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As hearings into the Boston bombings begin, the tenure of Robert S. Mueller III is facing new scrutiny, months from his plans to step down.
Last month’s devastating blast in West, Tex., did little to shake local skepticism of government regulations, and recent efforts to push for more oversight have faced strong resistance.
Eastern Slovakia’s elementary schools are a microcosm of one of Europe’s biggest challenges: how to bring its most disadvantaged minority into the mainstream.
Efforts to find a way to stop the spread of citrus greening have failed, and the damage is growing increasingly extensive, especially to oranges.
A woman named Reshma was found gasping but alive in the wreckage of a garment building, and the reaction in Bangladesh was euphoric.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 8, 2013, covering May 10, 2013.
Michael Buble
Fantasia
Justin Timberlake
Phoenix
Fall Out Boy
2013One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.[†]
One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and as the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the seventh-tallest in the world. The supertall structure has the same name as the North Tower of the original World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The new skyscraper stands on the northwest corner of the 16-acre (6.5 ha) World Trade Center site, on the site of the original 6 World Trade Center. It is bounded by West Street to the west, Vesey Street to the north, Fulton Street to the south, and Washington Street to the east.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]