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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]
A bomb in Afghanistan kills four American soldiers, making 2009 the deadliest year for foreign troops since the 2001 invasion. A gas explosion at a coal mine in Shanxi, China, kills at least 14 people. (China Daily) The United States budget deficit for 2009 will reach $1.6 trillion, the highest ever recorded.
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.
August 31 is the 243rd day of the year ... (d. 2009) 1913 – Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer ... The New York Times: ...
Oxygen toxicity is a condition resulting from the harmful effects of breathing molecular oxygen at elevated partial pressures.Severe cases can result in cell damage and death, with effects most often seen in the central nervous system, lungs and eyes.
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 ...
In one viral tweet featuring video footage of protesters confronting law enforcement officers, Jon Levine—a political reporter for the New York Post—highlighted that no arrests were made ...
The New York State Capitol. The 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis was a political dispute and constitutional crisis that prevented the New York State Senate from functioning for a month. In 2009, the State Senate was controlled by Democrats with a narrow 32–30 majority.