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Oxbow cruised to an easy victory at the Preakness Stakes, giving the trainer D. Wayne Lukas his 14th Triple Crown race victory and jockey Gary Stevens his third Preakness win. The heavily favored Orb finished fourth.
A journey across Pakistan’s crumbling railway presents a picture of the country’s troubles: natural disasters and hardened insurgencies, abject poverty and feudal kleptocrats, and an economy near meltdown.
A tower being built on Park Avenue is part of Manhattan’s booming ultraluxury construction business, a trend that is warping the real-estate market and driving up overall costs.
Despite Carmelo Anthony’s 39 points, the Knicks fell to the Pacers in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Indiana will face the Heat next.
Yahoo’s move aims to make up for years of missing out on the growth of social networks and mobile devices.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 15, 2013, covering May 19, 2013.
Kenny Chesney
Michael Buble
Justin Timberlake
Fantasia
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
2013G. Sarsfield Ford, American lawyer and jurist (born 1933)[†]
G. Sarsfield Ford was an American jurist.
2013Robin Harrison, English-Canadian pianist and composer (born 1932)[†]
Robin Keith Harrison was a British-born Canadian musician. Known as a composer and pianist, he served for over 20 years as head of the piano division at the University of Saskatchewan. He recorded several classical music albums, including three solo albums, and was a repeat guest performer with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra.
2013Neil Reynolds, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1940)[†]
Neil Reynolds was a Canadian journalist, editor and former leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]