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February 15, 2010

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Inviting In a Brash Outsider

By David Carr

Vice magazine’s libertarianism and cultural literacy brings to mind Playboy in its prime, mixing nudity with in-depth reports from the world’s most troubled spots.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 10, 2010, covering February 15, 2010.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Need You Now by Lady Antebellum

    Need You Now

    Lady Antebellum

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hope For Haiti Now by Various Artists

    Hope For Haiti Now

    Various Artists

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Fame by Lady Gaga

    The Fame

    Lady Gaga

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    66
  4. 4
    Album cover for I Dreamed A Dream by Susan Boyle

    I Dreamed A Dream

    Susan Boyle

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Greatest Love Songs Of All Time by Barry Manilow

    The Greatest Love Songs Of All Time

    Barry Manilow

    Last week
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    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

Jeanne M. Holm

2010Jeanne M. Holm, American general (born 1921)[†]

Major General Jeanne Marjorie Holm was the first female one-star general of the United States Air Force and the first female two-star general in any service branch of the United States. Holm was a driving force behind the expansion of women's roles in the Air Force.

Historical Events

2010Two trains collide in the Halle train collision in Halle, Belgium, killing 19 and injuring 171 people.[†]

The Halle train collision was a collision between two NMBS/SNCB passenger trains carrying a combined 250 to 300 people in Buizingen, in the municipality of Halle, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, on 15 February 2010. The crash occurred in snowy conditions at 08:28 CET (07:28 UTC), during rush hour, on railway line 96 (Brussels–QuĂ©vy) about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from Brussels between P-train E3678 from Leuven to Braine-le-Comte and IC-train E1707 from QuiĂ©vrain to LiĂšge. A third train was able to come to a stop just in time. The collision killed 19 people and injured 171, making it the deadliest rail crash in Belgium in over fifty years.

Historical Context for February 15, 2010

In 2010, the world population was approximately 7,021,732,148 people[†]