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Western scientists are aiming to keep terrorists away from debris the Soviets left behind during their atomic tests, with the fear that the materials could be used for nuclear devices.
Mental health care is dominated by women, giving rise to concern that some men in need of help may go without.
Bill Gatesâs foundation pays educators to pose alternatives to union orthodoxies regarding seniority and test scores.
The president, speaking to the nationâs foremost pro-Israel lobbying group, repeated his call for Palestinian statehood based on Israelâs pre-1967 borders adjusted for land swaps.
New York City Operaâs announcement of its departure from Lincoln Center was not exactly a triumphant declaration of independence; the company will need a clear sense of purpose to move forward successfully.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 18, 2011, covering May 22, 2011.
Adele
Beastie Boys
Various Artists
Fleet Foxes
Jennifer Lopez
2011Joseph Brooks, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (born 1938)[â ]
Joseph Brooks, was an American songwriter, composer and filmmaker. He was a successful author of commercial jingles during the 1960âs, before pivoting to a filmmaking career. His 1977 romantic drama You Light Up My Life, which he wrote, directed, produced, and scored; spawned the hit song of the same name, earning Brooks an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and a Grammy Award.
2011An EF5 tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 people and wreaking $2.8Â billion in damages, the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history.[â ]
The Joplin tornado, also referred to as simply the Joplin EF5, was a large, deadly and devastating EF5 tornado that struck the city of Joplin, Missouri, United States during the evening hours of Sunday, May 22, 2011, causing catastrophic damage to it and the surrounding regions. As part of a larger late-May sequence of tornadic activity, the extremely violent tornado began just west of Joplin at about 5:34Â p.m. CDT (UTCâ05:00) and quickly reached a peak width of nearly 1 mile (1.6Â km) as it tracked through the southern part of the city, before later impacting rural Jasper and Newton counties and dissipating after 38 minutes on the ground at 6:12Â p.m. CDT (UTCâ05:00). The tornado was on the ground for a total of 21.62 miles (34.79Â km).
In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[â ]