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Today is Tuesday, Aug. 19, the 232nd day of 2008. There are 134 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Aug. 19, 1812, the USS Constitution defeated the British frigate Guerriere off Nova Scotia during the War of 1812.

On this date:

In 1807, Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat arrived in Albany, two days after leaving New York.

In 1918, "Yip! Yip! Yaphank," a musical revue by Irving Berlin featuring Army recruits from Camp Upton in Yaphank, N.Y., opened on Broadway.

In 1929, the radio comedy program "Amos 'n' Andy," starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, made its debut on the NBC Blue Network.

In 1934, a plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler.

In 1942, during World War II, about 6,000 Canadian and British soldiers launched a disastrous raid against the Germans at Dieppe, France, suffering more than 50 percent casualties.

In 1955, severe flooding in the northeastern U.S. claimed some 200 lives.

In 1960, a tribunal in Moscow convicted American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers of espionage.

In 1976, President Ford won the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in Kansas City, Mo.

In 1982, Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the second woman to be launched into space.

In 1991, Soviet hard-liners announced to a shocked world that President Mikhail S. Gorbachev had been removed from power. (The coup collapsed two days later.)

Ten years ago: President Clinton spent a quiet 52nd birthday with his family on Martha's Vineyard, Mass., as controversy continued to swirl over his admissions to a grand jury concerning his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

Five years ago: A suicide truck bomb struck U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, killing 22, including the top U.N. envoy, Sergio Vieira de Mello. A suicide bombing of a bus in Jerusalem killed 22 people.

One year ago: Hurricane Dean, which had already killed eight people on its destructive march across the Caribbean, pummeled Jamaica with gusting winds and torrential rains as a Category 4 storm. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner paid an unannounced and highly symbolic visit to Baghdad — the first by a senior French official since the war started. Elvira Arellano, an illegal immigrant who'd taken refuge in a Chicago church to avoid being separated from her U.S.-born son, was deported to Mexico.

Today's Birthdays: Actor L.Q. Jones is 81. Author Frank McCourt is 78. Actress Debra Paget is 75. Tennis coach Renee Richards is 74. Actress Diana Muldaur is 70. Rock musician Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith) is 69. Singer Johnny Nash is 68. Actress Jill St. John is 68. Actor and former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson is 66. Singer Billy J. Kramer is 65. Country singer-songwriter Eddy Raven is 64. Rock singer Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) is 63. Former President Clinton is 62. Tipper Gore, wife of former Vice President Al Gore, is 60. Actor Gerald McRaney is 60. Rock musician John Deacon (Queen) is 57. Actor Jonathan Frakes is 56. Actor Peter Gallagher is 53. Actor Adam Arkin is 52. Singer-songwriter Gary Chapman is 51. Actor Martin Donovan is 51. Football Hall-of-Famer Anthony Munoz is 50. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ivan Neville is 49. Actor Eric Lutes is 46. Actor John Stamos is 45. Actress Kyra Sedgwick is 43. Actor Kevin Dillon is 43. Country singer Lee Ann Womack is 42. TV reporter Tabitha Soren is 41. Country singer-songwriter Mark McGuinn is 40. Rapper Nate Dogg is 39. Actor Matthew Perry is 39. Country singer Clay Walker is 39. Rapper Fat Joe is 38. Olympic gold medal tennis player Mary Joe Fernandez is 37. Actress Tracie Thoms is 33. Country singer Rissi Palmer is 27. Actress Erika Christensen is 26. Country singer Karli Osborn (SHeDAISY) is 24. Actor J. Evan Bonifant is 23. Rapper Romeo is 19.

Thought for Today: "One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it." — Elizabeth Bowen, Irish author (1899-1973).
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By The Associated Press Wed Aug 20, 12: 02 AM ET

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 20, the 233rd day of 2008. There are 133 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Aug. 20, 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the Royal Air Force, saying, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

On this date:

In 1833, Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States, was born in North Bend, Ohio.

In 1866, President Andrew Johnson formally declared the Civil War over, months after fighting had stopped.

In 1914, German forces occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War I.

