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In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]
2014Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded IDG (born 1937)[†]
Patrick Joseph McGovern Jr. was an American businessman, and chairman and founder of International Data Group (IDG), the company with subsidiaries in technology publishing, research, event management and venture capital.
2014Fred Phelps, American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (born 1929)[†]
Fred Waldron Phelps Sr. was an American minister and disbarred lawyer who served as the pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church, worked as a civil rights attorney, and ran for statewide election in Kansas. A divisive and controversial figure, he gained national attention for his homophobic views and protests near the funerals of gay people, AIDS victims, military veterans, and disaster victims whom he believed were killed as a result of God punishing the U.S. for having "bankrupt values" and tolerating homosexuality. Phelps founded the Westboro Baptist Church, a Topeka, Kansas-based independent Primitive Baptist congregation, in 1955. It has been described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as "arguably the most obnoxious and rabid hate group in America". Its signature slogan, "God Hates Fags", remains the name of the group's principal website.
2014Heather Robertson, Canadian journalist and author (born 1942)[†]
Heather Margaret Robertson was a Canadian journalist, novelist and non-fiction writer. She published her first book, Reservations are for Indians, in 1970, and her latest book, Walking into Wilderness, in 2010. She was a founding member of the Writers' Union of Canada and the Professional Writers Association of Canada, and launched the Robertson v Thomson Corp class action suit regarding freelancers' retention of electronic rights to their work.
2014Robert S. Strauss, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (born 1918)[†]
Robert Schwarz Strauss was an influential figure in American politics, diplomacy, and law whose service dated back to future President Lyndon Johnson's first congressional campaign in 1937. By the 1950s, he was associated in Texas politics with the faction of the Democratic Party that was led by Johnson and John Connally. He served as the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee between 1972 and 1977 and served under President Jimmy Carter as the U.S. Trade Representative and special envoy to the Middle East. He later served as the Ambassador to Russia under President George H. W. Bush. Strauss also served as the last United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union.
2014Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (born 1912)[†]
Lawrence Edward Walsh was an American lawyer and judge who was United States Deputy Attorney General from 1957 to 1961 and a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was appointed Independent Counsel in December 1986 to investigate the Iran–Contra affair during the Reagan Administration.
2014Joseph F. Weis, Jr., American lawyer and judge (born 1923)[†]
Joseph Francis Weis Jr. was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
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Posts on Secret, an app that allows users to upload anonymous messages, can range from benign to inappropriate and are testing the tech industry’s appetite for sharing.
States are increasing efforts to shield vulnerable Americans from short-term loans with interest rates that can exceed 300 percent.
Tensions over Crimea may not bring a new Cold War, but analysts worry about a long period of confrontation and alienation.
The abrupt rise and increasing success of activist investors are forcing big money managers to reassess their traditionally passive role as shareholders.
Over three months of California cocktail parties and desert excursions, James L. Dolan, the Knicks’ owner, persuaded Phil Jackson to take the reins of a troubled team.
An increase in violence at the New York City jail complex has alarmed officials and inmate advocates; correction officers struggle particularly with mentally ill inmates.
“Tales From Red Vienna,” David Grimm’s new play, set in 1920 Austria, throws together a widowed gentlewoman and a brash Hungarian journalist.
Toyota is poised to pay more than $1 billion to settle a criminal investigation into disclosures around the sudden acceleration of its vehicles.
James Franco and Chris O’Dowd talk about preparing for their roles as George and Lennie in a Broadway revival of “Of Mice and Men.”
A deal with the Justice Department over a sudden-acceleration defect that has caused injuries and deaths included an unusual admission of wrongdoing.
What solution is best for keeping data charges in check while traveling abroad? Here’s a guide.
Senator Rand Paul, in a speech at Berkeley, injected the issue of race into the debate over domestic surveillance by saying President Obama should be wary given the government’s history of eavesdropping on civil rights leaders.