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YouTube says that this year people have watched videos unveiling items like toys and iPhones more than 1.1 billion times, for a total of 60 million hours.
There is concern about the German government’s reluctance to take on a company that is a symbol of the nation’s economic success.
In a prime-time address, President Obama bluntly acknowledged heightened worries after the attacks in Paris and in San Bernardino, Calif., and urged Americans not to give in to fear.
The semifinals — Clemson versus Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl and Alabama versus Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl — are compelling, but a focus on crowning an undisputed champion has a downside.
Teachers remember Ms. Malik, who was born in Pakistan but spent most of her life in Saudi Arabia, as a polite and driven student. But the timing and circumstances of her shift into militancy remain a mystery.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 2, 2015, covering December 7, 2015.
Justin Bieber
One Direction
Logic
Jeezy
Chris Young
2015Gerhard Lenski, American sociologist and academic (born 1924)[†]
Gerhard Emmanuel "Gerry" Lenski, Jr. was an American sociologist known for contributions to the sociology of religion, social inequality, and introducing the ecological-evolutionary theory. He spent much of his career as a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he served as chair of the Department of Sociology, 1969–72, and as chair of the Division of Social Sciences, 1976–78.
2015Hyron Spinrad, American astronomer and academic (born 1934)[†]
Hyron Spinrad was an American astronomer. His research has ranged from the study of planet atmospheres to the evolution of galaxies. From 2010 until his death in late 2015 he was an emeritus professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley.
2015Peter Westbury, English race car driver (born 1938)[†]
Peter Westbury was a British racing driver from England. He participated in two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, scoring no championship points. In 1969 he raced a Formula 2 Brabham-Cosworth, driving in his first Grand Prix in the 1969 German Grand Prix. He finished ninth on the road, fifth in the F2 class. The following year he failed to qualify for the 1970 United States Grand Prix driving a works BRM, after an engine failure.
2015Shirley Stelfox, English actress (born 1941)[†]
Shirley Rosemary Stelfox was a British actress, known for her portrayal of the character Edna Birch, a moralising busybody in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, and as Rose, the vampy sister of the snobby and overbearing Hyacinth Bucket in the first series of the comedy series Keeping Up Appearances.
2015The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.[†]
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is the Japanese national air and space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in many more advanced missions such as asteroid exploration and possible human exploration of the Moon. Its motto is One JAXA and its corporate slogan is Explore to Realize.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]