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Researchers found that doctors using electronic records ordered expensive imaging tests more often than those relying on paper records.
Ford added touch-screen controls ahead of its competitors, but the flaws hurt its reputation and its rating from Consumer Reports.
“Edward Albee’s The Lady From Dubuque” opened in a scintillating revival at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
The Oglala Sioux Tribe is suing large brewers and stores in neighboring Whiteclay, Neb., that the tribe says encourage illegal alcohol consumption.
The Cato Institute says that Charles Koch’s Republican activism threatens its reputation for independent research.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 29, 2012, covering March 6, 2012.
Adele
Whitney Houston
Various Artists
Adele
Various Artists
2012Francisco Xavier do Amaral, East Timorese politician, 1st President of East Timor (born 1937)[†]
Francisco Xavier do Amaral was an East Timorese politician. A founder of the Frente Revolucionária de Timor Leste Independente (Fretilin), Amaral was sworn in as the first President of East Timor when the country, then a Portuguese colony, made a unilateral declaration of independence on 28 November 1975. He was a member of the National Parliament for the Timorese Social Democratic Association from 2001 until his death in 2012. Amaral was also known as "Abo (Grandfather) Xavier", a term of endearment, by East Timorese.
2012Donald M. Payne, American businessman and politician (born 1934)[†]
Donald Milford Payne Sr. was an American politician who was the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district from 1989 until his death in 2012. He was a member of the Democratic Party. The district encompassed most of the city of Newark, parts of Jersey City and Elizabeth, and some suburban communities in Essex and Union counties. He was the first African American to represent New Jersey in Congress.
2012Helen Walulik, American baseball player (born 1929)[†]
Helen Kiely was a pitcher and an outfield/infield utility who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m), 121 lb, she batted and threw right-handed.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]