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A surge in emissions — and criticism — has prompted energy executives to find ways to capture gas being flared during drilling in North Dakota.
For ABC, every important ratings measure in prime time is qualified by what amounts to a footnote: “not counting sports.”
The 40,389-mile Olympic torch relay to the Sochi Games in Russia, which hit a low point this week with the death of a runner, has proven to be an exercise in misfortune.
The bipartisan budget deal may not be a cure-all for the gridlock in Washington, but it provides a much-needed break in the inaction.
Two weeks before he takes office, Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has yet to pick a schools chancellor to carry out his education agenda in New York City.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 18, 2013, covering December 18, 2013.
Garth Brooks
One Direction
Kelly Clarkson
Britney Spears
The Robertsons
2013Ken Hutcherson, American football player (born 1952)[†]
Kenneth Lee Hutcherson was an American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) and senior pastor at Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, Washington, where he had been since 1985. His nickname from his NFL days was "the Hutch".
2013Graham Mackay, South African-English businessman (born 1949)[†]
Ernest Arthur Graham Mackay was a South African businessman, former chief executive and chairman of SABMiller plc, a South African multinational brewing and beverage company registered on the London Stock Exchange, and the world's second-largest brewing company measured by revenues. He was succeeded as chief executive of SABMiller by Alan Clark in April 2013.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]