Johnny Carson, Now Quipping Online
By Dave Itzkoff
The Carson Entertainment Group is beefing up its online presence with an archive of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” and a revamped Web site.
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On this day
August 11, 2010
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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In the Rearview Mirror, Oklahoma and Death Row
By Dan Barry
After 28 years in prison, James Fisher got a plea deal that came with one stipulation: that he leave the state forever.
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For Mosque Sponsors, Early Missteps Fueled Storm
By Anne Barnard
Planners did not seek the advice of established Muslim organizations experienced in volatile post-9/11 politics.
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BP Station Owners Face Long Road to Recovery
By John Collins Rudolf
BP owns just a fraction of the U.S. service stations that carry its brand, but independent station owners are suffering since the spill.
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California Unions Take Pay Protest to Movies
By David Streitfeld
State workers in California plan to protest furloughs by demonstrating at a movie in which their governor will make a cameo appearance.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 11, 2010, covering August 11, 2010.
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Nightmare
Avenged Sevenfold
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Recovery
Eminem
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- Peak
- 1
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- 6
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Teflon Don
Rick Ross
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- 2
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- 4
My World 2.0
Justin Bieber
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- 1
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- 19
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Thank Me Later
Drake
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Notable Deaths
2010James Mourilyan Tanner, British paediatric endocrinologist (born 1920)[†]
James Mourilyan Tanner was a British paediatric endocrinologist who was best known for his development of the Tanner scale, which measures the stages of sexual development during puberty. He was a professor emeritus of the Institute of Child Health at the University of London.
Historical Context for August 11, 2010
In 2010, the world population was approximately 7,021,732,148 people[†]