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As Detroit enters the bankruptcy process, officials say insurance exchanges could pare tens of millions from the $5.7 billion the city owes in retiree health costs.
The annual ceremony was especially notable for the players who were excluded and underscored the damage that performance-enhancing drugs have inflicted on baseball.
The merger of Omnicom and Publicis signals that advertising is now firmly in the business of collecting and selling the personal information of millions of consumers.
The wrongful-death suit against A.E.G. Live hinges on whether Michael Jackson or the company was responsible for hiring the doctor who administered the anesthetic that killed him.
The movement to significantly rein in surveillance by the National Security Agency began on the political fringes but has built up support from Republican and Democratic leaders.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 24, 2013, covering July 29, 2013.
Jay-Z
Ciara
J. Cole
Florida Georgia Line
Imagine Dragons
2013Christian BenĂtez, Ecuadorian footballer (born 1986)[â ]
Christian Rogelio BenĂtez Betancourt, also known as Chucho, was an Ecuadorian professional footballer who played as a striker.
2013Peter Flanigan, American banker and civil servant (born 1923)[â ]
Peter Magnus Flanigan was an American investment banker who later became an influential aide and fundraiser for President Richard M. Nixon.
2013Tony Gaze, Australian soldier, pilot, and race car driver (born 1920)[â ]
Frederick Anthony Owen Gaze, was an Australian fighter pilot and racing driver. He flew with the Royal Air Force in the Second World War, was a flying ace credited with 12.5 confirmed victories, and later enjoyed a successful racing career in the UK, Europe and Australia. He was the first ever Australian to take part in a Formula One Grand Prix.
2013Munir Hussain, Indian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1929)[â ]
Munir Hussain was a cricket commentator, administrator, and journalist from Pakistan who also played a first-class cricket match for Kalat in the 1969â70 season. He was the first to introduce Urdu commentary to cricket, and was the founder of the first Urdu cricket magazine, Akhbar-e-Watan. During the 1970s, Hussain commentated on the game for Pakistan Television (PTV) and Radio Pakistan, and wrote weekly columns on cricket for the Daily Jang for many years. He received many accolades for his work for cricket. ESPNcricinfo writer Saad Shafqat described him as "a pioneering commentator, groundbreaking publisher, Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) mandarin, and sagacious elder presence in the nation's cricket circles". He also served as the president of the KCCA.
2013Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people.[â ]
On 29 July 2013, two passenger trains were involved in a head-on collision at Granges-près-Marnand, Switzerland, killing one person and injuring 25 others.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[â ]