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Pandora is squaring off against Ascap in a closely watched trial over royalty payments determined by a system developed long before digital streams and smartphone apps.
Big banks operating in London are adhering to the bloc’s rules on banking bonuses by revamping the way they pay top employees so they still receive the extra money.
Enrollment of Latinos in the new health care law has fallen strikingly below the hopes of the law’s proponents, prompting officials to rush to expand marketing efforts.
The Ivanpah solar power plant in California is the largest and first electric generator of its kind. It could also be the last.
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to keep New York City schools open drew rebukes from parents, principals and Al Roker, NBC’s “Today” show weatherman.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 12, 2014, covering February 14, 2014.
Soundtrack
Various Artists
Lorde
Of Mice & Men
Beyonce
2014Tom Finney, English footballer (born 1922)[†]
Sir Thomas Finney was an English international footballer who played from 1946 to 1960 as a winger or centre forward for Preston North End and England. He is widely acknowledged to have been one of England's greatest ever players. He was noted for his loyalty to Preston, for whom he made 433 Football League and 39 FA Cup appearances, scoring a total of 210 goals. He played for England 76 times, scoring 30 goals.
2014Chris Pearson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (born 1931)[†]
Christopher William Pearson was the second leader of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party and the first premier of the Yukon in the Yukon.
2014Mike Stepovich, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Alaska Territory (born 1919)[†]
Michael Anthony Stepovich was an American lawyer and politician who served as the last non-acting Governor of the Territory of Alaska. Stepovich served as Territorial Governor from 1957 to 1958, and Alaska was given U.S. statehood in 1959.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]