Stephanie Rosenbloom, Writer for ‘The Getaway’
Date: 12 July 2012
The July 11, 2012 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♋. It was the 192 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 13 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, July 11, 2025, 327 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, July 11, 2026, in 37 days. You have lived for 5,075 days, or about 121,821 hours, or about 7,309,306 minutes, or about 438,558,360 seconds.
Date: 12 July 2012
By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
Michael SCHWIRTZ
Date: 12 July 2012
By SAMANTHA STOREY
Samantha STOREY
International Sailing Federation, windsurfing's global governing body, votes to drop windsurfing as an Olympic sport for the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro and replace it with kitesurfing, or kiteboarding as it is also known.
Date: 12 July 2012
By KEN BELSON
Ken BELSON
MLB Roundup; New York Mets pitcher Dillon Gee is sidelined after having surgery, and the Mets use the roster spot on Josh Edgin, who made a strong impression in spring training, instead of Matt Harvey, a former first-round pick; other baseball news noted.
Date: 12 July 2012
By NATE TAYLOR
Nate TAYLOR
New York Knicks coach Mike Woodson talks as if the Knicks have already matched the four-year, $28.8 million offer sheet guard Jeremy Lin agreed to sign with the Houston Rockets.
Date: 12 July 2012
By ARTIN AFKHAMI
Artin AFKHAMI
Book Spies Against Armageddon: Inside Israel’s Secret Wars by journalists Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv contends that five Iranian nuclear scientists killed in the past five years were all assassinated by Mossad operatives, most likely of Persian Jewish heritage; book has set off a buzz among both government and opposition news media in Iran.
Date: 12 July 2012
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr
Richard OPPEL
Text and assessment of television ad released by Pres Obama's campaign in several swing states, which portrays Mitt Romney's tax plan as a sop to the wealthy.
Date: 12 July 2012
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
Randal ARCHIBOLD
Newspapers El Manana and El Norte in northern Mexico have both been attacked with gunfire and grenades in less than a week; attacks on the news media in the country, in the throes of a drug war, are seen as an effort to silence reporting on criminal groups.
Date: 11 July 2012
By THOM SHANKER
Thom SHANKER