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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]
2012Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (born 1923)[â ]
Betty Binns Fletcher was an American lawyer and judge. She served as a United States circuit judge of the San Francisco-based United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit between 1979 and 2012. Fletcher was one of the first women to become a partner in a major American law firm and the second woman to be appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
2012Mike Morris, English talk show host (born 1946)[â ]
Michael Hugh Saunderson Morris was a British television presenter and journalist, best known as a main anchor for TV-am's flagship breakfast television programme Good Morning Britain.
2012Gabrielle Roth, American dancer, singer, and author (born 1941)[â ]
Gabrielle Roth was an American dancer and musician in the world music and trance dance genres, with a special interest in shamanism. She overcame depression and injury to create the 5Rhythms approach to movement in the late 1970s; there are now hundreds of 5Rhythms teachers worldwide who use her approach in their work. Her vision was to spread dance across the world, using the power of movement to heal body and spirit.
2012Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.[â ]
Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but was stripped of his titles in 2012 after an investigation into doping allegations found that Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs over his career. As a result, Armstrong is currently banned for life from all sanctioned bicycling events.
For thousands of people who may have been infected by a contaminated drug, there is little to do but wait and see what happens.
The short-handed, underdog Jets stifled New Englandâs powerful offense and overcame a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit before coming up short in overtime.
Under the terms of the deal, BP would remain in Russia but â initially at least â only as a minority investor in an oil company controlled by the Russian government.
The rookie right-hander Trevor Rosenthal had pitched six and two-thirds scoreless innings for the Cardinals this postseason leading up to Game 6 of the National League Championship Series.
The attack in Libya last month has become the focal point of a fierce debate over what role the United States should seek to play in shaping the new order emerging from the Arab Spring.
The gap between the official explanations and the contemporaneous field reports on the attack in Libya illustrates the difficulty of turning raw intelligence into a coherent picture fit for officialsâ public statements.
San Francisco opened the scoring early in Game 6 against the Cardinals, carrying momentum into Monday nightâs game, which will decide who will move on to the World Series against Detroit.
GPS devices let parents and spouses keep track of loved ones. But isnât that invasive?
David Haskell, an ecologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of the South, conducted no experiments for his latest book. He just sat, watched and listened to the forest.
Five people may have died after drinking Monster Energy, a popular energy drink that is high in caffeine, according to reports released by the Food and Drug Administration.
Jelly gets kicked to the curb, and pickles take its place, making the PB&P a cult snack option.
Job reductions are emerging in industries like mining, heavy machinery and scrap metal that boomed along with China, illustrating the risks to the American economy if growth continues to slow.