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NPRâs âMorning Editionâ has one of the most peculiar formats of any morning show on radio or television: its hosts Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne are split between the East Coast and the West.
In the third meeting between the teams in less than a year, the Giants had six sacks and stifled the 49ersâ once-vaunted offense in a 26-3 victory.
Interviews in China with four North Koreans suggest daily life has not improved under Kim Jong-un for those who fall outside the nationâs elite.
Mayor Holly Brinda, a fourth-generation resident of Elyria, Ohio, remains hopeful despite cutbacks that have cost city jobs and reduced city services.
Once the hottest new thing on Wall Street, lightning-quick computerized trading is expected to make less money this year, with profits down 35 percent from last year.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 10, 2012, covering October 15, 2012.
Mumford & Sons
Green Day
No Doubt
P!nk
Lupe Fiasco
2012Claude Cheysson, French lieutenant and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1920)[â ]
Claude Cheysson was a French Socialist politician who served as Foreign Minister in the government of Pierre Mauroy from 1981 to 1984.
2012Erol GĂŒnaydın, Turkish actor and screenwriter (born 1933)[â ]
Erol GĂŒnaydın was a Turkish theater and film actor, as well as a renowned showman famous particularly for his portrayal of Nasreddin Hoca and his performances in the traditional Turkish meddah.
2012Maria Petrou, Greek-English computer scientist and academic (born 1953)[â ]
Maria Petrou FREng was a Greek-born British scientist who specialised in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine vision. She developed a number of novel image recognition techniques, taught at Surrey University and Imperial College London, and was a prolific author of scientific articles.
2012Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (born 1922)[â ]
Norodom Sihanouk was a member of the Cambodian royal house who led the country as King, Chief of State and Prime Minister. In Cambodia, he is known as Samdech Euv. During his lifetime, Cambodia was under various regimes, from French colonial rule, a Japanese puppet state (1945), an independent kingdom (1953â1970), a military republic (1970â1975), the Khmer Rouge regime (1975â1979), a Vietnamese-backed communist regime (1979â1989), a transitional communist regime (1989â1993) to eventually another kingdom.
2012Pat Ward, American lawyer and politician (born 1957)[â ]
Petricia S. "Pat" Ward was an Iowa State Senator from the 30th District. A Republican, her service in the Iowa Senate began in 2004, when she won a special election to fill the vacancy left when Mary Kramer was appointed to be U.S. Ambassador to Barbados. It ended with her death in 2012. She had a B.S. in Business and Legal Studies from Central Missouri State University.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]