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In a Florida State University hearing, a judge said there wasn’t enough evidence to find Winston guilty of violating the student code of conduct.
An investigation reveals how American, British and Indian agencies failed to pull together intelligence streams, including a plotter’s online activity, before attacks that Indians regard as their 9/11.
FedEx and UPS are aiming to avoid last year’s chaos, when a late surge in shipments and bad weather left many gifts to be delivered late.
Hackers, changing movie habits and plain old duds — 2014 has not been kind to the industry. Attendance is driven by the movies themselves, but attendance this year may turn out to be the lowest since 2000.
In Germany, misbehaving children had better watch out. The Krampus, a devilish goblin who tears through the streets as St. Nick’s evil counterpart, is making a comeback.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 17, 2014, covering December 22, 2014.
Taylor Swift
Pentatonix
AC/DC
Sam Smith
One Direction
2014John Robert Beyster, American physicist and academic (born 1924)[†]
John Robert Beyster, often styled J. Robert Beyster, was an American scientist and entrepreneur, and the founder of Science Applications International Corporation. He was Chairman of the Board until his retirement in July 2004, and served as chief executive officer (CEO) until November 2003. Beyster's primary areas of interest were national security and nuclear reactor physics. Beyster also founded two nonprofit organizations to assist organizations considering employee ownership: the Beyster Institute and the Foundation for Enterprise Development.
2014Christine Cavanaugh, American actress (born 1963)[†]
Christine Josephine Cavanaugh was an American actress, who had a distinctive speaking style and provided the voice for a large range of cartoon characters. She was the original voices of Chuckie Finster in Nickelodeon's Rugrats and the titular protagonist of Cartoon Network's Dexter's Laboratory, respectively, as well as the voices of Gosalyn Mallard in Disney's Darkwing Duck, Bunnie Rabbot from DIC Entertainment's Sonic the Hedgehog television series, and Oblina in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters. She also voiced the title character of the 1995 live-action film Babe.
2014Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter (born 1944)[†]
John Robert "Joe" Cocker was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances featuring expressive body movements. Most of his best-known singles, such as "Feelin' Alright?" and "Unchain My Heart", were recordings of songs written by other songwriters, though he composed a number of songs for most of his albums as well, often in conjunction with songwriting partner Chris Stainton.
2014Bernard Stone, American lawyer and politician (born 1927)[†]
Bernard "Berny" L. Stone was alderman of the 50th Ward of the City of Chicago, Illinois from 1973 to 2011. The 50th Ward encompasses part of Chicago's far North Side and includes the West Ridge and Peterson Park neighborhoods. First elected to the Council in 1973, Stone was the second longest-serving alderman. His tenure spanned the terms of seven Mayors, from Richard J. Daley to Richard M. Daley. Stone was also Vice Mayor of the City of Chicago from 1998 to 2011.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]