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Free-roaming horses are at the center of a passionate dispute playing out across the West about whether federal authorities should sanction their slaughter to thin the herds.
The delivery of bills to New York State lawmakers on tablets or laptop computers requires a constitutional amendment, which the Legislature will put before voters on the statewide ballot next year.
As surprised researchers have discovered, some people with autism have mutated cancer or tumor genes that apparently caused their brain disorder.
Jason Dufner, who lost the 2011 P.G.A. Championship in a playoff, closes with a two-under 68 and beats Jim Furyk by two strokes.
It may sell one of every three smartphones and one in three TVs worldwide, but Samsung barely registers as a brand in Japan.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 7, 2013, covering August 11, 2013.
Selena Gomez
Jay-Z
Soundtrack
Kidz Bop Kids
Marc Anthony
2013Raymond Delisle, French cyclist (born 1943)[†]
Raymond Delisle was a French professional road bicycle racer. His sporting career began with ACBB Paris. He is the only rider to have won a stage of the Tour de France on 14 July, France's national day, while wearing the jersey of national champion.
2013Zafar Futehally, Indian ornithologist and author (born 1919)[†]
Zafar Rashid Futehally was an Indian naturalist and conservationist best known for his work as the secretary of the Bombay Natural History Society and for the Newsletter for Birdwatchers a periodical that helped birdwatchers around India to communicate their observations. Awarded Padma Shri by the Government of India in the year 1971, Zafar Futehally was also honoured with Dutch order of merit the Order of the Golden Ark in 1981 and Karnataka Rajyotsava award by the Government of Karnataka in 1983.
2013David Howard, English ballet dancer and educator (born 1937)[†]
David Howard was an English ballet dancer and teacher, who taught internationally at institutions such as the Royal Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, and the National Ballet of Canada. Howard opened his popular eponymous dance studio in New York City, the David Howard School of Ballet in 1977, before its closure in 1995. His dance center welcomed all students including children, adult beginners and professionals from the Broadway musicals and ballet. In addition to his teaching, Howard was an expert on the history of the pointe shoe worn by ballet dancers, and a pioneer in their design.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]