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App developers have turned cellphones and tablets into powerful tools, spawning a multibillion-dollar industry but making huge sacrifices in the process.
Israel is focused on arms that for the first time have enabled Hamas to strike as far as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Philip Roth discussed his decision to stop writing fiction: âI knew I wasnât going to get another good idea, or if I did, Iâd have to slave over it.â
Minutes after No. 2 Kansas State was crushed by Baylor, No. 1 Oregon fell in overtime to Stanford, leaving the Ducksâ national title hopes all but vanished.
European governments are going after American companies, like Google and Amazon.com, that pay little or no taxes in Europe, despite generating billions of dollars in revenue on the continent.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 14, 2012, covering November 18, 2012.
Taylor Swift
Meek Mill
Rod Stewart
Jason Aldean
Kendrick Lamar
2012Emilio AragĂłn BermĂșdez, Spanish clown, singer, and accordion player (born 1929)[â ]
Emilio Alberto AragĂłn BermĂșdez, better known as Miliki, was a Spanish clown, accordionist and singer, he was a member of the artist family AragĂłn. He was declared Son of the City of Carmona and received the Silver Medal of that town.
2012Phoebe Hearst Cooke, American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1927)[â ]
Phoebe Millicent Hearst Cooke was an American businesswoman, philanthropist and heiress of the wealthy Hearst family. She served on the board of directors of the Hearst Corporation from 1962 to 1998. She was a granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst. Her twin brother was former Hearst Corporation chairman George Randolph Hearst Jr., who died earlier that year, in June 2012.
2012Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria becomes the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.[â ]
Pope Tawadros II is the 118th and current Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, succeeding the late Pope Shenouda III as leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. He took office on 18 November 2012, two weeks after being selected.
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]