Your Evening Briefing
Date: 14 May 2014
By RICK ROJAS and VICTORIA SHANNON
The May 13, 2014 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 132 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 12 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 19 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, May 13, 2027, in 345 days. You have lived for 4,402 days, or about 105,670 hours, or about 6,340,202 minutes, or about 380,412,120 seconds.
Date: 14 May 2014
By CAROL VOGEL
Christie's manages to sell nearly $745 million worth of blue-chip paintings and sculptures, in nearly three-hour auction of postwar and contemporary art, thanks in large part to enormous wealth of Asian collectors; it is highest total for single auction in its history.
Date: 14 May 2014
By MIKE IVES and THOMAS FULLER
Thousands of workers rampage through an industrial area in southern Vietnam following protest against China's stationing of an oil rig in disputed waters off country's coast; territorial dispute has unleashed some of the worst civil unrest in recent years and has prompted what appears to be a news media blackout by the government.
Date: 14 May 2014
By ZACH SCHONBRUN
New York Mets beat New York Yankees, 12-7.