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Rhona Applebaum, Coca-Cola’s top scientist, is stepping down, a move that follows revelations that the company had funded research that played down the role beverages played in the spread of obesity.
As Brussels remains locked down for a fourth day, the failure to stop two brothers flagged as extremists before the Paris carnage has highlighted Belgium’s perennial dysfunctions.
The Justice Department balks on the package because one of the bills, supported by Koch Industries, would make it harder to prosecute polluters and white-collar criminals.
Deals to address a two-tier wage structure will add to the pressure to maintain earnings and could move less-profitable production to Mexico.
Escalators of oak and ash that have moved shoppers for as long as 95 years have been kept working after a renovation at the Herald Square store, and have inspired fans on the Internet.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 25, 2015, covering November 25, 2015.
Chris Stapleton
Eric Church
Ellie Goulding
The Weeknd
Tim McGraw
2015O'Neil Bell, Jamaican boxer (born 1974)[†]
O'Neil Bell was a Jamaican professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2011. He held the undisputed cruiserweight title in 2006 and the lineal cruiserweight title from 2006 to 2007.
2015Jeremy Black, English admiral (born 1932)[†]
Sir John Jeremy Black, also known as J. J. Black, was a senior Royal Navy officer. He commanded the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible during the Falklands War, and later served as Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command from 1989 until his retirement in 1991.
2015Svein Christiansen, Norwegian drummer and composer (born 1941)[†]
Svein "Chrico" Christiansen was a Norwegian jazz musician (drums), known from a number of recordings, and central on the Oslo Jazz scene.
2015Lennart Hellsing, Swedish author and translator (born 1919)[†]
Paul Lennart Hellsing was a Swedish writer and translator. For his lasting contribution as a children's writer, Hellsing was a finalist in 2010 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award.
2015Elmo Williams, American director, producer, and editor (born 1913)[†]
James Elmo Williams was an American film and television editor, producer, director and executive. His work on the film High Noon (1952) received the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. In 2006, Williams published Elmo Williams: A Hollywood Memoir.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]