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D.E.A. agents have laundered millions in drug proceeds because it helps them identify how cartels move money, where they keep it and who their leaders are.
Selection to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame can be a boon for a musicianâs career. But the lobbying for votes can become intense.
Representative Dan Boren of Oklahoma is a champion in Washington of an industry that is experiencing a historic boom but also increasing scrutiny.
After a new report detailing the dire situation of major banks during the financial crisis, investors can only ask: Why did it take so long to find out?
Two quiet, celebrity-shy professors have reached the top of the economics field â with work that goes far beyond the professionâs usual labels.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 30, 2011, covering December 4, 2011.
Drake
Michael Buble
Adele
Andrea Bocelli
Justin Bieber
2011Sonia Pierre, Haitian-Dominican activist (born 1965)[â ]
Solange Pierre, known as Sonia Pierre, was a human rights advocate in the Dominican Republic who worked to end antihaitianismo, which is discrimination against individuals of Haitian origin either born in Haiti or in the Dominican Republic. For this work, she won the 2006 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award.
2011SĂłcrates, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1954)[â ]
Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, simply known as Sócrates, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder. His medical degree and his political awareness, combined with style and quality of his play, earned him the nickname "Doctor Socrates". Easily recognizable for his beard and headband, Sócrates became the "symbol of cool for a whole generation of football supporters". In 1983, he was named South American Footballer of the Year. In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time.
2011Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (born 1931)[â ]
Hubert Charles Sumlin was a Chicago blues guitarist and singer, best known for his "wrenched, shattering bursts of notes, sudden cliff-hanger silences and daring rhythmic suspensions" as a member of Howlin' Wolf's band. He was ranked number 43 in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[â ]