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Disaster-proofing your finances is an important step to prepare for the possibility that a disaster like Hurricane Sandy or the tornado in Joplin, Mo., will affect you.
Large-scale commercial production would be a major renewable energy milestone, and plants in Florida and Mississippi say they are near that point.
The support for victims of Hurricane Sandy highlights how charity plays in our social contract — we Americans view ourselves as generous, yet we mistrust the government to help those in need.
As big banks keep credit tight and more people have no bank at all, retailers like Costco, Home Depot and Walmart are offering financial products like prepaid cards, loans and even life insurance.
At the heart of an investigation around David H. Petraeus is Jill Kelley, who was a kind of social liaison between the military and civilian elite.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 14, 2012, covering November 14, 2012.
Taylor Swift
Meek Mill
Rod Stewart
Jason Aldean
Kendrick Lamar
2012Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (born 1974)[†]
Alexandro Alves do Nascimento was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker. He played in Brazil for Vitória, Palmeiras, Juventude (RS), Portuguesa (SP), Cruzeiro, Atlético Mineiro, Vasco da Gama, Boavista (RJ), Fortaleza, Chinese side Shenyang Ginde, in Germany for Hertha BSC, and in Greece for Kavala.
2012Brian Davies, Australian rugby player and manager (born 1930)[†]
Brian Davies was a Queensland state and Australian national representative rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He played in 27 Tests between 1951 and 1958 as captain on 3 occasions. He played at both Prop forward and as a Second rower and was a noted goal-kicker. His club career was played in both the Brisbane and Sydney domestic competitions. He is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century.
2012Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (born 1936)[†]
Martin Joseph Fay was an Irish fiddler and bones player, and a former member of The Chieftains.
2012Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian commander (born 1960)[†]
Ahmed al-Jabari, also known as Abu Mohammad, was a Palestinian militant who served as second-in-command of the military wing of Hamas, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. He was widely credited as the leading figure in the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip, and commanded the 2006 Hamas cross-border raid which resulted in the capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Under his command, along with chief logistics officer Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Hamas developed its own military weapons capability significantly by acquiring longer-range guided missiles and rockets.
2012Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Nigerian physician and politician (born 1933)[†]
Abubakar Olusola Saraki was a Nigerian politician, who was a Senator in the Nigerian Second Republic (1979–1983). He was the holder of the chieftaincy title of the Waziri of the Ilorin Emirate, and belonged to the Agoro compound in Agbaji.
2012Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip in response to an escalation of rocket attacks by Hamas.[†]
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. It occupies the Palestinian territories of the West Bank in the east and the Gaza Strip in the south-west. Israel also has a small coastline on the Red Sea at its southernmost point, and part of the Dead Sea lies along its eastern border. Its proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, while Tel Aviv is its largest urban area and economic centre.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]