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The company asked a federal bankruptcy judge to dismiss dozens of lawsuits over its handling of a defective ignition switch in millions of cars, and to bar similar cases in the future.
Last weekâs deadly avalanche has prompted Mount Everestâs Sherpas to threaten to cancel the season unless the government shares proceeds from what has become a multimillion-dollar industry.
Farms in upstate New York and elsewhere are using automatic milkers that scan and map the underbellies of cows, extract the milk, and monitor its quality, without the use of human hands.
âHedwig and the Angry Inch,â about a transgendered performer with issues, is on Broadway at the Belasco Theater.
The death of President Obamaâs aunt has highlighted his complicated ties to his fatherâs side of the family. âHe leads his life, and I lead my life,â said Malik Obama, a half brother.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 23, 2014, covering April 23, 2014.
Soundtrack
Pharrell Williams
5 Seconds of Summer
MercyMe
Black Label Society
2014BenjamĂn Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (born 1946)[â ]
BenjamĂn Brea was a Spanish-born Venezuelan musician, arranger and teacher, mostly associated with jazz, even though he had the advantage to play several music genres in various bands as a soloist as well as sideman and conductor.
2014Michael Glawogger, Austrian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (born 1959)[â ]
Michael Glawogger was an Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.
2014Jaap Havekotte, Dutch speed skater and producer of ice skates (born 1912)[â ]
Jaap Havekotte was a Dutch speed skater. He skated in several Dutch championships during the 1940s, but is best known as the founder of Viking Schaatsenfabriek, a Dutch producer of ice skates. The Viking ice skate proved to be very popular, and by 1972 every speed skating world record was skated on Viking ice skates. Viking was the first company to produce the clap skate on a large scale. Due to his significant influence on speed skating in the Netherlands, speed skaters from later generations spoke fondly of Havekotte and used to call him 'Oom Jaap'. Havekotte died on 23 April 2014 at the age of 102.
2014Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (born 1911)[â ]
Conrado Eugenio Marrero Ramos, nicknamed "Connie", was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher. The right-handed Marrero pitched in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1954 for the Washington Senators.
2014F. Michael Rogers, American general (born 1921)[â ]
Felix Michael Rogers, usually known as Michael Rogers, was a general in the United States Air Force and the former commander of the Air Force Logistics Command, with headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The command mission is to provide worldwide technical logistics support to all Air Force active and Reserve force activities, Military Assistance Program countries, and designated United States Government agencies. He is a graduate of the National War College.
2014Mark Shand, English conservationist and author (born 1951)[â ]
Mark Roland Shand was an English travel writer and conservationist, as well as the brother of Queen Camilla. Shand was the author of four travel books and as a BBC conservationist, appeared in documentaries related to his journeys, most of which centered on the survival of elephants. His book Travels on My Elephant became a bestseller and won the Travel Writer of the Year Award at the British Book Awards in 1992. He was the chairman of Elephant Family, a wildlife foundation, which he co-founded in 2002.
2014Patric Standford, English composer and educator (born 1939)[â ]
Patric Standford was an English composer, supporter of composers' rights, educationalist and author.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[â ]