In 1920, pioneering American radio station 8MK in Detroit (later WWJ) began daily broadcasting.

In 1948, the United States ordered the expulsion of the Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin, accusing him of attempting to return two consular employees to the Soviet Union against their will.

In 1955, hundreds of people were killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria.

In 1964, President Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act, a nearly $1 billion anti-poverty measure.

In 1977, the U.S. launched Voyager 2, an unmanned spacecraft carrying a 12-inch copper phonograph record containing greetings in dozens of languages, samples of music and sounds of nature.

In 1986, postal employee Patrick Henry Sherrill went on a deadly rampage at a post office in Edmond, Okla., shooting 14 fellow workers to death before killing himself.

In 1988, eight British soldiers were killed by an Irish Republican Army land mine that destroyed a military bus near Omagh, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.

Ten years ago: Retaliating 13 days after the deadly embassy bombings in East Africa, U.S. forces launched cruise missile strikes against alleged terrorist camps in Afghanistan and what was described as a chemical plant in Sudan. Monica Lewinsky went before a grand jury for a second round of explicit testimony about her White House encounters with President Clinton.

Five years ago: Hundreds of thousands marched in Venezuela, demanding the recall of President Hugo Chavez. The United States won the women's overall team gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim, Calif.; Romania took the silver medal and Australia, the bronze.

One year ago: Tens of thousands of tourists fled the beaches of the Mayan Riviera as Hurricane Dean roared toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. A roadside bomb killed the governor of the predominantly Shiite Muthanna province in Iraq. A China Airlines Boeing 737-800 exploded in a fireball at an airport gate in Okinawa seconds after all 157 passengers and eight crew had safely evacuated. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama expressed irritation with the "Obama Girl" Web video, saying it had upset his daughters. Hotel magnate Leona Helmsley died in Greenwich, Conn., at age 87.

Today's Birthdays: Writer-producer-director Walter Bernstein is 89. Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, is 75. U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is 73. Broadcast journalist Connie Chung is 62. Musician Jimmy Pankow (Chicago) is 61. Rock singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 60. Rock singer Doug Fieger (The Knack) is 56. Country singer Rudy Gatlin is 56. Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 56. Actor-director Peter Horton is 55. TV weatherman Al Roker is 54. Actor Jay Acovone is 53. Actress Joan Allen is 52. TV personality Asha Blake is 47. Actor James Marsters is 46. Rapper KRS-One is 43. Rock singer Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) is 38. Rock musician Brad Avery is 37. Actor Jonathan Ke Quan is 37. Rock singer Monique Powell (Save Ferris) is 33.

Thought for Today: "I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature; and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries 'Give, give!'" — Abigail Adams, American first lady (1744-1818).
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By The Associated Press AP - 1 hour 14 minutes ago
Today is Thursday, Aug. 21, the 234th day of 2008. There are 132 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

In the early hours of Aug. 21, 1968, the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations began invading Czechoslovakia to crush the "Prague Spring" liberalization drive led by Alexander Dubcek.

On this date:

In 1831, former slave Nat Turner led a violent insurrection in Virginia. (He was later executed.)

In 1858, the first of seven debates between Illinois senatorial contenders Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place.

In 1878, the American Bar Association was founded in Saratoga, N.Y.

In 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris. (The painting turned up two years later, in Italy.)

In 1940, exiled Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in Mexico City from wounds inflicted by an assassin the day before.

In 1944, the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and China opened talks at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington that helped pave the way for establishment of the United Nations.

In 1959, Hawaii became the 50th state as President Eisenhower signed an executive order, five months after he'd signed the Hawaiian statehood bill.

In 1963, martial law was declared in South Vietnam as police and army troops began a crackdown on Buddhist anti-government protesters.

In 1983, Philippine opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino Jr., ending a self-imposed exile in the United States, was shot dead moments after stepping off a plane at Manila International Airport.

In 1991, the hard-line coup against Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian federation President Boris N. Yeltsin.

Ten years ago: Samuel H. Bowers, a 73-year-old former Ku Klux Klan leader, was convicted in Hattiesburg, Miss., of ordering a 1966 firebombing that killed civil rights activist Vernon Dahmer. (Bowers died in prison in November 2006 at age 82.)

