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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]
2012Gordon Hirabayashi, American-Canadian sociologist and academic (born 1918)[â ]
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)[â ]
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)[â ]
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.
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 donât 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.
Efforts to get farmers to other crops had results, but poppy production â and Taliban influence â is returning.
The Giants rushed to a 21-0 lead in the first half and hung on to beat the Cowboys in a winner-take-all clash for the division title and the last spot in the playoffs.
Eric Lander, the head of the Broad Institute, went from the most solitary of sciences (math) to forging collaborations on the leading edge of biology, a field he never formally studied.
The Republican presidential candidates made a frenetic final push to woo Iowaâs fickle voters before the caucuses on Tuesday kick off the G.O.P. nominating contest.
Literature professors, sociologists, theologians and others who have studied humans and their doings are joining a growing, but still undefined, field.
Darren Criss has his Broadway opening on Tuesday night, the start of a three-week run in âHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.â
Indiana Republicans want to prohibit mandatory dues for private-sector workers, and to spur other statesâ efforts.