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In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[â ]
2014M. Caldwell Butler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1925)[â ]
Manley Caldwell Butler was an American lawyer and politician widely admired for his integrity, bipartisanship and courage. A native of Roanoke, Butler served his hometown and wider community first as a member of the Republican Party in the Virginia General Assembly (1962â1972) and later the United States House of Representatives (1972â1983).
2014Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1943)[â ]
Jonathan Robert Cavaiani was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War.
2014Giorgio Gaslini, Italian pianist and composer (born 1929)[â ]
Giorgio Gaslini was an Italian jazz pianist, composer and conductor.
2014MarĂa Antonia Iglesias, Spanish journalist and author (born 1945)[â ]
MarĂa Antonia Iglesias GonzĂĄlez was a Spanish writer and journalist.
2014PĂ©ter Kiss, Hungarian engineer and politician (born 1959)[â ]
PĂ©ter Kiss was a Hungarian Socialist politician. In Bajnai's government, he was a minister without portfolio. He was one of the candidates to succeed PĂ©ter Medgyessy as prime minister in 2004 but lost to Ferenc GyurcsĂĄny.
2014Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (born 1939)[â ]
Idris Muhammad was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He had an extensive career performing jazz, funk, R&B, and soul music and recorded with musicians such as Ahmad Jamal, Lou Donaldson, Pharoah Sanders, Bob James, and Tete Montoliu.
2014Thomas R. St. George, American soldier and author (born 1919)[â ]
Thomas R. St. George was an American author, World War II veteran, reporter, editor, columnist and screenwriter. He was born in Simpson, Minnesota.
The focus on mass-transit performers is part of a new push against low-level crimes in New York.
Wall Street banks are estimated to have collected, or will soon collect, nearly $1 billion in fees over the last three years advising and persuading American companies to move the address of their headquarters abroad.
Cases in Tennessee and elsewhere illustrate the risk of cell extractions, a common tactic in which inmates are forced out of their cells by prison officers.
The dating website OKCupid published the results of three experiments it conducted on users in the name of social science.
The recently formed Mayday âsuper PACâ has begun a $12 million ad campaign to help elect lawmakers of both parties who support proposals to diminish the influence of big donors.
The sophistication and extent of the underground passages used by Hamas to infiltrate Israel from Gaza has stiffened Israeli resolve to destroy them.
Though clothing sales have been strained in recent years, activewear has become a $33.4 billion business, as popular on the street as it is in the gym.
A theater critic imagines a clash of the greatest versions of Shakespeareâs melancholy prince, as portrayed by John Barrymore, Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton and others.
The Russ & Daughters Cafe is modeled on the familyâs 100-year-old Lower East Side store, but adds to and deviates from the original in inspired ways.
A tiny Basque corner of southwest France, isolated by the Pyrenees, offers compelling wines.
If upheld, the decision by the National Labor Relations Boardâs general counsel could upend employment practices in the fast-food industry and invite unionization.
A three-judge panel ruled that in closing the sole clinic, the state would have shifted its constitutional obligations to neighboring states.