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It is no coincidence that the social sites with the loudest voices in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act had the most to lose if it passed.
Christopher Dodd, the president of the Motion Picture Association of America, suggested the White House convene a meeting to discuss antipiracy.
Newt Gingrich got a big lift for his campaign when Rick Perry dropped out of the race, but there was also a damaging claim from an ex-wife.
When Rick Santorum entered the House in 1991, he joined with a group of other freshmen to shame the House leadership into releasing the names of those who bounced checks at the House bank.
Ill will and mistrust run deep among civilians and militaries on both sides, raising questions about what future role the United States and its allies can expect to play in Afghanistan.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 18, 2012, covering January 20, 2012.
Adele
Drake
The Black Keys
Young Jeezy
Coldplay
2012Etta James, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)[†]
Jamesetta Hawkins, known professionally as Etta James, was an American singer and songwriter. Starting her career in 1954, James frequently performed in Nashville's R&B clubs, collectively known as the Chitlin' Circuit, in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. She sang in various genres, including gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, rock and roll and soul and gained fame with hits such as "The Wallflower" (1955), "At Last" (1960), "Something's Got a Hold on Me" (1962), "Tell Mama" and "I'd Rather Go Blind". She faced a number of personal problems, including heroin addiction, severe physical abuse and incarceration, before making a musical comeback in the late 1980s with the album Seven Year Itch (1988).
2012John Levy, American bassist and manager (born 1912)[†]
John Levy was an American jazz double-bassist and businessman.
2012Ioannis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior (born 1933)[†]
Ioannis Kefalogiannis was a Greek politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 1958 to 1964, and again from 1974 to 2004. During this time he was briefly Minister of Public Order, Minister for Tourism, and Minister of the Interior. His daughter is the Cabinet Minister Olga Kefalogianni.
2012Alejandro Rodriguez, Venezuelan-American pediatrician and psychiatrist (born 1918)[†]
Alejandro Rodriguez was a Venezuelan-American pediatrician and psychiatrist, known for his pioneering work in child psychiatry. He was the director of the division of child psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and conducted pivotal studies on autism and other developmental disorders in children.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]