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The Gmail attacks Google disclosed used a rapidly proliferating form of e-mail fraud called spear phishing to steal passwords and monitor accounts.
Guy Laliberté, the chief executive of Cirque du Soleil, prepares to open three huge shows before the end of the year.
The unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent, raising concerns once again about the underlying strength of the economic recovery.
A medical pathologist, Dr. Kevorkian challenged social taboos about disease and dying and helped dozens of terminally ill patients end their lives.
Many celebrities trying to keep their home purchases quiet buy under the cover of trusts and limited liability companies.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 1, 2011, covering June 3, 2011.
Adele
Seether
Various Artists
Jason Aldean
Mumford & Sons
2011James Arness, American actor and producer (born 1923)[†]
James Arness was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the series Gunsmoke. He has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in five decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) and four more made-for-television Gunsmoke films in the 1990s. In Europe, Arness reached cult status for his role as Zeb Macahan in the Western series How the West Was Won. He was the older brother of actor Peter Graves.
2011Andrew Gold, American singer, songwriter, musician and arranger (born 1951)[†]
Andrew Maurice Gold was an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who influenced much of the Los Angeles-dominated pop/soft rock sound in the 1970s. Gold performed on scores of records by other artists, especially Linda Ronstadt, and had his own success with the U.S. top 40 hits "Lonely Boy" (1977) and "Thank You for Being a Friend" (1978), as well as the UK top five hit "Never Let Her Slip Away" (1978). In the 1980s, he had further international chart success as one half of Wax, a collaboration with 10cc's Graham Gouldman.
2011Bhajan Lal, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Haryana (born 1930)[†]
Bhajan Lal was a politician and three-time chief minister of the Indian state of Haryana. He became the Chief Minister for the first time in 1979, was re-elected in 1982, and became the chief minister for the third time by winning the elections in 1991. He also served as the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Environment and Forests in the Rajiv Gandhi government.
2011Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and activist (born 1928)[†]
Murad Jacob Kevorkian was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is not a crime". Kevorkian said that he assisted at least 130 patients to that end. He was convicted of murder in 1999 and was often portrayed in the media with the name of "Dr. Death".
2011Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (born 1925)[†]
Jan van Roessel was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward.
In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[†]