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Exxon Mobil and Hess may soon confirm that the sea floor beneath the South American country’s coastal waters contains one of the richest energy discoveries in decades.
Walter M. Shaub Jr., after raising ethics concerns about the president-elect, has clashed with Republicans and is facing the threat of a congressional inquiry.
Thirteen years after Michael Jordan’s retirement, his sneaker brand still dominates the secondhand market. To try to boost sales of LeBron James’s shoes, Nike is using a reseller.
David, a Malaysian who was No. 1 for nine straight years and is now No. 7, is competing at Grand Central Terminal in the Tournament of Champions.
Food stamps are supposed to help improve nutrition for the poor, but a study shows that, just like everyone else, food stamp users buy soda and junk food.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 11, 2017, covering January 14, 2017.
Pentatonix
The Weeknd
Bruno Mars
J. Cole
Original Broadway Cast
2017Zhou Youguang, Chinese sociologist, (born 1906)[†]
Zhou Youguang, also known as Chou Yu-kuang or Chou Yao-ping, was a Chinese economist, linguist, sinologist, and supercentenarian. He has been credited as the father of pinyin, the most popular romanization system for Chinese, which was adopted by the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1958, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1982, and the United Nations in 1986.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]