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The Rangers’ Derick Brassard sent a long slap shot past Braden Holtby in the second period to send the first-round playoff series back to Washington for a decisive Game 7.
Some of the most popular new series from a year ago declined in the ratings in their second seasons.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune announced it would return to producing a printed product every day after losing both readers and advertisers and gaining competition.
Scientists are studying the DNA of the Del Sontro family for mutations or aberrations, hoping to see if genetics can explain why heart disease strikes apparently healthy people.
Mayor Bob Filner sees the border as a potential economic engine for the region, a remarkable shift in a city once viewed as a hotbed for illegal immigration.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 8, 2013, covering May 13, 2013.
Michael Buble
Fantasia
Justin Timberlake
Phoenix
Fall Out Boy
2013Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, author, and actress (born 1927)[†]
Joyce Diane Bauer Brothers was an American psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, and writer.
2013Otto Herrigel, Namibian lawyer and politician (born 1937)[†]
Otto Herrigel was a Namibian businessman, and politician. He served as Namibia's first Minister of Finance between 1990 and 1992.
2013Jagdish Mali, Indian photographer (born 1954)[†]
Jagdish Mali was an Indian fashion and film photographer. He was the father of Bollywood actress Antara Mali. In his career he took images of celebrities like Rekha, Anupam Kher, Irrfan Khan, Manisha Koirala, Shabana Azmi etc.
2013Chuck Muncie, American football player (born 1953)[†]
Harry Vance "Chuck" Muncie was an American professional football player who was a running back for the New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers in the National Football League (NFL) from 1976 to 1984. He was selected to the Pro Bowl three times, and tied the then-NFL season record for rushing touchdowns in 1981.
2013Fyodor Tuvin, Russian footballer (born 1973)[†]
Fyodor Vladimirovich Tuvin was a Russian football midfielder.
2013Lynne Woolstencroft, Canadian politician (born 1943)[†]
Lynne Elizabeth Woolstencroft was a Canadian politician and former mayor of Waterloo, Ontario.
2013American physician Kermit Gosnell is found guilty in Pennsylvania of murdering three infants born alive during attempted abortions, involuntary manslaughter of a woman during an abortion procedure, and other charges.[†]
Kermit Barron Gosnell is an American serial killer and former abortion doctor. He provided illegal late-term abortions at his clinic in West Philadelphia. Gosnell was convicted of the murders of three infants who were born alive after using drugs to induce labor, the manslaughter of one woman during an abortion procedure, and of several other abortion- and drug-related crimes. Staff at Gosnell's clinic testified that there were hundreds of infants born alive during abortion procedures, and subsequently killed by Gosnell.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]