Five years ago: Alabama's top judge, Chief Justice Roy Moore, refused to back down in his fight to keep a Ten Commandments monument and lashed out at his colleagues who'd ordered it removed from the rotunda of the state judicial building. Palestinian militants abandoned a two-month-old truce after Israel killed a Hamas leader in a missile attack. The French government acknowledged that as many as 10,000 people might have died in the country's heat wave. Paul Hamm put together a near-perfect routine on the high bar to become the first American man to win the all-around gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championship.

One year ago: Hurricane Dean struck Mexico's coast as a Category 5 storm. The postwar Iraqi tribunal trying former Saddam Hussein aides opened its third proceeding, putting former Defense Minister Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," and 14 other men on trial. Space shuttle Endeavour safely returned to Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Today's Birthdays: Actor-director Melvin Van Peebles is 76. Singer Kenny Rogers is 70. Actor Clarence Williams III is 69. Rock-and-roll musician James Burton is 69. Singer Harold Reid (The Statler Brothers) is 69. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 64. Actress Patty McCormack is 63. Actress Loretta Devine is 59. CBS "Early Show" co-host Harry Smith is 57. Singer Glenn Hughes is 56. Country musician Nick Kane is 54. Actress Kim Cattrall is 52. Rock singer Serj Tankian (System of a Down) is 41. Actress Carrie-Anne Moss is 38. Rock musician Liam Howlett (Prodigy) is 37. Actress Alicia Witt is 33. Singer Kelis is 29. Singer Melissa Schuman is 24. Actor Cody Kasch is 21. Actress Hayden Panettiere is 19. Actor RJ Mitte (TV: "Breaking Bad") is 16.

Thought for Today: "Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues." _ Count Basie, American bandleader (born this day in 1904, died 1984).
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By The Associated Press AP - 1 hour 30 minutes ago
Today is Friday, Aug. 22, the 235th day of 2008. There are 131 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Aug. 22, 1968, Pope Paul VI arrived in Bogota, Colombia, for the start of the first papal visit to South America.

On this date:

In 1485, England's King Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field, ending the War of the Roses.

In 1787, inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates from the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

In 1846, Gen. Stephen W. Kearny proclaimed all of New Mexico a territory of the United States.

In 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozen British vessels off the English coast to win a trophy that came to be known as the America's Cup.

In 1904, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping was born in Sichuan province.

In 1910, Japan annexed Korea, which remained under Japanese colonial rule until 1945.

In 1956, President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon were nominated for second terms in office by the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.

In 1978, President Jomo Kenyatta, a leading figure in Kenya's struggle for independence, died; Vice President Daniel arap Moi was sworn in as acting president.

In 1985, 55 people died when fire broke out aboard a British Airtours charter
jet on a runway at Manchester Airport in England.

In 1989, Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot to death in Oakland, Calif. (Gunman Tyrone Robinson was later sentenced to 32 years to life in prison.)

Ten years ago: President Clinton, in his Saturday radio address, announced he had signed an executive order putting Osama bin Laden's Islamic Army and two of his main lieutenants on a list of terrorist groups.

Five years ago: Alabama's chief justice, Roy Moore, was suspended for his refusal to obey a federal court order to remove his Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of his courthouse. Texas Gov. Rick Perry pardoned 35 people arrested in the 1999 Tulia drug busts and convicted on the testimony of a lone undercover agent. (The agent, Tom Coleman, was later found guilty of aggravated perjury and sentenced to 10 years probation _ he's been appealing his conviction.) In Brazil, a rocket exploded on its launch pad during tests just days before liftoff, killing 21 workers.

One year ago: President Bush, addressing the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Kansas City, Mo., offered a fresh endorsement of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, calling him "a good guy, good man with a difficult job." A U.S. helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing 14 soldiers. Hurricane Dean slammed into Mexico for the second time in as many days. The Texas Rangers became the first team in 110 years to score 30 runs in a game, setting an American League record in a 30-3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles in the first game of a doubleheader. Poet and short story writer Grace Paley died in Thetford Hill, Vt., at age 84.

