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Bill de Blasio repeatedly linked Joseph J. Lhota to what he called an obstructionist national Republican Party, while Mr. Lhota raised questions about Mr. de Blasio’s managerial experience.
The continuing sell-off in Treasuries, a by-product of the impasse in Congress, could disrupt the so-called repo market, making it hard for investment banks to operate.
Speaker John A. Boehner finds himself at a crossroads: an imminent financial default on the one hand, and on the other an unyielding conservative rank and file.
It is inevitable that the dollar will gradually lose its position as the world’s reserve currency, no matter what happens in Congress.
Officials, brokers and developers are debating whether resurgent commercial and residential real estate markets are a cause for jubilation or concern.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 16, 2013, covering October 16, 2013.
Justin Timberlake
Drake
Lorde
Luke Bryan
Tyler Farr
2013Govind Purushottam Deshpande, Indian playwright and academic (born 1938)[†]
Govind Purushottam Deshpande was a Marathi playwright and academic from Maharashtra, India.
2013George Hourmouziadis, Greek archaeologist and academic (born 1932)[†]
George Hourmouziadis was a Greek archaeologist and professor emeritus of prehistoric archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He led excavations in many prehistoric settlements in Thessaly and Macedonia and in 1992 he started the excavation of the Neolithic lakeside settlement of Dispilio in Kastoria, Northwestern Greece. A myriad of items were discovered, which included ceramics, structural elements, seeds, bones, figurines, personal ornaments, three flutes and the Dispilio Tablet. He died on 16 October 2013 in Thessaloniki.
2013Ed Lauter, American actor (born 1938)[†]
Edward Matthew Lauter Jr. was an American actor and stand-up comedian. He appeared in more than 200 films and TV series episodes in a career that spanned over 40 years.
2013Laurel Martyn, Australian ballerina and choreographer (born 1916)[†]
Laurel Martyn was an Australian ballerina.
2013Robert B. Rheault, American colonel (born 1925)[†]
Robert Bradley Rheault was an American soldier in the U.S. Army Special Forces who served as commander of the First Special Forces Group in Okinawa, and the Fifth Special Forces Group in Vietnam from May to July 1969.
2013Saggy Tahir, Pakistani-American lawyer and politician (born 1944)[†]
Saghir "Saggy" Tahir was an American politician who was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. In the 2006 elections, he was re-elected for a fourth term to represent Ward 2, District 9 in his home town of Manchester.
2013Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people.[†]
Lao Airlines Flight 301 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Vientiane to Pakse, Laos. On 16 October 2013, the ATR 72-600 aircraft operating the flight crashed into the Mekong River near Pakse, killing all 49 people on board. The accident was the first involving an ATR 72-600 and the deadliest ever to occur on Lao soil.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]