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In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[ā ]
2014John Anderson Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas (born 1917)[ā ]
John Anderson Jr. was an American politician who served as the 36th governor of Kansas, from 1961 until 1965. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the 33rd attorney general of Kansas from 1956 until 1961.
2014Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (born 1930)[ā ]
Eugene Irving Gordon was an American physicist. He was Director of the Lightwave Devices Laboratory of Bell Labs.
2014Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (born 1922)[ā ]
Nicholas Romanovich Romanov was a claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov and president of the Romanov Family Association. Although undoubtedly a descendant of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, his claimed titles and official membership in the former Imperial House were disputed by those who maintained that his parents' marriage violated the laws of the Russian Empire.
2014JĆ¼rg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author (born 1936)[ā ]
JĆ¼rg Schubiger was a Swiss psychotherapist and writer of children's books. He won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1996 for Als die Welt noch jung war.
2014Wayne Tefs, Canadian anthologist, author, and critic (born 1947)[ā ]
Wayne Tefs was a Canadian novelist, writer, editor, critic, and anthologist.
Under Barry Diller, IAC/InterActiveCorp has been increasing its presence in an online market that has become increasingly crowded.
Last year, the Tallahassee policeās handling of a rape accusation against Jameis Winston drew attention to its failure to adequately investigate. Now, an examination shows a pattern to the handling of such complaints.
An ancestral tablet at a Chinese tomb shows how an executive who profited from Alibabaās acquisition of her company is connected to a family of prominent generals.
Parent groups and privacy advocates are challenging the practices of an industry built on data collection, and California has passed wide-ranging legislation protecting studentsā personal information.
Authors United, a group of Hachette writers and allies, is appealing to Amazonās board to consider their reputation in the battle over e-book pricing.
Appleās ability to seize the moment and preoccupy the press is without peer.
Some of Kansasā staunchest Republicans have found some of Gov. Sam Brownbackās measures to be too far to the right, and have endorsed Paul Davis, the Democratic candidate.
Jeter, the Yankeesā captain, has amassed many statistics in his long career, but one number that baseball has not kept track of is total swings.
An investigation by The New York Times has found that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration frequently has been slow to identify problems, tentative to act and reluctant to employ its full legal powers against companies.
Issues like domestic abuse didnāt seem to impinge on Giants fansā eager expectation of a game against the Cardinals at MetLife Stadium.
Digital publishers have gotten better at creating e-books that preserve a poetās meticulous formatting, but some writers are still leery of surrendering their work to the digital realm.
Each September, an old-timersā battle brings together men who played in two amateur leagues in the Dominican Republic in the 1950s and ā60s: the Liga del Cine and the Liga Ozama.