Derelict in Detroit, and Hard to Sell
Two winning bidders failed to complete the purchase of a long-abandoned Packard plant on 40 acres on the city’s east side, but a third bidder could still come through.
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Two winning bidders failed to complete the purchase of a long-abandoned Packard plant on 40 acres on the city’s east side, but a third bidder could still come through.
Officials say many predatory lenders have steadily found ways around the Military Lending Act, a law that was meant to stop them.
Nearly 80,000 people have enrolled in health plans through California’s online marketplace, at a rate of several thousand a day in November — a sizable increase over a month ago.
Character takes a back seat in Jack O’Brien’s new production of “Macbeth,” starring Ethan Hawke, at the Vivian Beaumont.
Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker are a mother and daughter with emotional and financial issues at their feet in “The Commons of Pensacola,” by the actress Amanda Peet.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 20, 2013, covering November 22, 2013.
Eminem
Celine Dion
The Robertsons
Katy Perry
Avril Lavigne
2013Tom Gilmartin, Irish businessman (born 1935)[†]
Tom Gilmartin was an Irish businessman, whistleblower and pivotal Mahon Tribunal witness whose testimony concerning planning and political corruption "rocked Ireland". He played a crucial role in ending the political career of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
2013Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (born 1926)[†]
Georges Lautner was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration with screenwriter Michel Audiard.

2013Alec Reid, Irish priest and activist (born 1931)[†]
Alexander Reid was an Irish Catholic priest noted for his facilitator role in the Northern Ireland peace process, a role BBC journalist Peter Taylor subsequently described as "absolutely critical" to its success.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]