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On July 31, hours before the trade deadline, the Yankees traded catching prospect Chase Weems to the Cincinnati Reds for 3B Jerry Hairston Jr. [41] On August 7, 2009, the Yankees traded for pitcher Chad Gaudin for a player to be named later. [42] They traded a player to be named later for Colorado Rockies minor league pitcher Jason Hirsh. [43]
Figures from 2008 reveal Ireland has experienced its highest number of births since 1896. (Irish Independent) (The Irish Times)Lesbians are granted equal birth rights in England and Wales.
(New York Times) Lithuania launches an inquiry into allegations that it hosted a secret CIA prison for al-Qaeda suspects. . The government of Moldova announces that it will stand down before the opening of parliament on 28 August. French police uncover a large cache of weapons and explosives belonging to terrorist group ETA.
The New York Post was established in 1801 making it the oldest daily newspaper in the U.S. [147] However it is not the oldest continuously published paper; as the New York Post halted publication during strikes in 1958 and in 1978. If this is considered, The Providence Journal is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the U.S. [148]
The 2009 election for Mayor of New York City took place on Tuesday, November 3. The incumbent Mayor, Michael Bloomberg , an independent who left the Republican Party in 2008, won reelection on the Republican and Independence Party /Jobs & Education lines with 50.7% of the vote over the retiring City Comptroller , Bill Thompson , a Democrat ...
The former New York Post employee who hijacked the outlet’s content management system and Twitter account to post a series of racist and sexist headlines last week has apologized for his actions ...
K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's Most Unlikely Tourist (2009) is a book by Peter Carlson published by PublicAffairs describing the 1959 state visit by Nikita Khrushchev to the United States.
The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009, in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States.