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June 21, 2014

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Headlines from June 21, 2014

Held Captive by Flawed Credit Reports

By Gretchen Morgenson

Errors in credit reports continue, consumers and their lawyers say, making them wonder if the reporting companies view the penalties they pay as just a cost of doing business.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 18, 2014, covering June 21, 2014.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Platinum by Miranda Lambert

    Platinum

    Miranda Lambert

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    1
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    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Frozen by Soundtrack

    Frozen

    Soundtrack

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    4
    Peak
    1
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    28
  3. 3
    Album cover for Just As I Am by Brantley Gilbert

    Just As I Am

    Brantley Gilbert

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    2
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    3
  4. 4
    Album cover for Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire To Win by 50 Cent

    Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire To Win

    50 Cent

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    4
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    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Ghost Stories by Coldplay

    Ghost Stories

    Coldplay

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    1
    Peak
    1
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    3

Notable Deaths

Yozo Ishikawa

2014Yozo Ishikawa, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (born 1925)[†]

Yozo Ishikawa was a Japanese lawmaker and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He served as director general of the now-defunct defense agency of Japan in 1990.

Walter Kieber

2014Walter Kieber, Austrian-Liechtenstein politician, 7th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (born 1931)[†]

Walter Kieber was a lawyer and politician from Liechtenstein who served as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1974 to 1978. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1970 to 1974 and again from 1978 to 1980.

2014Wong Ho Leng, Malaysian lawyer and politician (born 1959)[†]

Wong Ho Leng was a Malaysian politician. He was the opposition leader of the Sarawak State Assembly from May 2006 to June 2013. He was also the state chairman of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) from 2001 until 10 June 2013. He was the Member of the State Legislative Assembly of Sarawak for the seat of Bukit Assek until his death on 21 June 2014.

Historical Context for June 21, 2014

In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]