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Newt Gingrich’s showing brought to the fore questions about whether Mitt Romney, presumed the front-runner, could win over conservatives, Tea Party supporters and evangelical Christians.
Private chefs prepared to cook anything, elegant surroundings and even butlers are among the amenities in lavish suites of some hospitals.
Republican voters, after delivering three different winners in the first three stops in the nominating contest, are in no rush to settle on their nominee.
Paterno became the face of Penn State and a symbol of integrity in collegiate athletics only to be fired during the 2011 season amid a child sexual-abuse scandal.
In negotiations on restructuring Greece’s debt, the country and its private creditors disagreed over how much interest the new bonds would pay.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 18, 2012, covering January 22, 2012.
Adele
Drake
The Black Keys
Young Jeezy
Coldplay
2012Simon Marsden, English photographer and author (born 1948)[†]
Sir Simon Neville Llewelyn Marsden, 4th Baronet was an English photographer and author. He is known best for his uncommon black-and-white photographs of allegedly haunted houses and places throughout Europe. He succeeded his brother as baronet of Grimsby in Lincolnshire in 1997.
2012Joe Paterno, American football player and coach (born 1926)[†]
Joseph Vincent Paterno, sometimes referred to as JoePa, was an American college football player, athletic director, and coach. He was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1966 to 2011. With 409 victories, Paterno is the most victorious coach in NCAA FBS history. He recorded his 409th victory on October 29, 2011; his career ended with his dismissal from the team on November 9, 2011, as a result of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal. He died 74 days later, of complications from lung cancer.
2012Clarence Tillenius, Canadian painter and environmentalist (born 1913)[†]
Clarence Tillenius, LL. D. was a Canadian artist, environmentalist, and advocate for the protection of wildlife and wilderness.
2012Dick Tufeld, American actor (born 1926)[†]
Richard Norton Tufeld was an American actor, announcer, narrator, and voice actor from the late 1940s until the early 21st century. He worked constantly and continuously throughout this lengthy career and was one of the busiest announcers in television history. He was a well-known and well respected presence on television as an announcer on countless television shows, award shows, network promos, radio and movie promos but his most famous and beloved role was as the voice of the Robot in the television series Lost in Space and in the Lost in Space movie.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]