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In 2010, the world population was approximately 7,021,732,148 people[†]
2010Fred Schaus, American basketball player and coach (born 1925)[†]
Frederick Appleton Schaus was an American basketball player, head coach and athletic director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, player for the National Basketball Association's Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks, general manager and head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, head coach of Purdue University basketball, and a member of the NCAA Basketball Committee. He was born in Newark, Ohio.
2010Charles Wilson, American lieutenant and politician (born 1933)[†]
Charles Nesbitt Wilson was an American politician and naval officer who was a 12-term Democratic Representative from Texas's 2nd congressional district. Wilson is best known for leading Congress into supporting Operation Cyclone, the largest-ever Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) covert operation, which during the Carter and Reagan administrations supplied military equipment to the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War. His behind-the-scenes campaign was the subject of the non-fiction book Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile III and the subsequent film Charlie Wilson's War, in which he was portrayed by Tom Hanks.
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James S. Hirsch’s biography of Willie Mays is the first written with the baseball great’s participation.
The offer is aimed at preserving Pakistan’s influence in Afghanistan once the Americans leave, and could both help and hurt American interests.
A country characterized by modesty is going all out in an effort to win the most gold medals in Vancouver.
Larry B. Seabrook was accused of diverting city money to himself, family and friends using closely controlled nonprofit groups.
Lawsuits, state inspections and federal statistics paint a troubling picture of the care offered at some hospitals.
Lincoln Center’s new restaurant, scheduled to open later this year, will provide the chef Jonathan Benno a chance for distinction, or disaster.
Chefs and academics have been rethinking the list of alleged edible aphrodisiacs.
Critics want to know why the agency that regulates automakers did not act more aggressively against Toyota.
Ben S. Bernanke now faces the task of beginning to pull the Federal Reserve out of its extraordinary effort to prop up the economy.
Changes to the psychiatry guidebook that largely sets society’s line for normal behavior could affect treatment.
An expanding schedule filled with risky new events has made the Winter Games more dangerous than ever.
The network is intended to showcase the potential new uses of ultra-high-speed broadband networks.