On this day
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The United States has the second-highest corporate tax rate in the world, but a myriad of loopholes make that no better than a sticker rate.
The raid in Pakistan was the culmination of years of painstaking intelligence.
Righthaven, a Nevada company, finds newspaper material that has been republished on the Web and obtains the copyrights. Then it sues.
At the World Trade Center site and other gatherings in New York, there was joy, but also more subdued scenes.
Nielsen, the ratings company, said that 96.7 percent of American households now own sets, down from 98.9 percent.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 27, 2011, covering May 3, 2011.
Foo Fighters
Adele
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Paul Simon
Mana
2011Jackie Cooper, American actor, television director, producer and executive (born 1922)[†]
John Cooper Jr. was an American actor and director. He began his career performing in film as a child, and successfully transitioned to adult roles and directing in both film and television. At age nine, he became the only child and youngest person nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, for the 1931 film Skippy. He was a featured member of the Our Gang ensemble in 1929–1931, starred in the television series The People's Choice (1955–1958) and Hennesey (1959–1962), and played journalist Perry White in the 1978–1987 Superman films.
2011Sergo Kotrikadze, Georgian footballer and manager (born 1936)[†]
Sergo (Sergei) Parmenovich Kotrikadze was a Georgian association footballer from the former Soviet Union who played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi and FC Torpedo Kutaisi. He was part of the USSR's squad for the 1962 FIFA World Cup, but did not win any caps, although he played in two Olympic qualifiers.
2011Thanasis Veggos, Greek actor and director (born 1927)[†]
Thanasis Veggos was a Greek actor and director born in Neo Faliro, Piraeus. He performed in around 130 films, predominantly comedies in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, starring in more than 50 among them. He is considered one of the best Greek comedy actors of all time. His famous comedic catchphrase was Καλέ μου άνθρωπε.
In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[†]