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An illegal ball drop by Tiger Woods was first brought to the attention of Masters officials in a text message, highlighting the unusual relationship between those who enforce the rules and television viewers.
Guidelines for animal safety on film sets exist, but after the recent death of a shark on the set of a Kmart commercial, some question the American Humane Association’s financial ties to the industry.
The board of the Italian American Museum in the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan has drawn up plans to sell its building to a developer and relocate inside whatever structure replaces it.
The publishing world — stinging after a 2012 in which the Pulitzer Prize board did not bestow a fiction award — hopes for a winner in 2013.
Linz, Austria, is making a stronger bid to put itself on the international cultural map with its handsome new opera house.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 10, 2013, covering April 14, 2013.
Justin Timberlake
Lil Wayne
Blake Shelton
OneRepublic
Alan Jackson
2013Efi Arazi, Israeli businessman, founded the Scailex Corporation (born 1937)[†]
Efraim R. "Efi" Arazi was an Israeli technology pioneer and businessman.
2013Colin Davis, English conductor and educator (born 1927)[†]
Sir Colin Rex Davis was an English conductor, known for his association with the London Symphony Orchestra, having first conducted it in 1959. His repertoire was broad, but among the composers with whom he was particularly associated were Mozart, Berlioz, Elgar, Sibelius, Stravinsky and Tippett.
2013R. P. Goenka, Indian businessman, founded RPG Group (born 1930)[†]
Rama Prasad Goenka was the founder and chairman Emeritus of the RPG Group, a multi-sector Indian industrial conglomerate. Born in 1930, he was the eldest son of Keshav Prasad Goenka and grandson of Badridas Goenka, the first Indian to be appointed Chairman of the Imperial Bank of India. His two younger brothers were Jagdish Prasad and Gouri Prasad. On Keshav Prasad Goenka's death, his businesses were split between the three brothers. Rama Prasad Goenka, established RPG Enterprises in 1979.
2013George Jackson, American singer-songwriter (born 1945)[†]
George Henry Jackson was an American blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll/rock and soul singer-songwriter. His prominence was as a prolific and skilled songwriter: he wrote or co-wrote many hit songs for other musicians, including "Down Home Blues", "One Bad Apple", "Old Time Rock and Roll" and "The Only Way Is Up". As a southern soul singer he recorded fifteen singles between 1963 and 1985, with some success.
2013Armando Villanueva, Peruvian politician, 121st Prime Minister of Peru (born 1915)[†]
Armando Villanueva del Campo was a Peruvian politician who was the leader of the Peruvian American Popular Revolutionary Alliance. Born in Lima, his parents were Pedro Villanueva Urquijo, a gynecologist in the city, and Carmen Rosa Portal del Campo. His only legitimate sibling was his older brother Ing. Pedro Villanueva del Campo Portal.
2013Charlie Wilson, American politician (born 1943)[†]
Charles A. Wilson Jr. was an American businessman and politician who served as a U.S. Representative for Ohio's 6th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]