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The financial industry had hoped that Facebook would rekindle ordinary investorsâ excitement in stocks. But the Facebook faltering just added to a growing retreat from the stock market.
In February, Congress phased in a reduction of the number of weeks of extended aid and made it more difficult for states to qualify for the maximum aid, adding a financial burden to the long-term unemployed.
Many people say the Olympic Peninsula has become an unlikely new frontier in the effort to fight illegal immigration from Latin America.
A decision on expanding the list of ailments covered by a $4.3 billion victimsâ fund is expected this week.
Agreements in which local TV stations share news operations are seen by the stations as a survival strategy, and by critics as a barrier to competition.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 23, 2012, covering May 29, 2012.
Carrie Underwood
Adele
Lionel Richie
Various Artists
Norah Jones
2012Mark Minkov, Russian composer (born 1944)[â ]
Mark Anatolievich Minkov was a Soviet and Russian music composer. His music is featured in a number of operas, ballets, stage performances, and films.
2012Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912)[â ]
Kaneto ShindĆ was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer, who directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note. His screenplays were filmed by directors such as Kenji Mizoguchi, KĆzaburĆ Yoshimura, Kon Ichikawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Seijun Suzuki, and Tadashi Imai.
2012Doc Watson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1923)[â ]
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music. He won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. His fingerpicking and flatpicking skills, as well as his knowledge of traditional American music, were highly regarded. Blind from a young age, he performed publicly both in a dance band and solo, as well as for over 15 years with his son, guitarist Merle Watson, until Merle's death in 1985 in an accident on the family farm.
2012A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.[â ]
In May 2012, two major earthquakes struck Northern Italy, causing 27 deaths and widespread damage. The events are known in Italy as the 2012 Emilia earthquakes, because they mainly affected the Emilia region.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]