Today's Birthdays: Author Ray Bradbury is 88. Heart surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley is 88. Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf is 74. Broadcast journalist Morton Dean is 73. Writer Annie Proulx is 73. Rockabilly singer Dale Hawkins is 72. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Carl Yastrzemski is 69. Actress Valerie Harper is 68. Football coach Bill Parcells is 67. CBS newsman Steve Kroft is 63. Actress Cindy Williams is 61. Musician David Marks is 60. Country singer Holly Dunn is 51. Rock musician Vernon Reid is 50. Country singer Ricky Lynn Gregg is 49. Country singer Collin Raye is 48. Actress Regina Taylor is 48. Rock singer Roland Orzabal (Tears For Fears) is 47. Rock musician Debbi Peterson (The Bangles) is 47. Rock musician Gary Lee Conner (Screaming Trees) is 46. Singer Tori Amos is 45. Country singer Mila Mason is 45. Rhythm-and-blues musician James DeBarge is 45. Tennis player Mats Wilander is 44. Rapper GZA/The Genius is 42. Actor Ty Burrell is 41. Actor Rick Yune is 37. Rock musician Paul Doucette (Matchbox Twenty) is 36. Rap-reggae singer Beenie Man is 35. Singer Howie Dorough (Backstreet Boys) is 35. Actress Jenna Leigh Green is 34. Rock musician Jeff Stinco (Simple Plan) is 30. Actress Aya Sumika (TV: "Numb3rs") is 28.

Thought for Today: "If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth." _ Logan Pearsall Smith, Anglo-American essayist (1865-1946).
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By The Associated Press Sat Aug 23, 12: 01 AM ET

Today is Saturday, Aug. 23, the 236th day of 2008. There are 130 days left in the year.



Today's Highlight in History:

On Aug. 23, 1927, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery. (Fifty years later, on this date in 1977, Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis proclaimed that "any stigma and disgrace should be forever removed" from their names.)

On this date:

In 1754, France's King Louis XVI was born at Versailles.

In 1775, Britain's King George III proclaimed the American colonies in a state of "open and avowed rebellion."

In 1858, "Ten Nights in a Bar-room," a play about the tragic consequences of consuming alcohol, opened in New York.

In 1914, Japan declared war against Germany in World War I.

In 1926, silent film star Rudolph Valentino died in New York at age 31.

In 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, in Moscow.

In 1944, Romanian prime minister Ion Antonescu was dismissed by King Michael, paving the way for Romania to abandon the Axis in favor of the Allies.

In 1960, Broadway librettist Oscar Hammerstein II died in Doylestown, Pa., at age 65.

In 1973, a bank robbery-turned-hostage standoff began in Stockholm, Sweden; by the time the crisis ended, the four hostages had come to empathize with their captors, an occurrence now referred to as "Stockholm Syndrome."

In 1982, Lebanon's parliament elected Christian militia leader Bashir Gemayel president. (However, Gemayel was assassinated some three weeks later.)

Ten years ago: Boris Yeltsin again dismissed the Russian government, replacing his 36-year-old prime minister, Sergei Kiriyenko, with the Soviet-style leader he'd fired five months earlier, Viktor Chernomyrdin.

Five years ago: Former priest John Geoghan, the convicted child molester whose prosecution sparked the sex abuse scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church nationwide, died after another inmate attacked him in a Massachusetts prison. All-Star baseball player Bobby Bonds, slugger Barry Bonds' father, died at age 57.

One year ago: A report by top U.S. spy analysts concluded the Iraqi government was strained by rampant violence, deep sectarian differences among its political parties and stymied leadership. Nicole Richie spent 82 minutes in a Los Angeles County jail to complete a four-day sentence for driving under the influence of drugs.

