Operatic Drama Swells in Labor Talks at the Met
Contract talks between the Metropolitan Opera and its 16 unions have gotten off to their most contentious start in decades.
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Contract talks between the Metropolitan Opera and its 16 unions have gotten off to their most contentious start in decades.
Employees of technology companies have filed a class-action lawsuit that contends that illegal hiring practices among their companies has cost them billions in lost wages.
Companies are finding that their greatest cybersecurity threats can hide in third-party systems, like networked air-conditioning equipment.
Liquefied natural gas from the United States may hold promise for Europe to reduce its reliance on Russia, but regulatory and market obstacles stand in the way.
Charlotte and Eric Kaufman became the focus of a debate over parenting after they took their daughters — ages 1 and 3 — on a trip across the South Pacific that ended with a Navy rescue.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 2, 2014, covering April 8, 2014.
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YG
Foster the People
Skrillex
The Pretty Reckless
2014Emmanuel III Delly, Iraqi patriarch (born 1927)[†]
Mar Emmanuel III Delly was an Iraqi Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Baghdad and primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic sui juris particular church of the Catholic Church.
2014Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (born 1924)[†]
Karl Heinrich Leopold Deschner was a German researcher and writer who achieved public attention in Europe for his trenchant and fiercely critical treatment of Christianity in general and the Catholic Church in particular, as expressed in several articles and books, culminating in his 10 volume Christianity's Criminal History.
2014Ivan Mercep, New Zealand architect, designed the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum (born 1930)[†]
Ivan Mercep was a New Zealand architect. He received the NZIA Gold Medal in 2008.
2014Windows XP reaches its standard End Of Life and is no longer supported.[†]
Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and later to retail on October 25, 2001. It is a direct successor to Windows 2000 for high-end and business users and Windows Me for home users.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]