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A few years ago, rising gasoline prices pretty much destroyed the market for the big trucks, but they have become popular again.
Paul Weitz’s “Lonely, I’m Not,” a damaged-boy-meets-defensive-girl story, stars a wonderfully matched, mismatched Topher Grace and Olivia Thirlby.
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s effort to subordinate his own voice to the broader enterprise has been a struggle, especially for a man who delights in speaking bluntly.
Six months after joining News Corporation to lead a push into the education market, Joel I. Klein became Rupert Murdoch’s legal compass in the phone-hacking scandal.
AMC Entertainment, which owns the second-largest movie theater chain in North America, is in talks to sell itself or a significant stake to one of China’s largest theater owners, according to those briefed on discussions.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 2, 2012, covering May 8, 2012.
Lionel Richie
Jason Mraz
Adele
Train
One Direction
2012Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (born 1928)[†]
Maurice Bernard Sendak was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was impacted by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust. Sendak illustrated many works by other authors, such as the Little Bear books by Else Holmelund Minarik. He achieved acclaim with Where the Wild Things Are (1963), the first of a trilogy followed by In the Night Kitchen (1970) and Outside Over There (1981). He designed sets for operas, notably Mozart's The Magic Flute.
2012Ampon Tangnoppakul, Thai criminal (born 1948)[†]
Ampon Tangnoppakul, commonly known in Thai as Ah Kong or in English as Uncle SMS, was a Thai national accused of sending four Short Message Service (SMS) messages from his cell phones to Somkiat Khrongwatthanasuk, secretary of then Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva that were deemed offensive to the King and Queen of Thailand, as proscribed by section 112 of the Criminal Code of Thailand and the law on computer-related offences. Having been found guilty of four charges in November 2011, he was sentenced by the Criminal Court to four consecutive five-year terms, for a total of twenty years in prison. His death in prison during the first year of his sentence attracted national and international criticism, prompting a national discussion of Thailand's lèse majesté law.
2012Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator (born 1911)[†]
Roman Totenberg was a Polish-American violinist and educator. A child prodigy, he lived in Poland, Moscow, Berlin, and Paris, before formally immigrating to the U.S. in 1938, at age 27. He performed and taught nationally and internationally throughout his life.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]