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Authorities have opened a bribery investigation into whether JPMorgan Chase hired the children of powerful Chinese officials to help the bank win lucrative business in the booming nation.
As Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey heads for what is expected to be an easy re-election, he is building an operation that could form the basis for a presidential run.
Cigarette sales are down, but tobacco critics say the gains are being offset by the rise of alternatives like cigars, whose flavored varieties are smoked overwhelmingly by young people.
The master’s degree offered by the Georgia Institute of Technology through massive open online courses has the potential to disrupt higher education.
The deaths were the fourth mass killing of civilians since the military took control on July 3, but the first time those killed were in government custody at the time.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 14, 2013, covering August 18, 2013.
Robin Thicke
Five Finger Death Punch
Jay-Z
Tech N9ne
Backstreet Boys
2013Josephine D'Angelo, American baseball player (born 1924)[†]
Josephine "Jo Jo" D'Angelo was an American baseball left fielder who played from 1943 through 1944 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 0 in (152 cm), 135 lb, she batted and threw right-handed.
2013Jean Kahn, French lawyer and activist (born 1929)[†]
Jean Salomon Kahn was a French Jewish community leader, human rights activist, and lawyer. Kahn served as the President of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF) from 1989 to 1995, as well as the CRIF's vice president from 1983 to 1985. He later served as the President of the European Jewish Congress and the Vice President of the World Jewish Congress. Kahn also headed the Central Consistory of France from 1995 to 2008.
2013Albert Murray, American author and critic (born 1916)[†]
Albert L. Murray was an American literary and music critic, novelist, essayist, and biographer. His books include The Omni-Americans, South to a Very Old Place, and Stomping the Blues.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]