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With its win over No. 4 Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., No. 3 T.C.U. solidified its standing as one of the elite programs in all of college football.
Across the nation, irritation with public employee unions is palpable as state, city and town budgets suffer.
Many questions remain about Staff Sgt. David Senftâs death and whether the Army could have prevented it.
Computerized surveillance systems can protect hospital patients, watch for criminals â or invade your privacy.
House Republicans plan to make good on a campaign vow: voting to repeal President Obamaâs health care overhaul.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 29, 2010, covering January 2, 2011.
Taylor Swift
Susan Boyle
Michael Jackson
Jackie Evancho
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2011Anne Francis, American actress (born 1930)[â ]
Anne Francis was an American actress known for her ground-breaking roles in the science fiction film Forbidden Planet (1956) and the television action-drama series Honey West (1965â1966). Forbidden Planet marked a first in in-color, big-budget, science-fiction-themed motion pictures. Nine years later, Francis challenged female stereotypes in Honey West, in which she played a perky blonde private investigator who was as quick with body slams as with witty one-liners. She earned a Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award nomination for her performance.
2011Bali Ram Bhagat, Indian politician; 16th Governor of Rajasthan (born 1922)[â ]
Bali Ram Bhagat was an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress (INC). He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) in Lok Sabha representing Patna-cum-Shahabad from 1952 to 1957 and Shahabad from 1957 to 1977. Bhagat has also served as the 6th Speaker of the Lok Sabha and 13th Foreign Minister of India.
2011Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (born 1946)[â ]
Peter William Postlethwaite was an English character actor. After various stage and minor television appearances, Postlethwaite's first major success arose through the film Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), directed by Terence Davies. He had a breakthrough in Hollywood when he portrayed David in Alien 3 (1992), and his international reputation was further solidified when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Giuseppe Conlon, father of Gerry Conlon, in In the Name of the Father (1993).
In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[â ]