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Antipiracy legislation before both chambers of Congress has bipartisan support, but online content providers are concerned it goes too far. They are right to be alarmed.
European economies are braced for a turbulent year, as widening deficits force more borrowing and growth moves further out of reach.
As the Iowa caucuses near, voters are preparing to choose their candidates. Just don’t ask them to sound happy about it.
On this holiday weekend, Los Angeles was dealing with a new plague, this time an arsonist (or arsonists) who in the course of three days firebombed at least 39 cars in the metropolitan area.
Matthew Pennington has learned to live with the physical wounds of war, but a role as a soldier in a movie is helping him cope with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 28, 2011, covering January 2, 2012.
Michael Buble
Adele
Justin Bieber
The Black Keys
Lady Antebellum
2012Gordon Hirabayashi, American-Canadian sociologist and academic (born 1918)[†]
Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi was an American sociologist, best known for his principled resistance to the Japanese American internment during World War II, and the court case which bears his name, Hirabayashi v. United States.
2012Silvana Gallardo, American actress and producer (born 1953)[†]
Sandra Silvana Gallardo was an American film and television actress, acting coach, and writer.
2012William P. Carey, American businessman and philanthropist, founded W. P. Carey (born 1930)[†]
William Polk Carey was an American philanthropist and businessman. He was the founder of W. P. Carey & Co., a corporate real estate financing firm headquartered in New York City, and donated the funds to establish the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]