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Justin Canha, a young artist with autism, prepares for life as an independent adult. Links to special features with Mr. Canha and his art can be found in the article text.
President Obama unveiled a plan on Monday that uses entitlement cuts, tax increases and war savings to reduce the federal deficit by more than $3 trillion over the next 10 years.
In his 6 p.m. news show on MSNBC, Al Sharpton will be both a maker and a deliverer of the news.
Greek leaders struggled to agree to budget reductions that would satisfy foreign lenders’ demands even as they tried to stave off mounting resistance to those cuts at home.
The Jets harassed Jaguars quarterback Luke McCown into four interceptions in a 32-3 victory.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 14, 2011, covering September 18, 2011.
Lil Wayne
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Adele
Jay Z Kanye West
David Guetta
2011Jamey Rodemeyer, American teenage activist (born 1997)[†]
James T. Rodemeyer was an American teenager from Amherst, New York who was known for his activism against homophobia and his videos on YouTube to help victims of homophobic bullying. Rodemeyer died by suicide on September 18, 2011, after having been a victim of homophobic bullying himself.
2011The 2011 Sikkim earthquake is felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.[†]
The 2011 Sikkim earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and was centered within the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, near the border of Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim, at 18:10 IST on Sunday, 18 September. The earthquake was felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.
In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[†]