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An influx of needy Syrians, seeming to fill Lebanon’s every nook and cranny, is heightening sectarian tensions in a nation haunted by refugee crises and loath to act.
With less than a week before what was once unthinkable — deep across-the-board spending cuts — both the White House and Congress are eager to say sequestration was the other’s idea.
Michael Goldfarb, a founder of a conservative online magazine called The Washington Free Beacon, has combined journalism, politicking and campaign finance into a potent mix.
Officials cited complaints that Afghans working for American Special Forces had killed and tortured villagers in a strategically important province adjoining Kabul.
Jimmie Johnson won his second Daytona 500, racing past the defending Nascar champion Brad Keselowski on the final restart, and Danica Patrick finished eighth.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 20, 2013, covering February 24, 2013.
Josh Groban
Tim McGraw
Various Artists
Mumford & Sons
Andrea Bocelli
2013Virgil Johnson, American singer (born 1935)[†]
The Velvets were an American doo-wop group from Odessa, Texas, United States. They were formed in 1959 by Virgil Johnson, a high-school English teacher, with four of his students. Roy Orbison heard the group and signed them to Monument Records in 1960. They recorded in Nashville in Studio B, with the A Team as their backup band. Their first release was a tune called "That Lucky Old Sun". Their biggest hit single was "Tonight ", which hit #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961. The follow-up, "Laugh", peaked at #90, and after a half-dozen further singles the group disbanded.
2013Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (born 1923)[†]
Cornelius Joseph Martin was an Irish footballer. Martin initially played Gaelic football for the Dublin county team before switching codes and embarking on a successful soccer career, playing for, among others, Drumcondra, Glentoran, Leeds United and Aston Villa.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]