Today's Birthdays: Movie director Robert Mulligan is 83. Actress Vera Miles is 78. Political satirist Mark Russell is 76. Actress Barbara Eden is 74. Actor Richard Sanders is 68. Ballet dancer Patricia McBride is 66. Former Surgeon General Antonia Novello is 64. Country singer Rex Allen Jr. is 61. Singer Linda Thompson is 61. Actress Shelley Long is 59. Actor-singer Rick Springfield is 59. Country singer-musician Woody Paul (Riders in the Sky) is 59. Queen Noor of Jordan is 57. Actor-producer Mark Hudson is 57. Rock musician Dean DeLeo (Army of Anyone and Stone Temple Pilots) is 47. Tejano singer Emilio Navaira is 46. Country musician Ira Dean (Trick Pony) is 39. Actor Jay Mohr is 38. Actor Scott Caan is 32. Country singer Shelly Fairchild is 31. Rock singer Julian Casablancas (The Strokes) is 30. Basketball player Kobe Bryant is 30.

Thought for Today: "Friendship is honey — but don't eat it all." — Moroccan proverb.
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By The Associated Press 1 hour, 57 minutes ago

Today is Sunday, Aug. 24, the 237th day of 2008. There are 129 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Aug. 24, 1814, during the War of 1812, British forces invaded Washington, setting fire to the Capitol (which was still under construction) and the White House, as well as other public buildings.


On this date:

In A.D. 79, long-dormant Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash; an estimated 20,000 people died.

In 1572, the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of French Protestants at the hands of Catholics began in Paris.

In 1857, the New York branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co. failed, sparking the Panic of 1857.

In 1932, Amelia Earhart embarked on a 19-hour flight from Los Angeles to Newark, N.J., making her the first woman to fly solo, non-stop, from coast to coast.

In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty came into force.

In 1954, President Eisenhower signed the Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party in the United States.

In 1968, France became the world's fifth thermonuclear power as it exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.

In 1970, a bomb planted by anti-war extremists exploded at the University of Wisconsin's Sterling Hall in Madison, killing 33-year-old researcher Robert Fassnacht.

In 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida, causing $30 billion in damage; 43 U.S. deaths were blamed on the storm.

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union declared that Pluto was no longer a planet, demoting it to the status of a "dwarf planet."

Ten years ago: The United States and Britain agreed to allow two Libyan suspects wanted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 to be tried in a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands. (A former Libyan intelligence agent was later convicted of murder; the other suspect was acquitted.) A federal court rejected the Census Bureau's plans to use statistical sampling for the 2000 census, a decision later upheld by the Supreme Court. Actor E.G. Marshall died in Mount Kisco, N.Y., at age 84.

Five years ago: The Justice Department reported the U.S. crime rate in 2002 was the lowest since studies began in 1973. Israeli missiles killed four Hamas fighters, including a fugitive commander. Hurricane Ignacio sideswiped the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Former U.S. House Minority Leader John J. Rhodes Jr. died in Mesa, Ariz., at age 86. Japan's Musashi-Fuchu routed East Boynton Beach, Fla., 10-1 to win the Little League World Series.

One year ago: A judge in Inverness, Fla., sentenced John Evander Couey to death for kidnapping 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, raping her and burying her alive. James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman, was sentenced to three life terms for his role in the 1964 abduction and murder of two black teenagers in southwest Mississippi. The NFL indefinitely suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick without pay after he acknowledged in court papers that he had, indeed, bankrolled gambling on dogfighting and helped kill some dogs not worthy of the pit. Major wildfires broke out in Greece, burning half a million acres and claiming 65 lives in 11 days.

Today's Birthdays: Former Education Secretary Shirley Hufstedler is 83. Actor Kenny Baker ("Star Wars") is 74. Composer-musician Mason Williams is 70. Rhythm-and-blues singer Marshall Thompson (The Chi-Lites) is 66. Rock musician Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) is 63. Actor Joe Regalbuto is 59. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is 53. Actor Kevin Dunn (TV: "Samantha Who?") is 53. Actor-writer Stephen Fry is 51. Actor Steve Guttenberg is 50. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Cal Ripken Jr. is 48. Talk show host Craig Kilborn is 46. Rock singer John Bush is 45. Actress Marlee Matlin is 43. Country singer Kristyn Osborn (SheDaisy) is 38. Actor-comedian Dave Chappelle is 35. Actor Carmine Giovinazzo is 35. Actor Chad Michael Murray is 27. Christian rock musician Jeffrey Gilbert (Kutless) is 25. Singer Mika is 25. Actor Rupert Grint ("Harry Potter" films) is 20.

