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After Hurricane Sandy, Verizon said it was too expensive to replace landlines in Mantoloking. The move may presage the end of the lines across the nation.
Regulators and investors seem to disagree with recent calls for the JPMorgan head’s ouster over the bank’s expensive legal troubles.
In a sign of the shift toward the Internet delivery of television, cable companies are talking with Netflix about making it available like any other channel.
Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, frustrated with the lack of progress on the government shutdown, put together a bipartisan group to move things along.
Since 2005, gambling and horse racing interests have spent more than $59 million on lobbying and political contributions in New York, according to a watchdog group.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 9, 2013, covering October 15, 2013.
Drake
Kings of Leon
Cher
Elton John
Jack Johnson
2013Donald Bailey, American drummer (born 1933)[†]
Donald Orlando "Duck" Bailey was an American jazz drummer.
2013Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher (born 1947)[†]
Nevill Drury was an English-born Australian editor and publisher, as well as the author of over 40 books on subjects ranging from shamanism and western magical traditions to art, music, and anthropology. His books have been published in 26 countries and in 19 languages.
2013Cancio Garcia, Filipino lawyer and jurist (born 1937)[†]
Cancio Castillo Garcia was a Filipino lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the court on October 6, 2004, by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and retired on October 19, 2007.
2013Gloria Lynne, American singer (born 1931)[†]
Gloria Lynne, also known as Gloria Alleyne, was an American jazz vocalist with a recording career spanning from 1958 to 2007.
2013Rudy Minarcin, American baseball player and coach (born 1930)[†]
Rudolph Anthony Minarcin [Buster] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1955 through 1957 for the Cincinnati Redlegs (1955) and Boston Red Sox (1956–57). Listed at 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m), 195 lb (88 kg), he batted and threw right-handed.
2013Hans Riegel, German businessman (born 1923)[†]
Johannes Peter "Hans" Riegel, also known as Hans Riegel Jr., was a German entrepreneur who owned and operated the confectioner Haribo since 1946.
2013The 7.2 Mw Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 were killed.[†]
Seismic magnitude scales are used to describe the overall strength or "size" of an earthquake. These are distinguished from seismic intensity scales that categorize the intensity or severity of ground shaking (quaking) caused by an earthquake at a given location. Magnitudes are usually determined from measurements of an earthquake's seismic waves as recorded on a seismogram. Magnitude scales vary based on what aspect of the seismic waves are measured and how they are measured. Different magnitude scales are necessary because of differences in earthquakes, the information available, and the purposes for which the magnitudes are used.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]