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Date: 14 July 2012
Replaying Friday, July 13, 2012
The July 13, 2012 was a Friday under the star sign of ♋. It was the 194 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 Sunday, July 13, 2025, 326 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, July 13, 2026, in 38 days. You have lived for 5,074 days, or about 121,779 hours, or about 7,306,792 minutes, or about 438,407,520 seconds.
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13th of July 2012 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on July 13, 2012
S.E.C. Wary on Global Accounting Standard
Date: 14 July 2012
By FLOYD NORRIS
Floyd NORRIS
Securities and Exchange Commission releases a long-delayed study about use of international accounting standards in the United States; report contains no recommendations, but its general tone is far more cautious than proponents of the use of international standards had hoped.
Paterno Won Sweeter Deal Even as Scandal Played Out
Date: 14 July 2012
By JO BECKER
Jo BECKER
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno began negotiating with his superiors to amend his contract in January 2011, the same month he testified before a grand jury about Jerry Sandusky; the timing was something of a surprise because the contract was not set to expire until the end of the 2011 season; details of Paterno and his family’s fight for money seem to deepen one of the lasting truths of the Sandusky scandal: the significant power that Paterno exerted on Penn State, its officials, its alumni and its purse strings.
Mets Issue 11 Walks, and It’s Easy to Guess the Rest
Date: 14 July 2012
By ANDREW KEH
Andrew KEH
Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets, 7-5.
Else Holmelund Minarik, Author of Little Bear Books, Dies at 91
Date: 14 July 2012
By MARGALIT FOX
Margalit FOX
Else Holmelund Minarik, a writer for children whose Little Bear picture-book series has been a mainstay of childhood for more than half a century, dies at age 91.
Yankees Edge Angels in Battle of the Best
Date: 14 July 2012
By ZACH SCHONBRUN
Zach SCHONBRUN
New York Yankees rally to defeat the Los Angeles Angels, 6-5.
Rocking Out, No Boys Allowed
Date: 14 July 2012
By ROBBIE BROWN
Robbie BROWN
Girls Rock Camp in Atlanta teaches 10- to 16-year-old girls to play rock music, and is an example of a growing trend across the world of summer rock camps specifically for girls.
At U.S. Senior Open, a Record Front Nine, but Not a Perfect Game
Date: 14 July 2012
By ADAM SCHUPAK
Adam SCHUPAK
Tom Kite sets a United States Golf Association Open championship scoring record with a seven-under-par 28 on the front nine in the first round of the United States Senior Open.
Unshackling the Presidency to Fix the Government
Date: 14 July 2012
By PETER BAKER
Peter BAKER
Washington Memo; No Labels, a bipartisan group of former advisers to presidents and would-be presidents, has drafted a plan to make the presidency more effective, with proposals that would make the office both more powerful and more accountable.
S.E.C. Wary on Global Accounting Standard
Date: 14 July 2012
By FLOYD NORRIS
Securities and Exchange Commission releases a long-delayed study about use of international accounting standards in the United States; report contains no recommendations, but its general tone is far more cautious than proponents of the use of international standards had hoped.
Paterno Won Sweeter Deal Even as Scandal Played Out
Date: 14 July 2012
By JO BECKER
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno began negotiating with his superiors to amend his contract in January 2011, the same month he testified before a grand jury about Jerry Sandusky; the timing was something of a surprise because the contract was not set to expire until the end of the 2011 season; details of Paterno and his family’s fight for money seem to deepen one of the lasting truths of the Sandusky scandal: the significant power that Paterno exerted on Penn State, its officials, its alumni and its purse strings.
Mets Issue 11 Walks, and It’s Easy to Guess the Rest
Date: 14 July 2012
By ANDREW KEH
Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets, 7-5.
Else Holmelund Minarik, Author of Little Bear Books, Dies at 91
Date: 14 July 2012
By MARGALIT FOX
Else Holmelund Minarik, a writer for children whose Little Bear picture-book series has been a mainstay of childhood for more than half a century, dies at age 91.
Yankees Edge Angels in Battle of the Best
Date: 14 July 2012
By ZACH SCHONBRUN
New York Yankees rally to defeat the Los Angeles Angels, 6-5.
Rocking Out, No Boys Allowed
Date: 14 July 2012
By ROBBIE BROWN
Girls Rock Camp in Atlanta teaches 10- to 16-year-old girls to play rock music, and is an example of a growing trend across the world of summer rock camps specifically for girls.
At U.S. Senior Open, a Record Front Nine, but Not a Perfect Game
Date: 14 July 2012
By ADAM SCHUPAK
Tom Kite sets a United States Golf Association Open championship scoring record with a seven-under-par 28 on the front nine in the first round of the United States Senior Open.
Unshackling the Presidency to Fix the Government
Date: 14 July 2012
By PETER BAKER
Washington Memo; No Labels, a bipartisan group of former advisers to presidents and would-be presidents, has drafted a plan to make the presidency more effective, with proposals that would make the office both more powerful and more accountable.