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Cargill Meat Solutions recalled 8,500 pounds of hamburger after investigators said it was the likely source of bacteria that had made three people sick.
The company says proposed legislation could disrupt its efforts to set aside $20 billion for claims and penalties.
Though many students are liberals on social issues, the weak job market has taken a toll on their loyalties.
American businesses added more jobs in the last three months than originally estimated, calming fears of a double-dip recession.
For many composers, synthesizers are last decade. Innovations like the mutantrumpet and the flute with a glissando headjoint are expanding the range of concert sounds.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 1, 2010, covering September 3, 2010.
Eminem
Kem
Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs
Iron Maiden
Trace Adkins
2010Tanitoluwa Adewumi, Nigerian-American chess player[†]
Tanitoluwa Emmanuel "Tani" Adewumi is a Nigerian-American chess player who currently holds the title of FIDE Master (FM). A chess prodigy, he won the 2019 K-3 New York State chess championship at the age of 8 after having played the game for only a year while living with his refugee family in a homeless shelter in Manhattan.
2010Noah Howard, American saxophonist (born 1943)[†]
Noah Howard was an American free jazz alto saxophonist.
2010Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1950)[†]
Robert George Schimmel was an American stand-up comedian who was known for his blue comedy. While the extremely profane nature of his act limited his commercial appeal, he had a reputation as a "comic's comic" due to his relentless touring, comedy albums and frequent appearances on HBO and The Howard Stern Show. Schimmel is number 76 on the 2004 program Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time.
2010After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on board.[†]
Dubai International Airport is the primary international airport serving Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic as of 2024. It is also the busiest airport in the Middle East as of 2024, the second-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic as of 2024, the busiest airport for Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 movements, and the airport with the highest average number of passengers per flight. In 2024, the airport handled over 92 million passengers, over 2.2 million tonnes of cargo and registered over 440,000 aircraft movements.
In 2010, the world population was approximately 7,021,732,148 people[†]