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In 2010, the world population was approximately 7,021,732,148 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 29, 2010, covering October 4, 2010.
Linkin Park
Trey Songz
Eminem
Jamey Johnson
Robert Plant
Weezer
Various Artists
Brandon Flowers
Katy Perry
Justin Bieber
2010Norman Wisdom, English actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter (born 1915)[†]
Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom,, was an English actor, comedian, musician, and singer, best known for his series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966, in which he portrayed the endearingly inept character Norman Pitkin. He rose to prominence with his first leading film role in Trouble in Store (1953), which earned him the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles.
2010The Ajka plant accident in Hungary releases a million cubic metres of liquid alumina sludge, killing nine, injuring 122, and severely contaminating two major rivers.[†]
The Ajka alumina plant accident in October 2010 was a caustic waste reservoir chain collapse at the Ajkai Timföldgyár alumina plant in Ajka, Veszprém County, in western Hungary.
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After more than a decade, Dr. Tom Doerr and his brother, John, see a possible turning point for their business with Apple’s iPad and a national mandate for digital medical records.
Verizon Wireless will pay up to $90 million to 15 million cellphone customers who were wrongly charged, one of the largest-ever refunds by a telecommunications company.
Andrew M. Cuomo’s cautious approach has sometimes led to “paralysis by analysis,” some advisers say.
Former Lehman Brothers employees have reunited at the American headquarters of a Japanese brokerage giant.
The Yankees, as a wild card, will open against the Twins, a team they have beaten in recent postseasons.
As a public figure, Facebook’s founder would have to prove reckless disregard for the truth if he wanted to address the portrayal of him in the film “The Social Network.”
The Jets battered Buffalo from the opening kickoff, dominating in passing, rushing and total yardage, time of possession and turnovers.
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, all but assured of a second term, must now overcome Iraq’s divisions.
A trade group for major casinos like Harrah’s Entertainment and MGM Resorts is working on a proposal to ask Congress to legalize some form of online gambling.
Procedural problems at some large lenders are so prevalent that additional lenders and loan servicers are likely to halt foreclosure proceedings, experts say.
Cherry Jones and Sally Hawkins star in Doug Hughes’s revival of the Shaw play “Mrs. Warren’s Profession,” about a prosperous madam re-entering the life of her daughter.
Companies keep saving, waiting for the economy to improve, but it is unlikely to improve if they keep saving.