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The former chief of Leadgate, which invested in the failed Uruguayan airline Pluna, remains in jail while investigators try to make a case against the private equity firm’s executives.
The government’s decision to end the long-running program, a tool in the war on drugs, was made because of a concern that the spray causes cancer.
Mr. King’s world-weary voice and wailing guitar lifted him from the cotton fields of Mississippi to a global stage and the apex of American blues.
Investing in real estate projects in exchange for legal immigration status has become big business in New York City.
The franchise has embraced a cottage industry that has sprung up in its hometown, with businesses producing team-themed clothing.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 13, 2015, covering May 15, 2015.
Zac Brown Band
Josh Groban
Soundtrack
Tyler Farr
Drake
2015Elisabeth Bing, German-American physical therapist and author (born 1914)[†]
Elisabeth Dorothea Bing was a German physical therapist, co-founder of Lamaze International, and proponent of natural childbirth. She trained as a physical therapist in England after fleeing Nazi Germany due to her Jewish ancestry. Her hospital work there made her interested in natural childbirth, and she taught it to parents in the United States after she moved there in 1949. To promote natural childbirth methods, she co-founded the American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics, made several TV appearances and radio broadcasts, and wrote several books on the subject. She became known as the "mother" of the Lamaze method in the United States.
2015Jackie Brookner, American sculptor and educator (born 1945)[†]
Jackie Brookner was an ecological artist, writer, and educator. She worked with ecologists, design professionals, engineers, communities, and policy-makers on water remediation/public art projects for parks, wetlands, rivers, and urban stormwater runoff. In these projects, local resources become the focal point of community collaboration and collective creative agency.
2015Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (born 1928)[†]
Flora MacNeil, MBE was a Scottish Gaelic traditional singer. MacNeil gained prominence after meeting Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson during the early 1950s, and continued to perform into her later years.
2015Garo Yepremian, Cypriot-American football player (born 1944)[†]
Garabed Sarkis "Garo" Yepremian was an Armenian-Cypriot American football placekicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, primarily with the Miami Dolphins. During his nine seasons with the Dolphins, Yepremian led the league in scoring in 1971, received two Pro Bowl and two first-team All-Pro honors, and helped the Dolphins win two Super Bowl titles. Yepremian's first championship victory in Super Bowl VII occurred as a member of the 1972 Dolphins, the only team to complete a perfect season in NFL history. He also played for the Detroit Lions, New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers before retiring in 1981.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]