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An annual, complex botanical battle to ready Wimbledon for its annual fortnight of Grand Slam tennis will this year be extended for the London Games.
“Smash,” an NBC drama, was considered a flop, but it is considered a ratings success among viewers 18 to 49 because of devices like digital video recorders.
The new rules from the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, intended to make it tougher for governments to hide shortfalls, could lead to credit downgrades and higher borrowing costs.
Campaign officials said annual marches and festivals were their best chance yet to convert enthusiasm among gays and lesbians for President Obama into more than just votes.
The impending decision by the Supreme Court on President Obama’s health care law will be the beginning of the end of one of the most divisive policy battles in decades.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 20, 2012, covering June 25, 2012.
Adele
Alan Jackson
The Beach Boys
Neil Young With Crazy Horse
Big K.R.I.T.
2012Shigemitsu Dandō, Japanese academic and jurist (born 1913)[†]
Shigemitsu Dandō was a professor of the department of Social and Political sciences at the University of Tokyo, an academic researcher of criminology, and a Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan.
2012Campbell Gillies, Scottish jockey (born 1990)[†]
Campbell Gillies was a Scottish National Hunt jockey most notable for his victory on Brindisi Breeze in the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle at the 2012 Cheltenham Festival. In total, he rode 131 winners in his career, mainly for top Scottish trainer Lucinda Russell and was widely considered by pundits and fans alike as one of the leading young jockeys in the UK.
2012George Randolph Hearst, Jr., American businessman (born 1927)[†]
George Randolph Hearst Jr. was an American businessman and member of the wealthy Hearst family. He served as the chairman of the board of the Hearst Corporation from 1996 through to his death in 2012, succeeding his uncle Randolph Apperson Hearst. He was a director at the company for over forty years.
2012Lucella MacLean, American baseball player (born 1921)[†]
Lucella MacLean [Ross] was a former utility who played from 1943 through 1944 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed.
2012Edgar Ross, American boxer (born 1949)[†]
Edgar "Mad Dog" Ross was an American professional boxer who competed from 1972 and 1979. As an amateur, he won the Alabama Golden Gloves as a light heavyweight.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]