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A pregnant woman who acknowledged previous painkiller addiction found herself accused of endangering her unborn child and ordered to a drug treatment center.
A turnaround in Spain comes after an end to recession in Portugal and offers hope to the rest of the periphery, Europe’s so-called misery belt.
Some storm victims say that Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey has used the disaster to promote himself, though the governor says that billions in aid has been distributed.
The technology, called a winglet, attaches to the tip of airplane wings and aims to improve aerodynamics and fuel efficiency.
Only about 18 percent of American Internet users are active on Twitter, so here are some tips if you’re still new to the microblogging service.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 23, 2013, covering October 24, 2013.
Miley Cyrus
Panic! At The Disco
Drake
Pusha T
Justin Timberlake
2013Antonia Bird, English director and producer (born 1951)[†]
Antonia Jane Bird, FRSA was an English producer and director of television drama and feature films.
2013Brooke Greenberg, American girl with a rare genetic disorder (born 1993)[†]
Brooke Megan Greenberg was an American woman who became famous for being the first documented case of neotenic complex syndrome. Throughout her life of 20 years, she remained physically and cognitively similar to a toddler despite her increasing age. She was about 30 in (76 cm) tall, weighed about 16 lb (7.3 kg), and had an estimated mental age of nine months to one year.
2013Ana Bertha Lepe, Mexican model and actress (born 1934)[†]
Ana Bertha Lepe Jiménez was a Mexican actress and beauty pageant titleholder. In 1953 she was crowned Miss México and the third runner-up at the Miss Universe 1953.
2013Lew Mayne, American football player and coach (born 1920)[†]
Lewis Elwood "Mickey" Mayne was an American football halfback who played three seasons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) between 1946 and 1948. Mayne played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Colts.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]