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Republicans are being forced to explain why they are not to blame for the government shutdown, while Tea Party activists pose an insurgent threat.
Interviews and an examination of confidential documents point to a series of missteps — financial, technical and managerial — that led to the troubles with the new online insurance marketplace.
Thousands of men who once held ordinary jobs in Syria have turned into part-time fighters, leaving their refugee families to return to the war.
The game’s star was Anibal Sanchez, whose postseason line was unlike any before — 6 innings pitched, 6 walks, 12 strikeouts, 0 hits allowed.
The Red Sox hung just a lonely vertical white line under their “H” column on the old left field scoreboard in Game 1. The pattern of this punchless postseason continues.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 9, 2013, covering October 13, 2013.
Drake
Kings of Leon
Cher
Elton John
Jack Johnson
2013Martin Drewes, German soldier and pilot (born 1918)[†]
Martin Drewes was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and night fighter ace during World War II. He was credited with 52 victories of which 43 were claimed at night whilst flying variants of the Messerschmitt Bf 110 heavy fighter. The majority of his victories were claimed over the Western Front in Defence of the Reich missions against the Royal Air Force's Bomber Command.
2013Joe Meriweather, American basketball player and coach (born 1953)[†]
Joe C. Meriweather was an American professional basketball player.
2013Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (born 1926)[†]
Tommy Whittle was a British jazz saxophonist.
2013Takashi Yanase, Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman (born 1919)[†]
Takashi Yanase was a Japanese writer, poet, illustrator and lyricist. He was best known as the creator of the picture book and animated series Anpanman. Yanase was chairman of the Japan Cartoonists Association from May 2000 to 2012.
2013A stampede occurs in India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 and injuring more than 110.[†]
On 13 October 2013, during the Hindu festival of Navratri, a stampede broke out on a bridge near the Ratangarh Mata Temple in Datia district, Madhya Pradesh, India, killing 115 people and injuring more than 110.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]