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Comedy Central said that Mr. Stewart, the longtime host of the satirical news show, was giving up his post, but would remain at the helm until later this year.
States have moved to crack down on so-called physician dispensing of prescription drugs but doctors and companies are adopting new strategies to stay one step ahead, recent studies suggest.
The properties stand in contrast to the working-man image promoted by José Murat Casab, a longtime party insider, and his son, a top housing official.
The Obama administration has informed lawmakers that the president will seek an authorization that would prohibit âenduring offensive ground forcesâ and limit engagement to three years.
The state has a long record of taking on the federal government in long-shot battles, and its most recent fight over same-sex marriage sets it apart even from conservative neighbors.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 11, 2015, covering February 11, 2015.
Taylor Swift
Ed Sheeran
Meghan Trainor
Sam Smith
Ne-Yo
2015Roger Hanin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1925)[â ]
Roger Hanin was a French actor and film director, best known for playing the title role in the TV police drama, Navarro.
2015Bob Simon, American journalist (born 1941)[â ]
Robert David Simon was an American television correspondent for CBS News. He covered crises, war, and unrest in 67 countries during his career. Simon reported the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam, the Israeli-Lebanese Conflict in 1982, and the student protests in China's Tiananmen Square in 1989. During the Persian Gulf War in 1991, he and four of his TV crew were captured and imprisoned by Iraq for 40 days. He published a book about the experience titled Forty Days.
2015Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)[â ]
Jerry Tarkanian was an American basketball coach. He coached college basketball for 31 seasons over five decades at three schools. He spent the majority of his career coaching with the UNLV Runnin' Rebels, leading them four times to the Final Four of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, winning the national championship in 1990. Tarkanian revolutionized the college game at UNLV, utilizing a pressing defense to fuel its fast-paced offense. Overall, he won over 700 games in his college coaching career, only twice failing to win 20 games, while never having a losing season. Tarkanian was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.
2015A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.[â ]
Ăzgecan Aslan was a Turkish university student who was murdered while resisting attempted rape on 11 February 2015 on a minibus in Mersin, Turkey. Her burnt body was discovered on 13 February. The murder was committed by minibus driver Ahmet Suphi Altındöken, and his father Necmettin Altındöken and friend Fatih Gökçe were accomplices in covering up the murder. All perpetrators were handed aggravated life sentences without the possibility of parole.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[â ]