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The banks that bought up failing rivals are now being sued for the misdeeds of those firms before their rescues. Next time, Wall Street may be less cooperative.
The Afghan Army is so plagued with desertions and low re-enlistment rates that it has to replace a third of its entire force every year, officials say.
Bridgette Harvan, 21, has worked at her grandmother’s diner since she was 9. But as the breakfast regulars reminisce of better days in Elyria, Ohio, she dreams of a brighter future in a rejuvenated town.
The phone once coveted by the elite and the powerful is becoming an object of ridicule as Androids and iPhones corner the smartphone market.
The partisan fiscal showdown that is set to unfold in the weeks between Election Day and Inauguration Day is expected to set the tone for the next administration, no matter who wins.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 10, 2012, covering October 16, 2012.
Mumford & Sons
Green Day
No Doubt
P!nk
Lupe Fiasco
2012Frank Moore Cross, American scholar and academic (born 1921)[†]
Frank Moore Cross Jr. was the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages at Harvard University, notable for his work in the interpretation of the Dead Sea Scrolls, his 1973 magnum opus Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic, and his work in Northwest Semitic epigraphy. Many of his essays on the latter topic have since been collected in Leaves from an Epigrapher's Notebook.
2012John A. Durkin, American lawyer and politician (born 1936)[†]
John Anthony Durkin was an American politician who served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from New Hampshire from 1975 until 1980.
2012Mario Gallegos, Jr., American firefighter and politician (born 1950)[†]
Mario Valentin Gallegos Jr. was an American Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Texas. He was the senator from District 6 in the Texas Senate, which serves a portion of Harris County.
2012Bódog Török, Hungarian handball player and coach (born 1923)[†]
Bódog Török was a Hungarian handball player, coach and sports official. He was the longest serving and the most successful coach in the history of the Hungarian women's national team.
2012Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach (born 1926)[†]
Edward Frederick Joseph Yost was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played most of his Major League Baseball career as a third baseman for the Washington Senators, then played two seasons each with the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels before retiring in 1962.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]