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In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[â ]
2012Stan Charlton, English footballer and manager (born 1929)[â ]
Stanley Charlton was an English footballer and manager. Charlton featured as a right back with clubs Bromley, Leyton Orient and Arsenal. As a manager he was one of the longest serving at Weymouth.
2012Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (born 1929)[â ]
Robert Litchfield Juniper, AM was an Australian artist, art teacher, illustrator, painter, printmaker and sculptor.
2012Victor Merzhanov, Russian pianist and educator (born 1919)[â ]
Victor Karpovich Merzhanov was a Russian pianist, honoured as People's Artist of the USSR in 1990.
The police in Quebec arrested three men in connection with the theft of six million pounds of syrup from Canadaâs global strategic maple syrup reserve.
Municipalities claim they will have to pay more to finance construction projects if the presidentâs plan to tax some interest on municipal bonds is approved.
After a 1989 schoolyard shooting, it took five years of legislative slogging to pass a federal assault weapons ban. But the price of passage was a host of compromises.
UBS scrambled until the last minute to avoid having its subsidiary plead guilty to fraud.
At the Sand Castle apartment complex, the days after the storm included hardship, wild rumors â and the last hours of an 89-year-old veteran living alone.
Knight Capital agreed to be purchased by Getco in a $1.4 billion deal that could create a dominant force in several stock markets.
The combination did not protect against heart attacks and strokes in a large clinical trial, and the company said it would no longer pursue its approval in the United States.
Classical music critics from The Times select their favorite recordings of the year.
A couple â with their nice jobs, nice house, nice daughters and nice income â bemoan their troubles in âThis Is 40,â directed by Judd Apatow (and starring his own wife and daughters).
Speaker John A. Boehner abruptly halted efforts to pass fallback legislation to prevent a fiscal crisis after conservative Republicans refused to allow taxes to rise even on the most affluent.
Holiday questions about blowing Santaâs cover; meeting the parents; reaching out to a former friend, and other holiday-related issues.
The lead character in âBarbara,â a doctor in 1980s East Germany, tries to adjust after being transferred from Berlin to a more remote location as a punishment.