Bent, Not Broken
By Kassie Bracken and Erik Olsen
For a young teacher out to conquer a vertical maze of a city in a wheelchair, fierce independence and inescapable vulnerability sometimes clash.
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On this day
May 1, 2010
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Designer Has Fan at Top, but Too Few at the Stores
By Susan Saulny
The designer Maria Pinto, whose creations were worn by Michelle Obama, explained why her shop abruptly closed.
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On Favorite’s Back, More Than Just Rider
By Joe Drape
Garrett Gomez knows in many respects the odds are stacked against him in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.
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Rare Breed Now: A Justice Who Wasn’t a Judge
By Adam Liptak
Unlike most front-runners for a spot on the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, the U.S. solicitor general, never served on the bench.
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Democrats Reframe the Debate on Immigration
By Julia Preston
The outline of a proposal for enforcement to stop future illegal immigration is likely to be the centerpiece of the discussion this year.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 28, 2010, covering May 1, 2010.
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My World 2.0
Justin Bieber
- Last week
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- 1
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- 4
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Congratulations
MGMT
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- 2
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- 1
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Need You Now
Lady Antebellum
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- 4
- Peak
- 1
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- 12
- 4
Raymond V Raymond
Usher
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- 1
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Year Of The Black Rainbow
Coheed and Cambria
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- 5
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Notable Deaths
2010Helen Wagner, American actress (born 1918)[†]
Helen Losee Wagner was an American actress.
Historical Events
2010Faisal Shahzad attempts to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, but the bomb fails to go off.[†]
Faisal Shahzad is a Pakistani-American man who was arrested for the attempted May 1, 2010, Times Square car bombing. On June 21, 2010, in Federal District Court in Manhattan, he confessed to 10 counts arising from the bombing attempt. Throughout his court appearance, Shahzad was unrepentant. The United States Attorney indicated there was no plea deal, so Shahzad faced the maximum sentence, a mandatory life term.
Historical Context for May 1, 2010
In 2010, the world population was approximately 7,021,732,148 people[†]