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The Federal Reserve and the F.D.I.C. criticized plans that big banks had prepared for winding themselves down in a controlled fashion.
Citing problems with testimony, the Bronx district attorney on Tuesday declined to prosecute correction officers accused of brutally beating two inmates.
The powerhouses of college sports are expected to gain preliminary approval to break away from some of the strictures of the N.C.A.A., which would give them more freedom to govern themselves and could allow athletes a share of the wealth.
The British banking giant is being scrutinized by New Yorkâs financial regulator for failing to weed out risky transactions flowing through its American operations.
Daniel Sullivanâs fast-moving if stiff-jointed production of âKing Lear,â starring John Lithgow, opened at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 6, 2014, covering August 6, 2014.
5 Seconds of Summer
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Weird Al Yankovic
Sam Smith
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2014Ralph Bryans, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (born 1941)[â ]
Ralph Bryans was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Northern Ireland. Bryans was Ireland's only Grand Prix world champion, winning the 50 cc title in 1965.
2014Ananda W.P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (born 1928)[â ]
Ananda Wahihana Palliya Guruge, known as Ananda W. P. Guruge, was a Sri Lankan diplomat, Buddhist scholar and writer. Guruge was the former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka to UNESCO, France, and United States from 1985 to 1994. Guruge was adjunct professor of Religious Studies at Cal State Fullerton and was the dean of academic affairs at University of the West.
2014John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (born 1927)[â ]
John Woodland "Woody" Hastings, was a leader in the field of photobiology, especially bioluminescence, and was one of the founders of the field of circadian biology. He was the Paul C. Mangelsdorf Professor of Natural Sciences and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University. He published over 400 papers and co-edited three books.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[â ]