Thought for Today: "Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things." — Lawrence D. Bell, American aircraft manufacturer (1894-1956).
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By The Associated Press Mon Aug 25, 12: 02 AM ET


Today is Monday, Aug. 25, the 238th day of 2008. There are 128 days left in the year.



Today's Highlight in History:

On Aug. 25, 1944, during World War II, Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation.


On this date:

In 1825, Uruguay declared independence from Brazil.

In 1875, Capt. Matthew Webb became the first person to swim the English Channel, getting from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.

In 1916, the National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior.

In 1921, the United States signed a peace treaty with Germany.

In 1928, an expedition led by Richard E. Byrd set sail from Hoboken, N.J., on its journey to Antarctica.

In 1943, U.S. forces liberated New Georgia in the Solomon Islands from the Japanese during World War II.

In 1958, President Eisenhower signed a measure providing pensions for former U.S. presidents and their widows.

In 1958, the game show "Concentration" premiered on NBC-TV.

In 1981, the U.S. spacecraft Voyager 2 came within 63,000 miles of Saturn's cloud cover, sending back pictures of and data about the ringed planet.

In 1985, Samantha Smith, 13, the schoolgirl whose letter to Yuri V. Andropov resulted in her famous peace tour of the Soviet Union, died with her father in an airliner crash in Auburn, Maine.

Ten years ago: Retired Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell died in Richmond, Va., at age 90.

Five years ago: A pair of car bombs killed 53 people in Bombay, India. Rwandans re-elected Paul Kagame in their country's first real presidential election. Tennis champion Pete Sampras announced his retirement during a news conference at the U.S. Open in New York.

One year ago: The government of Greece declared a nationwide state of emergency as the death toll from wildfires rose to at least 49. Bombs blamed on Islamic extremists killed at least 43 people at a park and a street-side food stall in Hyderabad, India.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Van Johnson is 92. Game show host Monty Hall is 87. Actor Sean Connery is 78. Actor Page Johnson is 78. Talk show/game show host Regis Philbin is 77. Actor Tom Skerritt is 75. Jazz musician Wayne Shorter is 75. Movie director Hugh Hudson is 72. Actor David Canary is 70. Movie director John Badham is 69. Filmmaker Marshall Brickman is 67. Rhythm-and-blues singer Walter Williams (The O'Jays) is 66. Actor Anthony Heald is 64. Actress Anne Archer is 61. Rock singer-actor Gene Simmons is 59. Actor John Savage is 59. Country singer-musician Henry Paul (Outlaws; Blackhawk) is 59. Rock singer Rob Halford is 57. Rock musician Geoff Downes (Asia) is 56. Rock singer Elvis Costello is 54. Movie director Tim Burton is 50. Actress Ally Walker is 47. Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus is 47. Rock musician Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard) is 46. Actress Joanne Whalley is 44. Actor Blair Underwood is 44. Rap DJ Terminator X (Public Enemy) is 42. Alternative country singer Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) is 41. Actor David Alan Basche is 40. Television chef Rachael Ray is 40. Actor Cameron Mathison is 39. Country singer Jo Dee Messina is 38. Model Claudia Schiffer is 38. Country singer Brice Long is 37. Actor Eric Millegan is 34. Actor Kel Mitchell is 30. Actress Rachel Bilson ("The O.C.") is 27. Actor Josh Flitter is 14.

Thought for Today: "The final lesson of history: 'Let's never go back there again!'" — Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (1844-1900).
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By The Associated Press AP - 1 hour 34 minutes ago

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 26, the 239th day of 2008. There are 127 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Aug. 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing American women the right to vote, was certified in effect by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.


On this date:

In 55 B.C., Roman forces under Julius Caesar invaded Britain, but achieved limited success.

In 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa began cataclysmic eruptions, leading to a massive explosion the following day.

In 1936, the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, calling for most British troops to leave Egypt, was signed in Montreux, Switzerland. (It was abrogated by Egypt in 1951).

