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Ardent conservatives have laid out their cases against Douglas Elmendorfâs reappointment to the nonpartisan post, while other Republicans support him.
Lynn Caponera, Maurice Sendakâs housekeeper and caretaker for more than 30 years, is pushing ahead to burnish his legacy, amid questions.
The debate about pay for Wall Street executives who take government jobs appears to be based more on a populist shakedown than on good public policy.
To reduce the number of inmates with mental health and substance abuse problems, the city plans to expand health services at almost every step of the criminal justice process.
A New York Times documentary and article look at mine workers in Myanmar struggling with poverty and drug addiction even as the countryâs jade industry is booming because of demand from China.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 26, 2014, covering December 2, 2014.
Taylor Swift
Foo Fighters
Pink Floyd
Garth Brooks
Big K.R.I.T.
2014A. R. Antulay, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1929)[â ]
Abdul Rahman Antulay was an Indian politician. Antulay was a union minister for Minority Affairs and a Member of Parliament in the 14th Lok Sabha of India. Earlier he had been the Chief Minister of the state of Maharashtra, but was forced to resign after being convicted by the Bombay High Court on charges that he had extorted money for a trust fund he managed. Later, the Supreme Court of India gave him clean chit in that case.
2014Jean BĂ©liveau, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1931)[â ]
Joseph Jean Arthur BĂ©liveau was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played parts of 20 seasons with the National Hockey League's (NHL) Montreal Canadiens from 1950 to 1971. Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972, "Le Gros Bill" BĂ©liveau is widely regarded as one of the ten greatest NHL players of all time. Born in Trois-RiviĂšres, Quebec, BĂ©liveau first played professionally in the Quebec Major Hockey League (QMHL). He made his NHL debut with the Canadiens in 1950, but chose to remain in the QMHL full-time until 1953.
2014Josie Cichockyj, English basketball player and coach (born 1964)[â ]
Josie Cichockyj was a British wheelchair athlete. Born in Huddersfield, she competed in the London Marathon women's wheelchair race for a number of years, finishing as runner-up to Kay McShane and Karen Davidson, before winning the 1989 race. Josie won further Marathons including the Leeds, Gloucester, Ottawa and Brussels Marathons. Plus several half Marathons including Great North Run and Reading.
2014Bobby Keys, American saxophonist (born 1943)[â ]
Robert Henry Keys was an American saxophonist who performed as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Harry Nilsson, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and other prominent musicians. Keys played on hundreds of recordings, and was a touring musician from 1956 until his death in 2014.
2014Don Laws, American figure skater and coach (born 1929)[â ]
Don Laws was an American figure skater and coach.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[â ]