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Mike Daisey’s “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” was a fine bit of theater, but it worked less well as journalism, which was how it was represented in January on “This American Life.”
The health care industry chafed at the tough auditing tactics applied by James G. Sheehan, New York’s first Medicaid inspector general, and his replacement has suggested a less “adversarial” approach.
Many smartphone developers have adopted a lucrative strategy known as freemium: giving away games and then charging for extra features.
Illinois has traditionally favored moderate Republicans, but as voters there prepare to go the polls for Tuesday’s Republican primary, Mitt Romney has a fight on his hands.
Bond yields had their biggest move since October last week, with a sell-off that lifted the yield on 10-year Treasury bonds to 2.31 percent.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 14, 2012, covering March 19, 2012.
Adele
Whitney Houston
WZRD
Various Artists
Whitney Houston
2012Jim Case, American director and producer (born 1927)[†]
James W. Case was a director and producer for American television and film. He worked for NBC, CBS and various other media organizations throughout his career. He is most notable for his involvement in The Ragtime Era, a 1959 television series which he directed during his time with KRMA-TV. Other educational works directed by Case include the Redman's America series, Our Neighbor: The Moon, The Naturalists, Artists in America: James Salter and many others.
2012Ulu Grosbard, Belgian-American director and producer (born 1929)[†]
Israel "Ulu" Grosbard was a Belgian-born, naturalized American theater and film director and film producer.
2012Hugo Munthe-Kaas, Norwegian intelligence agent (born 1922)[†]
Hugo Conrad Munthe-Kaas DSM was a Norwegian intelligence agent and resistance fighter during World War II. He received most decorations in Norway for his war service. From the 1970s he was active in the Progress Party, where he was a city council member in Oslo and deputy MP. He was an honorary party member.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]