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Refining Canada’s petroleum-soaked oil sands produces petroleum coke, and the question of what to do with it has found at least one answer in Detroit, where a large coke pile covers an entire city block.
The N.B.A.’s protocols on concussion recovery will affect when Pacers guard George Hill can return to the court.
Recordings made over the last two years provide a glimpse into the shadowy, and illegal, world of high-stakes gambling in New York City.
Jimmy McCue, a photographer, has chronicled racing’s winning moments, while the equine ambulance driver Joe Miller has witnessed the darker side.
The Syrian disaster is like a superstorm. It’s what happens when drought, a fast-growing population, a repressive and corrupt government, and sectarian and religious passions combine.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 15, 2013, covering May 18, 2013.
Kenny Chesney
Michael Buble
Justin Timberlake
Fantasia
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
2013Aleksei Balabanov, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1959)[†]
Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer, a member of European Film Academy. He started from creating mostly arthouse pictures and music videos but gained significant mainstream popularity in action crime drama movies Brother (1997) and Brother 2 (2000), both of which starred Sergei Bodrov, Jr. Later, Balabanov directed the films Cargo 200 (2007), Morphine (2008), and A Stoker (2010), which also received critical recognition.
2013Jo Benkow, Norwegian soldier and politician (born 1924)[†]
Jo Benkow was a Norwegian politician and writer, notable for being an important person in the Conservative Party of Norway, and the President of the Parliament 1985–1993. He was also President of the Nordic Council in 1983.
2013Steve Forrest, American actor (born 1925)[†]
Steve Forrest was an American actor who was well known for his role as Lt. Hondo Harrelson in the hit television series S.W.A.T., which was broadcast on ABC from 1975 to 1976. He was also known for his performance in Mommie Dearest (1981).
2013David McMillan, American football player (born 1981)[†]
David McMillan was an American professional football defensive end. He was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round of the 2005 NFL draft. He played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks.
2013Lothar Schmid, German chess player (born 1928)[†]
Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid was a German chess grandmaster. He was born in Radebeul in Saxony into a family who were the co-owners of the Karl May Press, which published the German Karl May adventure novels.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]