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A seven-year legal fight ended between the Justice Department and James Risen of The New York Times over reporting on a botched C.I.A. operation.
The injection of venture capital money into the cannabis industry will put pressure on some emerging fault lines.
On television and in the courtroom, the credit rating agency has waged war against a Justice Dept. lawsuit. But behind the scenes, it wants nothing more than to buy peace.
Despite economic choppiness, the country that built the Great Wall is attaining new superlatives in bridges, tunnels, rail links and other projects of immense size — and expense.
Despite slow demand for hybrid and all-electric cars, tightening rules on fuel efficiency have led to the introduction of many new models at the Detroit auto show.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 7, 2015, covering January 13, 2015.
Taylor Swift
Nicki Minaj
Pentatonix
One Direction
Sam Smith
2015Mark Juddery, Australian journalist and author (born 1971)[†]
Stanford Mark Juddery was an Australian freelance journalist, author, humorist and columnist for The Canberra Times. His work also appeared in such newspapers as The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald, as well as a range of magazines including The Bulletin, Empire, Inside Sport, Mad Magazine and Griffith Review. He also wrote comedy sketches for radio and television, as well as several short comedy plays, which he directed and performed worldwide.
2015Robert White, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Paraguay (born 1926)[†]
Robert Edward White was an American career diplomat who served as US Ambassador to Paraguay (1977–1980) and to El Salvador (1980–1981). He was recalled from El Salvador by incoming US President Ronald Reagan due to White's opposition to killings committed by the El Salvadoran military. He then became president of the Center for International Policy.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]