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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]
2012Gae Aulenti, Italian architect and designer (born 1927)[†]
Gaetana "Gae" Emilia Aulenti was an Italian architect and designer. Aulenti began her career in the early 1950s, establishing herself as one of the few prominent female architects in post-war Italy.
2012John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer (born 1917)[†]
John Cooper Fitch was an American racing driver and inventor. He was the first American to race automobiles successfully in Europe in the post-war era.
2012John H. Reed, American soldier and politician, 67th Governor of Maine (born 1921)[†]
John Hathaway Reed was an American diplomat and politician who served as the 67th governor of Maine, holding office during the 1960s. He was once an Aroostook County potato farmer. Reed was a Republican who took office following the death of Governor Clinton Clauson.
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Businesses in the Northeast are trying to keep operations running after Hurricane Sandy knocked out power and transportation in many areas.
Web site managers are learning that backup power generators should not be located where it floods.
Let’s devote one column to three big touch-screen products: the Barnes & Noble Nook HD, the iPad Mini and Windows Phone 8.
On Tuesday, city and state officials took their first tentative steps toward considering major infrastructure changes that could protect the city’s fragile shores from repeated disastrous damage.
The comedy “Bad Jews” stars Tracee Chimo as a young woman who is beaten to the punch regarding a family heirloom.
With the 18 electoral votes of Ohio seen by both sides as critical, President Obama’s ability to prevent erosion among working-class voters may be his best path to winning a second term.
Investors apprehensive about the reopening of the New York Stock Exchange after Hurricane Sandy were pleasantly surprised at the resilience of American markets.
Two Brooklyn architecture reviews in one: a rave for the Barclays Center arena, a pan for the larger development, and a plea to make the development worthy of the arena.
Hurricane damage will help construction companies and the workers they plan to hire, many of whom have been idled and ailing from the housing bust for nearly half a decade.
Carnegie Hall canceled all concerts on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday after the city cordoned off streets surrounding the hall and cut off utilities to the area for safety reasons.
Though Hurricane Sandy raged up the East Coast, it has become increasingly apparent that New Jersey took the brunt of it.
The woes of a certain segment of downtown Manhattan pale in comparison to those of many other victims of the storm, but they nonetheless provided a vivid New York City tableau all their own.