The album sold more than half a million copies, thanks to the band's hip cachet, the marketing strength of their major label, Interscope Records, and the song "Maps" a gorgeous near-ballad with a video that became a hit on MTV2.
The area below 39th Street, home to more than a quarter million people, was plunged into blackout thanks to rising waters and an explosion at a power substation on 14th Street (video, below).
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Researchers at IDC have just raised their forecast for the total number of tablet computers shipped this year to 190.0 million from 172.4 million, thanks largely to a surge of smaller, lower-priced tablet computers.
Despite the dip, IDC raised its projection for 2011 media tablet computer sales to 53.5 million units from 50.4 million units, thanks to a pack of new tablet computers due to arrive in the second half of 2011.
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This new digital back can fill a staggering 80 million pixels with imaging data, thanks to its 53.7mm x 40.3mm-sized CCD sensor.
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Despite that violent past, Barton has carved out a reputation as one of football's more cerebral thinkers, building up a Twitter audience of 1.7 million followers thanks to his musings on philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and lyrics from songs of The Smiths.
There are half a million more children in good or better schools compared thanks to over a decade of investment and reform.
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By the time they saved up a quarter million, it would be worth about half that thanks to inflation.
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The park saw a 30.2% increase in visitors to 6 million thanks mostly to the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Also, thanks to low US dollar value, a record 62 million foreign tourists visited USA in 2011.
Thanks to the Recovery Act, 110 million working families received a tax cut through the Making Work Pay tax credit.
According to a recent federal report, nearly 1 million young adults gained health coverage this year thanks to the mandate.
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Thanks to his visionary management, Switzerland today exports some 26 million watches a year.
He expects that Apple will sell 45.2 million iPhones in the quarter ending December, a 22 percent increase over last year, thanks to the iPhone 5.
Thanks to the Government of Pakistan, a fund in the amount of USD10 million has been established to support girls education in Pakistan and other countries in the region.
Fox topped the night in the adult demo thanks to a steady "The X-Factor" (9.4 million, 3.4).
He said it was thanks to their help that a little known former governor had won more than four million primary votes.
But thanks to a favorable reaction in the East according to VentureBeat, one million people were concurrently playing in China the company now has 10 million gamers vying for some level 90 loot.
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Air travel for the holiday is expected to rise 3.7%, thanks to a 4% dip in airfares from last year. 2.55 million passengers will fly to their Labor Day destination, while 2.3 million will use other modes of transportation like buses, rail and cruise ships.
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The government saved the equivalent of a half million gallons by using vehicles that burn natural gas and the equivalent of 36, 000 gallons thanks to its small but growing fleet of electric vehicles.
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Fans noticed: after the Chicago-New England matchup in 1986 became the first Super Bowl to draw 90 million viewers, the game failed to draw that many again until 1996, thanks to a close game between two iconic franchises, the Steelers and Cowboys.
By war's end, thanks entirely to Hitler's tutelage and direct support, the brotherhood had swelled to a million members, and Jew-hatred had become central to mainstream Arab culture.
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But the Saudis hold the whip hand in the oil market, thanks to their ability to increase production by as much as 2.5 million barrels a day--or cause a worldwide shortage by turning off the spigots.
The nine million people represent almost one quarter of the population who had overcome poverty between 2002 and 2008 (41 million), thanks to higher economic growth, to the expansion of social spending, to a booming population and to better distributions, according to the study.
Notebook sales now comprise 55.2% of all PC sales, thanks to a record number of notebooks shipped in the third quarter--more than 9.5 million units, according to IDC.
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