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Sales of GPS tracking devices, for a variety of largely unregulated uses, are growing fast, raising new questions about privacy and testing a legal system that has not kept pace with technology.
Sheldon Adelson, who presides over a global empire of casinos, hotels and convention centers and is by some estimates worth as much as $22 billion, is a large financial source for Newt Gingrich.
Zbigniew Brzezinski’s book “Strategic Vision” surveys current global affairs and assesses a hinge moment in time when the world’s center of gravity is shifting from the West to the East.
The singer-songwriter Miranda Lambert’s “On Fire” tour includes songs from her new album, “Four the Record.”
As Showtime edges closer to its competitor’s subscriber numbers, HBO is ready to counter with a spate of big projects over the next six months.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 25, 2012, covering January 29, 2012.
Adele
David Crowder Band
The Black Keys
Drake
Snow Patrol
2012Ranjit Singh Dyal, Indian general and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (born 1928)[†]
Lieutenant General Ranjit Singh Dyal, PVSM MVC was an Indian Army general and an administrator. As a soldier, Ranjit Singh led the capture of the Haji Pir pass by the Indian army during the 1965 war with Pakistan. He also drew up the plans for Operation Blue Star, and served as the General-Officer-Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Command. Later, he served as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
2012Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy (born 1918)[†]
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro was an Italian politician who served as President of Italy from 1992 to 1999. A member of Christian Democracy (DC), he became an independent politician after the DC's dissolution in 1992, and was close to the centre-left Democratic Party when it was founded in 2007. Before his election to the Presidency, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Turin for 44 years from 1948 to 1992.
2012Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (born 1919)[†]
Camilla Ella Williams was an American operatic soprano who performed nationally and internationally. After studying with renowned teachers in New York City, she was the first African American to receive a regular contract with a major American opera company, the New York City Opera. She had earlier won honors in vocal competitions and the Marian Anderson Fellowship in 1943–44.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]