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July 18, 2013

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Pushing the Right Buttons

By Brian Stelter

Apple’s steps to reimagine television, like teaming up with ESPN, stand in stark contrast to efforts by Google to compete with established companies.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 17, 2013, covering July 18, 2013.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Born Sinner by J. Cole

    Born Sinner

    J. Cole

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for The Gifted by Wale

    The Gifted

    Wale

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for Yeezus by Kanye West

    Yeezus

    Kanye West

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  4. 4
    Album cover for Night Visions by Imagine Dragons

    Night Visions

    Imagine Dragons

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    44
  5. 5
    Album cover for Here's To The Good Times by Florida Georgia Line

    Here's To The Good Times

    Florida Georgia Line

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    31

Notable Deaths

Vaali (poet)

2013Vaali, Indian poet, songwriter, and actor (born 1931)[†]

Thirupparaithurai Srinivasan Rangarajan, professionally credited by his pseudonym Vaali was an Indian poet who has the record for writing the most songs in Tamil cinema. He is also recognised for a five-decade long association in the Tamil film industry and has written over 15,000 songs. He acted in a number of films, including Sathya, Hey Ram, Paarthale Paravasam and Poikkal Kudhirai. He was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2007.

2013Olivier Ameisen, French-American cardiologist and academic (born 1953)[†]

Olivier Ameisen was a French-American cardiologist who wrote a best-selling book about curing alcoholism using the drug baclofen.

Historical Events

Government of Detroit

2013The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.[†]

The government of Detroit, Michigan is run by a mayor, the nine-member Detroit City Council, the eleven-member Board of Police Commissioners, and a clerk. All of these officers are elected on a nonpartisan ballot, with the exception of four of the police commissioners, who are appointed by the mayor. Detroit has a "strong mayoral" system, with the mayor approving departmental appointments. The council approves budgets, but the mayor is not obligated to adhere to any earmarking. The city clerk supervises elections and is formally charged with the maintenance of municipal records. City ordinances and substantially large contracts must be approved by the council.

Historical Context for July 18, 2013

In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]