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Physicians, nurses and medical workers at military hospitals say they have been brushed off, transferred, investigated and passed over for promotion after they pointed out problems with care.
The killings of two officers in Brooklyn on Saturday set off a bunker mentality across the department, as sentries were posted outside station houses and officers were barred from patrolling alone.
Mister Cee, who quit the New York hip-hop station Hot 97 after 21 years, has a new radio gig, a turning point both personal and professional.
“Black Mirror,” the British anthology drama that mines cautionary, “Twilight Zone”-style narratives from our obsessions with gadgetry, returns to American television on Thursday.
In taking over a role originally played by Jimmy Nail, the rock star Sting takes a more subdued approach in “The Last Ship.”
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 17, 2014, covering December 21, 2014.
Taylor Swift
Pentatonix
AC/DC
Sam Smith
One Direction
2014Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1934)[†]
Jürgen Udo Bockelmann, generally known as Udo Jürgens, was an Austrian composer and singer of popular music whose career spanned over 50 years. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 for Austria, composed close to 1,000 songs, and sold over 104 million records. In 2007, he additionally obtained Swiss citizenship. In 2010, he legally changed his name to Udo Jürgens Bockelmann.
2014Sitor Situmorang, Indonesian poet and author (born 1923)[†]
Sitor Situmorang was an Indonesian poet, essayist and writer of short stories. Situmorang was born in Harianboho, North Sumatra, and educated in Jakarta. He worked as a journalist and literary critic in Medan, Yogyakarta and Jakarta for a variety of newspapers and periodicals.
2014Billie Whitelaw, English actress (born 1932)[†]
Billie Honor Whitelaw was an English actress. She worked in close collaboration with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett for 25 years and was regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of his works. She was also known for her portrayal of Mrs. Baylock, the demonic nanny in the 1976 horror film The Omen.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]