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March 3, 2010

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Headlines from March 3, 2010

Milk in a Can Goes Glam

By Julia Moskin

As more American home cooks with roots in Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean enter the national culinary conversation, sweetened condensed milk is getting a lot of love.

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Still With Obama, but Worried

By Steven Greenhouse

At the A.F.L.-C.I.O.’s winter meeting, leaders spoke of mobilizing the base to help minimize Republican gains this fall and about how President Obama could do more to help their cause.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 3, 2010, covering March 3, 2010.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Soldier Of Love by Sade

    Soldier Of Love

    Sade

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for Need You Now by Lady Antebellum

    Need You Now

    Lady Antebellum

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for The E.N.D. by The Black Eyed Peas

    The E.N.D.

    The Black Eyed Peas

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    37
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Fame by Lady Gaga

    The Fame

    Lady Gaga

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    69
  5. 5
    Album cover for Rebirth by Lil Wayne

    Rebirth

    Lil Wayne

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    3

Notable Deaths

Keith Alexander (footballer)

2010Keith Alexander, English footballer and manager (born 1956)[†]

Keith Alexander was a footballer and manager. Born in Nottingham, England, he was the manager of League Two side Macclesfield Town at the time of his death, in a career that included international appearances for Saint Lucia. Alexander played for a large number of lower league football teams. His main success, however, came from football management – managing in both non-league and the Football League. He took League One side Lincoln City to four consecutive play-offs, taking them to two finals at the Millennium Stadium. His eldest son, Matthew Alexander, is a FIFA licensed Football agent and works with many top flight players.

Michael Foot

2010Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (born 1913)[†]

Michael Mackintosh Foot was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1983. Foot began his career as a journalist on Tribune and the Evening Standard. He co-wrote the 1940 polemic against appeasement of Adolf Hitler, Guilty Men, under a pseudonym.

Historical Context for March 3, 2010

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