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While loving and supportive of each other, George W. and Jeb Bush do not talk that often, according to family intimates, and they travel in different circles.
President Obama will use his State of the Union address Tuesday to call on Congress to raise taxes and fees on the wealthiest taxpayers to finance the tax cuts, administration officials said on Saturday.
In his native Panama, the pianist Danilo Pérez spearheads a festival, a foundation and a jazz club, as well as musical opportunities for Panama’s youth.
The big weekend totals by “American Sniper” give the Oscars the breakout hit that awards show was lacking in the best picture category.
Green Bay scored the first 16 points of the game and tied the score after Seattle took a late lead, but the Seahawks quickly drove for a touchdown in overtime, on a 35-yard pass to Jermaine Kearse.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 14, 2015, covering January 18, 2015.
Taylor Swift
Nicki Minaj
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
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2015Alberto Nisman, Argentinian lawyer and prosecutor (born 1963)[†]
Natalio Alberto Nisman was an Argentine lawyer who worked as a federal prosecutor, noted for being the chief investigator of the 1994 car bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people, the deadliest terrorist attack in Argentina's history. On 18 January 2015, Nisman was found dead at his home in Buenos Aires, one day before he was scheduled to report on his findings before a Congress inquiry with supposedly incriminating evidence against high-ranking officials of the then-current Argentinian government including former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, regarding the Memorandum of understanding between Argentina and Iran.
2015Christine Valmy, Romanian cosmetologist and author (born 1926)[†]
Christine Valmy was a Romanian-American esthetician, consultant, and entrepreneur known as a pioneer in the fields of skin care and esthetics in the United States. Valmy founded the first esthetician school in the United States in 1966, and is widely credited as one of the most influential figures in modern aesthetics.
2015Piet van der Sanden, Dutch journalist and politician (born 1924)[†]
Petrus Joannes Antonius "Piet" van der Sanden was a Dutch politician and journalist. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands between 1971 and 1972 and again from 1973 to 1989 for the Catholic People's Party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal. He also served a stint as member of the European Parliament between 1973 and 1974.
2015Tony Verna, American director and producer, invented instant replay (born 1933)[†]
Anthony F. Verna was a producer of television sports and entertainment blockbusters.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]