continue reading...
Share
Mental Stress Training Is Planned for U.S. Soldiers
By Benedict Carey
A new Army program is intended to prevent problems like post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.
National1151 words
Continue reading...
Share
Small Cities Pay to Keep Air Travel
By Elizabeth Olson
As carriers cut costs, a variety of strategies are used to keep local service, including reducing fees or guaranteeing revenue.
Business1146 words
Continue reading...
Share
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 12, 2009, covering August 18, 2009.
- 1
Loso's Way (Soundtrack)
Fabolous
- Last week
- —
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 1
- 2
Leave This Town
Daughtry
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 3
- 3
BLACKsummers'night
Maxwell
- Last week
- 3
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 4
- 4
NOW 31
Various Artists
- Last week
- 4
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 5
- 5
The E.N.D.
The Black Eyed Peas
- Last week
- 6
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 8
Notable Deaths
2009Kim Dae-jung, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 15th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925)[†]
Kim Dae-jung was a South Korean politician, activist and statesman who served as the eighth president of South Korea from 1998 to 2003.
2009Rose Friedman, Ukrainian-American economist and author (born 1910)[†]
Rose Director Friedman ; born Rose Director was a free-market economist and co-founder of the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation.
2009Robert Novak, American journalist and author (born 1931)[†]
Robert David Sanders Novak was an American syndicated columnist, journalist, television personality, author, and conservative political commentator. After working for two newspapers before serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, he became a reporter for the Associated Press and then for The Wall Street Journal. He teamed up with Rowland Evans in 1963 to start Inside Report, which became the longest running syndicated political column in U.S. history and ran in hundreds of papers. They also started the Evans-Novak Political Report, a notable biweekly newsletter, in 1967.
Historical Context for August 18, 2009
In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]