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Though the number of deaths of children in car seats has declined, about three out of every four seats are still installed improperly, and it remains a vexing safety issue.
Janet Ruttenberg, 82, a wealthy woman who refuses to sell her work, is having her first exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York.
The battle of the bins, that preflight scrum over carry-on space, has become something else for airlines: the business of the bins, with priority given to those who pay.
Aware that he will never replace the current mayor in the hearts of the financial elite, Bill de Blasio is engaged in a delicate courtship with New York Cityâs plutocrat class.
On a recent Saturday, 300 participants spent hours traipsing all over Manhattan as part of an infuriating, exhilarating, night-bleeding-into-morning puzzle-solving competition called Midnight Madness.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 9, 2013, covering October 12, 2013.
Drake
Kings of Leon
Cher
Elton John
Jack Johnson
2013George Herbig, American astronomer and academic (born 1920)[â ]
George Howard Herbig was an American astronomer at the University of HawaiÊ»i Institute for Astronomy. He is perhaps best known for his contribution to the discovery of HerbigâHaro objects.
2013Oscar Hijuelos, American author and academic (born 1951)[â ]
Oscar Jerome Hijuelos was an American novelist.
2013Hans Wilhelm Longva, Norwegian diplomat (born 1942)[â ]
Hans Wilhelm Longva was a Norwegian diplomat.
2013Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic (born 1910)[â ]
Malcolm MacKenzie Renfrew was an American polymer chemist, inventor, and professor emeritus at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. Renfrew Hall, the university's chemistry building, was named for him in 1985.
2013An apartment building collapse in MedellĂn, Colombia results in the deaths of twelve people.[â ]
The collapse of the Space Building occurred on the night of October 12, 2013, when Tower 6 of the Space Building, a residential apartment complex, collapsed in MedellĂn, Colombia, killing 12 people. Local authorities evacuated the rest of the building to avoid an imminent new collapse. The cost of the building was more than $40.6 billion.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[â ]