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August 4, 2014

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Headlines from August 4, 2014

Crashing Without a Cushion

By Viv Bernstein

When it comes to concussions and their lasting effects, Nascar drivers are largely on their own, though a new coalition of top teams may represent hope for help.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 30, 2014, covering August 4, 2014.

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    Album cover for Mandatory Fun by Weird Al Yankovic

    Mandatory Fun

    Weird Al Yankovic

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    Album cover for YES! by Jason Mraz

    YES!

    Jason Mraz

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    Album cover for The Black Market by Rise Against

    The Black Market

    Rise Against

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    Album cover for Kidz Bop 26 by Kidz Bop Kids

    Kidz Bop 26

    Kidz Bop Kids

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    Album cover for Frozen by Soundtrack

    Frozen

    Soundtrack

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Notable Deaths

James Brady

2014James Brady, American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (born 1940)[†]

James Scott Brady was an American public official who served as assistant to the U.S. president and the 17th White House Press Secretary, serving under President Ronald Reagan. In 1981, John Hinckley Jr. shot and wounded Brady during Hinckley’s attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, which occurred two months and ten days after Reagan's inauguration.

2014Chester Crandell, American lawyer and politician (born 1946)[†]

Chester J. Crandell was an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona Senate representing District 6 since January 14, 2013. Crandell served consecutively in the Arizona State Legislature from January 10, 2011, until January 14, 2013, in the Arizona House of Representatives District 5 seat.

2014Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (born 1953)[†]

Jerry Mamberg, often known as Jake Hooker, Jake Richards, or Jake Falsworth, was a musician, best known as the guitarist for the rock/pop band Arrows.

Historical Context for August 4, 2014

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