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Pranksters have been filing false reports of breaking horrific crimes at celebritiesâ homes in Southern California, designed to provoke the dispatch of SWAT teams.
Under President Obamaâs budget proposal, deductions for tax breaks like mortgage interest and contributions to charities would be capped at a maximum rate of 28 percent.
A committee of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics dismissed a member whose objectivity on genetically modified food was questioned, but she also questioned othersâ objectivity.
Gold has lost 17 percent of its value since 2011, a remarkable turnabout for an investment that many have regarded as one of the safest of all.
About twice a day, taxi passengers in New York have something nice to say about their cabbies â taking the unusual step of filing a compliment with the city.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 10, 2013, covering April 11, 2013.
Justin Timberlake
Lil Wayne
Blake Shelton
OneRepublic
Alan Jackson
2013Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1953)[â ]
Don (Donald) Blackman was an American jazz-funk pianist, singer, and songwriter. He performed with Parliament-Funkadelic; Lenny White; Marcus Miller; Sting; Mary J. Blige; Earth, Wind and Fire; and Louis Hayes.
2013Sue Draheim, American fiddler (born1949)[â ]
Sue Draheim was an American fiddler, boasting a more than forty year musical career in the US and the UK. Growing up in North Oakland, Draheim began her first private violin lessons at age eleven, having started public school violin instruction at age eight while attending North Oakland's Peralta Elementary School. She also attended Claremont Jr. High, and graduated from Oakland Technical High School in 1967.
2013Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1922)[â ]
Grady Edgebert Hatton Jr. was an American professional baseball second baseman, third baseman, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds / Redlegs, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs. Hatton is most identified with his native Texas: he was born in Beaumont, attended the University of Texas at Austin, managed minor league teams in Houston and San Antonio, and was an important contributor to the early years of Major League Baseball's Houston Astros.
2013Thomas Hemsley, English actor and singer (born 1927)[â ]
Thomas Jeffrey Hemsley, CBE was an English baritone.
2013Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist (born 1916)[â ]
Hilary Koprowski was a Polish virologist and immunologist active in the United States who demonstrated the world's first effective live polio vaccine. He authored or co-authored over 875 scientific papers and co-edited several scientific journals.
2013Gilles Marchal, French singer-songwriter (born 1944)[â ]
Gilles Marchal, born Gilles Pastre, was a French songwriter and singer who reached the height of his career during the 1970s.
2013Maria Tallchief, American ballerina (born 1925)[â ]
Maria Tallchief, born Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief, was an Osage and American ballerina. She was America's first major prima ballerina and the first Native American to hold the rank. Together with Georgian-American choreographer George Balanchine, she is widely considered to have revolutionized American ballet.
2013Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect (born 1923)[â ]
Clorindo Manuel José Testa was an Italian-Argentine architect and artist.
2013Jonathan Winters, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (born 1925)[â ]
Jonathan Harshman Winters III was an American comedian, actor, author, television host, and artist. He started performing as a stand up comedian before transitioning his career to acting in film and television. Winters received numerous accolades including two Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, the American Academy of Achievement in 1973, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 1999.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[â ]