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After announcing plans to spin off News Corporation’s newspapers, Rupert Murdoch gave them a forceful endorsement, saying they had been “undervalued by the skeptics.”
As a vocal producer for Justin Bieber and other pop stars, Kuk Harrell is among the highly specialized talents who shape the sound of radio from the shadows.
Stocks on Wall Street surged after European leaders agreed to use bailout funds to recapitalize struggling banks directly. Euro zone shares closed ahead 5 percent.
The Candy brothers, who redefined high-end development in London with One Hyde Park, now have their sights trained on New York and Los Angeles.
An amphibious trip through Norway’s fjords, searching for the harsh old country of the Vikings in a land of $20 burgers and high-end hotels.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 27, 2012, covering June 29, 2012.
Usher
Rush
Adele
Josh Turner
Ed Sheeran
2012Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (born 1918)[†]
Yong Nyuk Lin was a Singaporean former politician who served as the Minister for Communications between 1968 and 1975, Minister for Health between 1963 and 1968, and Minister for Education between 1959 and 1963.
2012Vincent Ostrom, American political scientist and academic (born 1919)[†]
Vincent Alfred Ostrom was an American political economist, the Founding Director of the Ostrom Workshop based at Indiana University, and the Arthur F. Bentley Professor Emeritus of Political Science. He and his wife, the political economist Elinor Ostrom, made numerous contributions to the field of political science, political economy, and public choice.
2012Juan Reccius, Chilean triple jumper (born 1911)[†]
Hans Werner "Juan" Reccius Ellwanger was a Chilean athlete who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He competed in the men's triple jump event, but did not advance beyond the qualifying round.
2012Floyd Temple, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1926)[†]
Floyd O. Temple was the head coach of the University of Kansas baseball team from 1954 to 1981. He also managed and played in the minor leagues in the early 1950s.
2012A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.[†]
A derecho is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective system.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]