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Sky Blue Sky is the sixth studio album by Chicago rock band Wilco (pictured), released on May 15, 2007, by Nonesuch Records. Originally announced on January 17, 2007, at a show in Nashville, Tennessee, it was the band's first studio album with guitarist Nels Cline and multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone. Before its release, the band streamed the entire album on its official website and offered a free download of "What Light". Sky Blue Sky was Wilco's highest-debuting album on the Billboard 200 at number four. The self-produced album received mostly favorable reviews by critics. Publications such as PopMatters and Rolling Stone praised its maturity, while PlayLouder and Pitchfork Media criticized its "dad-rock" sound. While some critics praised the direct lyrical approach, others criticized it when compared to previous Wilco albums. The band licensed six songs from the Sky Blue Sky sessions to a Volkswagen advertisement campaign, a move that generated criticism from fans and the media. (more...) Recently featured: Fanny Imlay – Limbo – Katharine Hepburn Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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From Wikipedia's newest content: ... that fossil leaves almost identical to those of the Australian rainforest tree Orites excelsus (pictured) have been found in New Zealand? ... that Harcourt Morgan, who was later University of Tennessee president and TVA chairman, camped out in pastures and cotton fields to study cattle ticks and boll weevils? ... that in the Bach cantata Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen, BWV 87, the bass as the vox Christi sings the opening and "In der Welt habt ihr Angst" ("In the world you have fear")? ... that the 1481 return of Nicholas Dukagjini and Gjon Kastrioti II to Albania, and their subsequent military campaigns, indirectly contributed to the defeat of the Ottoman forces in Otranto? ... that How to Start a Revolution, a 2011 BAFTA award-winning film that profiled the "Machiavelli of Nonviolence", was described by the New York Times as a "noble documentary"? ... that 186 victims of human sacrifice were discovered in the 2,500-year-old tomb of Duke Jing of Qin, an ancestor of the First Emperor of China? ... that Dial soap was originally created and marketed by the Armour and Company meat-packing firm? Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

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At least 49 people are decapitated—allegedly by the Los Zetas drug cartel—and found on Mexican Federal Highway 40.

In association football, the English Premier League season ends with Manchester City winning their first top-flight league championship since 1968.

The National Liberation Front, led by Abdelaziz Bouteflika (pictured), gains a plurality in the Algerian legislative election.

Saudi Arabia begins to send US$2.7 billion in aid to Egypt after a recent diplomatic crisis.

A Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashes during a demonstration flight in Indonesia, killing all 45 people on board.

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May 15: Teachers' Day in Mexico and South Korea; Nakba Day in Palestinian communities; Constituent Assembly Day in Lithuania

392 – Roman emperor Valentinian II (statue pictured) was found hanged in his residence in Vienne, Gaul.

1602 – English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold led the first recorded European expedition to visit Cape Cod in present-day Massachusetts.

1793 – Inventor Diego Marín Aguilera, the "father of aviation" in Spain, flew one of the first gliders for about 360 m (1,180 ft).

1850 – Members of the 1st Cavalry Regiment of the United States Cavalry massacred at least 135 Pomo Indians in Lake County, California.

1948 – The Australian cricket team set a first-class world record that still stands by scoring 721 runs in a day against Essex.

More anniversaries: May 14 – May 15 – May 16

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The olive baboon (Papio anubis) is an Old World monkey found in 25 countries throughout Africa, making it the most widely ranging of all baboons. It is named for its coat, which, at a distance, is a shade of green-grey. At closer range, its coat is multi-colored, due to rings of yellow-brown and black on the hairs. It is omnivorous, finding nutrition in almost any environment, and able to adapt with different foraging tactics.

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