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The regulations, struck down by a lower court about nine months ago, were intended to remove an exemption in federal minimum wage and overtime laws for home care workers.
Mr. Bidenâs exploration of a presidential candidacy has taken on a new seriousness as he and his aides have contacted donors.
How one Hearst executive took control of the Cosmopolitan editorâs legacy â and her $50 million apartment.
A slowdown could mark the end of fast growth, while a campaign against official corruption has continued longer and reached higher than most had expected.
The quick action by two servicemen on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris averted what officials said could have been a blood bath.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 19, 2015, covering August 22, 2015.
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Future
Taylor Swift
Ed Sheeran
Jill Scott
2015Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (born 1922)[â ]
Arthur Robert Morris was an Australian cricketer who played 46 Test matches between 1946 and 1955. An opener, Morris is regarded as one of Australia's greatest left-handed batsmen. He is best known for his key role in Don Bradman's Invincibles side, which made an undefeated tour of England in 1948. He was the leading scorer in the Tests on the tour, with three centuries. His efforts in the Fourth Test at Headingley helped Australia to reach a world record victory target of 404 on the final day. Morris was named in the Australian Cricket Board's Team of the Century in 2000 and was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2001.
2015Ieng Thirith, Cambodian academic and politician (born 1932)[â ]
Ieng Thirith was an influential intellectual and politician in the Khmer Rouge, although she was neither a member of the Khmer Rouge Standing Committee nor of the Central Committee. Ieng Thirith was the wife of Ieng Sary, who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Democratic Kampuchea's Khmer Rouge regime. She served as Minister of Social Affairs from October 1975 until the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979.
2015Eric Thompson, English race car driver and book dealer (born 1919)[â ]
Eric David Thompson was a British racing driver, book dealer and insurance broker. He participated in sports car racing between 1949 and 1955 taking his greatest success by finishing third in the 1951 Les 24 Heures du Mans and took part in the 1952 RAC British Grand Prix.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[â ]