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In a court filing, prosecutors said they believed the former speaker of the House should face up to six months in prison when he is sentenced on April 27.
Power players like Steven Spielberg are endorsing Hillary Clinton, but supporters of Bernie Sanders are vociferous, persistent and having fun.
College women are embracing — and rethinking — the Greek life experience. And not just on the campuses you’d expect: in the Ivy League.
Two years after admitting to accounting fraud, Olympus hired its cafeteria operator to handle a dispute with Chinese customs authorities. Soon after, the case was inexplicably dropped.
When Colin Fultz opened a gourmet distillery and tried to trademark his business name, Kentucky Mist Moonshine, the University of Kentucky said, Whoa.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 6, 2016, covering April 9, 2016.
Gwen Stefani
Jordan Smith
Rihanna
Adele
Justin Bieber
2016Duane Clarridge, American spy (born 1932)[†]
Duane Ramsdell "Dewey" Clarridge was an American senior operations officer for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and supervisor for more than 30 years. Clarridge was the chief of the Latin American division from 1981 to 1987 and a key figure in the Iran-Contra Affair. Clarridge pleaded not guilty to seven counts of perjury and making false statements relating to 1985 shipment to Iran.
2016Will Smith, American football player (born 1981)[†]
William Raymond Smith III was an American professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the first round of the 2004 NFL draft, where he played for the entirety of his career. Smith was shot and killed during an altercation after an alcohol-related traffic crash.
In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]