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Mr. McClendon, who died in a car crash a day after being indicted on bid-rigging charges, was trying to expand globally the shale boom he pioneered.
Workers and retirees at the Tennessee Valley Authority may see their benefits cut even as executives spare their own supplemental pension plan.
In Danai Gurira’s fiercely funny new play, impending nuptials expose a culture clash and deep fissures within a Zimbabwean-American family in Minnesota.
Mr. Rubio and Mr. Cruz relentlessly demeaned and denounced Mr. Trump at Thursday’s debate, all but pleading with Republicans to reconsider nominating him.
For all the talk of stratospheric prices, a home for $500,000 or less may still be had in New York if you head away from Manhattan.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 2, 2016, covering March 4, 2016.
Adele
Justin Bieber
Rihanna
Joey + Rory
Chris Stapleton
2016Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster (born 1929)[†]
Arthur Worth "Bud" Collins Jr. was an American journalist and television sportscaster, best known for his tennis commentary. Collins was married to photographer Anita Ruthling Klaussen.
2016Pat Conroy, American author (born 1945)[†]
Donald Patrick Conroy was an American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs; his books The Water is Wide, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini were made into films, the last two being nominated for Oscars. He is recognized as a leading figure of late-20th-century American Southern literature.
2016P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1947)[†]
Purno Agitok Sangma was an Indian politician who served as the 4th Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990 and the 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998. He served as a member of the Lok Sabha from Tura in Meghalaya from 2014 to 2016, 1991 to 2008 and from 1977 to 1989 and the Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Rao ministry from 1995 to 1996. He was the founder of National People's Party and co-founder of Nationalist Congress Party.
2016Zhou Xiaoyan, Chinese soprano and educator (born 1917)[†]
Zhou Xiaoyan was a Chinese vocal pedagogue and classical soprano. Dubbed by The New York Times as "China's First Lady of Opera", she was considered to be the first important instructor of Western opera in China.
In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]