In 1958, Alaskans went to the polls to overwhelmingly vote in favor of statehood.

In 1961, the original Hockey Hall of Fame was opened in Toronto.

In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson was nominated for a term of office in his own right at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, N.J.

In 1968, the Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago.

In 1972, the summer Olympics opened in Munich, West Germany.

In 1978, Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice was elected the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church following the death of Paul VI. The new pontiff took the name Pope John Paul I.

In 1986, in the so-called "preppie murder case," 18-year-old Jennifer Levin was found strangled in New York's Central Park; Robert Chambers later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and served 15 years in prison.


Ten years ago: Attorney General Janet Reno reopened the investigation of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., focusing on two allegations of a conspiracy beyond James Earl Ray. (A Justice Department investigation later rejected allegations that conspirators had aided or framed James Earl Ray in King's assassination.) Hurricane Bonnie drifted ashore in North Carolina and began creeping up the coast, packing heavy rains and high winds.

Five years ago: In the face of criticism, President Bush defended his handling of the war and reconstruction of Iraq, telling an American Legion conference in St. Louis the fight was essential to the U.S. campaign against terrorism. Investigators concluded that NASA's overconfident management and inattention to safety doomed the space shuttle Columbia as much as damage to the craft.

One year ago: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki lashed out at American critics, saying Sen. Hillary Clinton and other Democrats who had called for his ouster should "come to their senses." The $95 million Hawaii Superferry made its maiden run from Oahu to Maui, the first passenger ferry service between the islands. Warner Robins, Ga., won the Little League World Series title with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Tokyo.

Today's Birthdays: Former Washington Post Executive Editor Benjamin C. Bradlee is 87. Former Democratic vice-presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro is 73. Singer Vic Dana is 66. Rhythm-and-blues singer Valerie Simpson is 62. Pop singer Bob Cowsill is 59. Actor Brett Cullen is 52. Jazz musician Branford Marsalis is 48. Country musician Jimmy Olander (Diamond Rio) is 47. Actor Chris Burke is 43. Rock singer Shirley Manson (Garbage) is 42. Rock musician Dan Vickrey (Counting Crowes) is 42. TV writer-actress Riley Weston is 42. Rock musician Adrian Young (No Doubt) is 39. Actress Melissa McCarthy is 38. Latin pop singer Thalia is 37. Actor Macaulay Culkin is 28. Actor Chris Pine is 28. Rhythm-and-blues singer Cassie Ventura is 22. Actress Keke Palmer is 15.

Thought for Today: "Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded." _ Virginia Woolf, English author and critic (1882-1941).
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By The Associated Press Wed Aug 27, 12: 01 AM ET

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 27, the 240th day of 2008. There are 126 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

One hundred years ago, on Aug. 27, 1908, Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, was born near Stonewall, Texas.

On this date:

In 1858, the second debate between senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas took place in Freeport, Ill.

In 1859, Col. Edwin L. Drake drilled the first successful oil well in the United States, near Titusville, Pa.

In 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa blew up; the resulting tidal waves in Indonesia's Sunda Strait claimed some 36,000 lives in Java and Sumatra.

In 1892, fire seriously damaged New York's original Metropolitan Opera House.

In 1928, the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in Paris, outlawing war and providing for the peaceful settlement of disputes.

In 1948, former U.S. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes died in Osterville, Mass., at age 86.

In 1962, the United States launched the Mariner 2 space probe, which flew past Venus in December 1962.

In 1975, Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia's 3,000-year-old monarchy, died in Addis Ababa at age 83, almost a year after being overthrown.

In 1979, British war hero Lord Louis Mountbatten and three other people, including his 14-year-old grandson Nicholas, were killed off the coast of Ireland in a boat explosion claimed by the Irish Republican Army.

In 2006, a Comair CRJ-100 crashed after trying to take off from the wrong runway in Lexington, Ky., killing 49 people and leaving the co-pilot the sole survivor.

Ten years ago: Two suspects in the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kenya were brought to the United States to face charges. Mohamed Rashed Daoud al-'Owhali and Mohammed Saddiq Odeh were convicted in 2001 of conspiring to carry out the bombing; both were sentenced to life in prison.)

