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An effort to grab viewers’ attention and send them to the movie theater may have worked a little too well for Comcast, Viacom and Disney.
Maury Rosenberg says he lost his business after being forced into involuntary bankruptcy by a unit of U.S. Bancorp. A court later ruled the bankruptcy illegal, but by then the business was gone.
“Protest tourists” from across the border are joining demonstrations by ethnic Russians in southern and eastern Ukraine.
California voters in 2008 approved a measure requiring more generous living conditions for hens, but the state’s decision to require imported eggs to be produced under the same standards has drawn a lawsuit.
The Obama administration suspended military ties to Russia, including exercises, port visits and planning meetings, just a day after calling off trade talks.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 26, 2014, covering March 4, 2014.
Eric Church
Soundtrack
Various Artists
Beyonce
Bruno Mars
2014Mark Freidkin, Russian author and poet (born 1953)[†]
Mark Iehielyevich Freidkin was a Russian poet, author, translator, and singer.
2014Elaine Kellett-Bowman, English lawyer and politician (born 1923)[†]
Dame Mary Elaine Kellett-Bowman, DBE was a British Conservative Party politician, serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Lancaster for 27 years from 1970 to 1997.
2014Jack Kinzler, American engineer (born 1920)[†]
Jack Kinzler was a NASA engineer, the former chief of the Technical Services Center at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, known within the agency as Mr. Fix It. He was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal for creating the solar shield that saved Skylab after the original micrometeoroid shield was lost during launch of the station. His other contributions included the flagstaff and plaques used on the Moon for all six of the Apollo program Moon landings and the special six iron golf club head with which Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard made his two famous golf drives on the Moon.
2014Wu Tianming, Chinese director and producer (born 1939)[†]
Wu Tianming was a Chinese film director and producer who was considered one of the leading "Fourth Generation" directors.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]