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An argument can be made that the accumulation of income at the top of the success pyramid is not the nation’s main problem and little can be done about it anyway.
Barring a last-minute deal, Argentina will default on billions of dollars of bonds on Wednesday. But the reaction will probably be muted because this default is not a surprise.
Lawyers for former Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, made clear in opening arguments for the couple’s corruption trial that they planned to rely on the sordid details of their unhappy union as the basis of their legal defense.
E-commerce in India is attracting buyers in a society where Internet access is increasing, and international investors are starting to take note.
Historians are racing against time to find and preserve records from more than 250 years ago that were kept by New England congregations.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 30, 2014, covering July 30, 2014.
Weird Al Yankovic
Jason Mraz
Rise Against
Kidz Bop Kids
Soundtrack
2014Robert Drew, American director and producer (born 1924)[†]
Robert Lincoln Drew was an American documentary filmmaker known as one of the pioneers—and sometimes called father—of cinéma vérité, or direct cinema, in the United States. Two of his films, Primary and Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment, have been named to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. The moving image collection of Robert Drew is housed at the Academy Film Archive. The Academy Film Archive has preserved a number of his films, including Faces of November, Herself: Indira Gandhi, and Bravo!/Kathy's Dance. His many awards include an International Documentary Association Career Achievement Award.
2014Harun Farocki, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)[†]
Harun Farocki was a German filmmaker, author, and lecturer in film.
2014Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (born 1931)[†]
Julio Humberto Grondona was an Argentine football executive. He served as president of the Argentine Football Association from 1979 until his death in 2014. He also served as Senior Vice-President of FIFA.
2014Peter Hall, English geographer, author, and academic (born 1932)[†]
Sir Peter Geoffrey Hall was an English town planner, urbanist and geographer. He was the Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration at The Bartlett, University College London and president of both the Town and Country Planning Association and the Regional Studies Association. Hall was one of the most prolific and influential urbanists of the twentieth century.
2014Dick Smith, American make-up artist (born 1922)[†]
Richard Emerson Smith was an American special make-up effects artist and author, known for his work on such films as Little Big Man, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Taxi Driver, Scanners and Death Becomes Her. He won a 1985 Academy Award for Best Makeup for his work on Amadeus and received a 2012 Academy Honorary Award for his career's work.
2014Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)[†]
Richard Allen Wagner was an American rock guitarist, songwriter and author best known for his work with Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, and Kiss. He also fronted his own Michigan-based bands, the Frost and the Bossmen.
2014Twenty killed and 150 are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India.[†]
On 30 July 2014, a landslide occurred in the village of Malin in the Ambegaon taluka of the Pune district in Maharashtra, India. The landslide, which hit early in the morning while residents were asleep, was believed to have been caused by a burst of heavy rainfall, and killed at least 151 people. Rains continued after the landslide making rescue efforts difficult.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]