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The house that the Yankeesâ Iron Horse bought in 1927 and refurbished â and that was foreclosed on in 1937 â is for sale but needs work again. Some hope it will be preserved and even turned into a museum.
The company is putting its stamp on the city with an expanding array of unconventional experiments in bricks-and-mortar sales.
The ties between Rupert Murdoch and President Trump are undeniably close, writes our media columnist. But what does that mean for the press, and the rest of us?
The country is a global leader in the kinds of societal changes needed for an aging society, including when it comes to âone of the greatest joysâ â eating.
Trucks from General Motors and Chrysler rely heavily on Mexican labor and parts. If a tariff wall goes up, Ford could benefit at their expense.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 8, 2017, covering February 13, 2017.
The Weeknd
John Mayer
Soundtrack
Bruno Mars
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2017Ricardo Arias CalderĂłn, Panamanian politician (born 1933)[â ]
Ricardo Arias CalderĂłn was a Panamanian politician who served as First Vice President from 1989 to 1992. A Catholic who studied at Yale and the Sorbonne, Arias returned to Panama in the 1960s to work for political reform. He went on to become the president of the Christian Democratic Party of Panama and a leading opponent of the military government of Manuel Noriega. In 1984, he ran as a candidate for Second Vice President on the ticket of three-time former president Arnulfo Arias, but they were defeated by pro-Noriega candidate NicolĂĄs Ardito Barletta.
2017Aileen Hernandez, American union organizer and activist (born 1926)[â ]
Aileen Hernandez was an African-American union organizer, civil rights activist, and women's rights activist. She served as the president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) between 1970 and 1971, and was the first woman to serve on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
2017Seijun Suzuki, Japanese filmmaker (born 1923)[â ]
Seijun Suzuki , born Seitaro Suzuki , was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their florid visual style, absurd humour, and a playful rejection of traditional film grammar. He made 40 predominately B-movies for the Nikkatsu Company between 1956 and 1967, working most prolifically in the yakuza genre. His increasingly surreal style began to draw the ire of the studio in 1963 and culminated in his ultimate dismissal for what is now regarded as his magnum opus, Branded to Kill (1967), starring notable collaborator Joe Shishido. Suzuki successfully sued the studio for wrongful dismissal, but he was blacklisted for 10 years after that. As an independent filmmaker, he won critical acclaim and a Japanese Academy Award for his TaishĆ trilogy, Zigeunerweisen (1980), Kagero-za (1981) and Yumeji (1991).
2017Kim Jong-nam, North Korean politician (born 1971)[â ]
Kim Jong-nam was the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. From roughly 1994 to 2001, he was considered the heir apparent to his father. He was thought to have fallen out of favor after embarrassing the regime in 2001 with a failed attempt to visit Tokyo Disneyland with a false passport, although Kim himself said his loss of favor had been due to advocating reform.
2017E-Dubble, American rapper (born 1982)[â ]
Evan Sewell Wallace best known by his stage name E-Dubble, often stylized e-dubble, or shortened to e-dub, was an American rapper. He was best known for his Freestyle Friday series in which he released a new song each Friday throughout 2010, with one final unofficial release in 2012. He was the founder of Black Paisley Records.
2017Kim Jong-nam, brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, is assassinated at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.[â ]
Kim Jong-nam was the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. From roughly 1994 to 2001, he was considered the heir apparent to his father. He was thought to have fallen out of favor after embarrassing the regime in 2001 with a failed attempt to visit Tokyo Disneyland with a false passport, although Kim himself said his loss of favor had been due to advocating reform.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[â ]