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Only eight months after ending his final term as mayor of New York City, Michael R. Bloomberg has decided to resume the leadership of his business empire.
In Ferguson and other close suburbs of St. Louis, out-of-state investment firms have bought distressed homes to rent them out, a consequence of foreclosures from the financial crisis.
The epidemic has exposed gaping holes in the ability to tackle outbreaks in an increasingly interconnected world, where diseases can quickly spread from remote villages to cities housing millions of people.
Ali Hussein Kadhim, an Iraqi soldier, was captured with hundreds of other soldiers by Sunni militants in June. As a Shiite, he was marked for death. [Video includes graphic images.]
The $250 million investment from Technology Crossover Ventures comes on the heels of financing from A&E Networks.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 3, 2014, covering September 4, 2014.
Wiz Khalifa
Soundtrack
Chase Rice
Various Artists
Various Artists
2014Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (born 1930)[†]
Ronald Joseph Mulock AO KCSG was an Australian politician. A former City of Penrith mayor, he was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1988. He was Deputy Premier of New South Wales under Neville Wran and Barrie Unsworth from 1984 to 1988.
2014Gustavo Cerati, Argentine Musician (born1959)[†]
Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clarke was an Argentine musician and singer-songwriter who gained international recognition for being the leader, vocalist, composer, and guitarist of the rock band Soda Stereo. He is widely considered by critics, specialized press, and musicians as one of the most important and influential artists of Latin rock. Billboard magazine ranked Cerati as the 33rd best rock singer of all time. In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked Cerati in seventh place among the 100 best Argentine rock guitarists. Throughout his solo career, he sold more than 10 million records and won numerous awards, including the Latin Grammy, MTV, Konex, and Gardel.
2014Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (born 1928)[†]
Wolfhart Pannenberg was a German Lutheran theologian. He made a number of significant contributions to modern theology, including his concept of history as a form of revelation centered on the resurrection of Christ, which has been widely debated in both Protestant and Catholic theology, as well as by non-Christian thinkers.
2014Joan Rivers, American comedian, television host, and author (born 1933)[†]
Joan Alexandra Molinsky, known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedienne, actress, producer, writer and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona that was heavily self-deprecating and acerbic, especially towards celebrities and politicians, delivered in her signature New York accent. She is considered a pioneer of women in comedy. She received an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award, as well as nomination for a Tony Award.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]