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Prominent Washington think tanks, nonprofits known for their impartiality, have received tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments while pushing United States government officials to adopt policies that often reflect the donors’ priorities, an investigation by The New York Times has found.
The owner of the Atlanta Hawks approached team executives with his thoughts about how to attract more white fans.
A musical twist of Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale,” presented in Central Park by the Public Theater, spritzes the post-summer air with an invigorating sense of excitement and discovery.
Chuck Todd began his new role as host of NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday and provided a reprieve from the pomposity and punchy diction common on the Sunday talk shows.
The videos serve as both propaganda and time machine, trying to wipe away centuries of civilization and suggest that the dreamed-of caliphate flourishes and blood is cheap currency.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 3, 2014, covering September 7, 2014.
Wiz Khalifa
Soundtrack
Chase Rice
Various Artists
Various Artists
2014Kwon Ri-se, South Korean singer (born 1991)[†]
Kwon Ri-se, better known by her stage name Rise, was a South Korean singer. She was a member of the South Korean girl group Ladies' Code under Polaris Entertainment. Prior to her joining Ladies' Code, she participated in Miss Korea 2009 and was crowned as "Miss Korea Japan Jin". She was one of the Top 12 contestants of MBC's Star Audition The Great Birth. She died in a car crash at age 23.
2014Jack Cristil, American sportscaster and radio host (born 1925)[†]
Jacob Sanford "Jack" Cristil was the long-time radio voice of Mississippi State University Bulldog men's basketball and football. Over his 58-year tenure (1953–2011), Cristil called 636 football games and 1,538 basketball games.
2014Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (born 1930)[†]
Raul Maravilla Gonzalez was the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and was the Secretary of Justice of the Philippines. He was replaced by Agnes Devanadera in 2009 from the orders of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
2014Yoshiko Ōtaka, Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician (born 1920)[†]
Yoshiko Yamaguchi was a Japanese singer, actress, journalist, and politician. Born in China, she made an international career in film in China, Hong Kong, Japan and the United States.
2014Harold Shipp, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1926)[†]
Harold Gordon Shipp was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and the chairman of Shipp Corporation Limited.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]