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February 15, 2013

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Headlines from February 15, 2013

Blackstone Keeps Most of Its Money With SAC

By Peter Lattman

The Blackstone Group said it would keep most of its $550 million with SAC Capital Advisors for three more months, as the hedge fund’s clients faced a regularly scheduled quarterly deadline on Thursday to decide whether to continue investing.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 13, 2013, covering February 15, 2013.

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    Album cover for Believe: Acoustic by Justin Bieber

    Believe: Acoustic

    Justin Bieber

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    Album cover for Passione by Andrea Bocelli

    Passione

    Andrea Bocelli

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    Album cover for Heartthrob by Tegan and Sara

    Heartthrob

    Tegan and Sara

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    Album cover for Love; Charlie by Charlie Wilson

    Love; Charlie

    Charlie Wilson

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    Album cover for Pitch Perfect by Soundtrack

    Pitch Perfect

    Soundtrack

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Notable Deaths

Sanan Kachornprasart

2013Sanan Kachornprasart, Thai general and politician (born 1935)[†]

Sanan Kachornprasart was a Thai politician and military officer. He was deputy prime minister in the cabinet of Abhisit Vejjajiva, and was chief advisor of Chartthaipattana Party.

2013Ahmed Rajib Haider, Bangladeshi atheist blogger[†]

Ahmed Rajib Haider was a Bangladeshi atheist blogger. He used to blog in the blogging communities namely somewhereinblog.net, amarblog.com and nagorikblog.com and used the pseudonym Thaba Baba.

Historical Events

Chelyabinsk meteor

2013A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14.[†]

The Chelyabinsk meteor was a superbolide that entered Earth's atmosphere over the southern Ural region in Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20 YEKT. It was caused by an approximately 18-metre-diameter (60 ft), 9,100-tonne (10,000-short-ton) near-Earth asteroid that entered the atmosphere at a shallow 18‐degree angle with a speed relative to Earth of 19 kilometres per second. The light from the meteor was briefly brighter than the Sun, visible as far as 100 km (60 mi) away. It was observed in a wide area of the region and in neighbouring republics. Some eyewitnesses also reported feeling intense heat from the fireball.

Historical Context for February 15, 2013

In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]