Five years ago: A granite monument of the Ten Commandments that became a lightning rod in a legal storm over church and state was wheeled from the rotunda of the Alabama Supreme Court building as protesters knelt, prayed and chanted, "Put it back!" In Chicago, a man who had been fired from an auto parts warehouse six months earlier came back with a gun and killed six employees before being shot dead by police. Thirty-nine people died in a stampede at an Indian religious festival. A multinational summit on North Korea's nuclear program opened in Beijing.

One year ago: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation after a controversy over the firings of nine U.S. attorneys. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, said in a statement he was not involved in any inappropriate conduct when he was arrested at the Minneapolis airport and should have not pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. (The Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call reported that Craig was arrested June 11 by a plainclothes officer investigating complaints of lewd conduct in an airport restroom.) Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick apologized for "using bad judgment and making bad decisions" and vowed to redeem himself after pleading guilty in Richmond, Va., to a federal dogfighting charge. Russia announced the arrest of 10 people in the killing of journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya.

Today's Birthdays:Cajun-country singer Jimmy C. Newman is 81. Actor Tommy Sands is 71. Bluegrass singer-musician J.D. Crowe is 71. Musician Daryl Dragon is 66. Actress Tuesday Weld is 65. Rock singer-musician Tim Bogert is 64. Actress Marianne Sagebrecht is 63. Actress Barbara Bach is 61. Ex-porn star Harry Reems is 61. Country musician Jeff Cook (Alabama) is 59. Actor Paul Reubens is 56. Singer Willy DeVille is 55. Rock musician Alex Lifeson (Rush) is 55. Actress Diana Scarwid is 53. Rock musician Glen Matlock (The Sex Pistols) is 52. Actor Peter Stormare is 50. Country singer Jeffrey Steele is 47. Gospel singer Yolanda Adams is 46. Country musician Matthew Basford (Yankee Grey) is 46. Writer-producer Dean Devlin is 46. Rock musician Mike Johnson is 43. Rap musician Bobo (Cypress Hill) is 40. Actress Chandra Wilson is 39. Rock musician Tony Kanal (No Doubt) is 38. Actress Sarah Chalke is 32. Rapper Mase is 31. Rock musician Jon Siebels (Eve 6) is 29. Contemporary Christian musician Megan Garrett (Casting Crowns) is 28. Singer Mario is 22. Actress Alexa Vega ("Spy Kids") is 20.

Thought for Today: "The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands." — Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President of the United States (1908-1973).
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By The Associated Press Thu Aug 28, 12: 01 AM ET

Today is Thursday, Aug. 28, the 241st day of 2008. There are 125 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Aug. 28, 1963, 200,000 people participated in a peaceful civil rights rally in Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

On this date:

In 1609, Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay.

In 1774, Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint, was born in New York City.

In 1907, United Parcel Service had its beginnings as the American Messenger Company of Seattle.

In 1947, legendary bullfighter Manolete was mortally wounded by a bull during a fight in Linares, Spain; he was 30.

In 1955, Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, was abducted from his uncle's home in Money, Miss., by two white men after he had supposedly whistled at a white woman; he was found brutally slain three days later.

In 1968, police and anti-war demonstrators clashed in the streets of Chicago as the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president.

In 1973, more than 600 people died as an earthquake shook central Mexico.

In 1983, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, reportedly despondent over the death of his wife and the rising casualty toll of Israeli troops in Lebanon, announced his resignation.

In 1988, 70 people were killed when three Italian stunt planes collided during an air show at the U.S. Air Base in Ramstein, West Germany.

In 1995, a mortar shell tore through a crowded market in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, killing some three dozen people and triggering NATO airstrikes against the Bosnian Serbs.

Ten years ago: President Clinton, speaking in Oak Bluffs, Mass., said he'd become such an expert in asking forgiveness in recent days that it was now "burned in my bones." But he still stopped short of offering a direct apology for the Monica Lewinsky affair.

Five years ago: British Prime Minister Tony Blair denied the government had "sexed up" a dossier on Iraq's weapons threat, and said he would have resigned if it had been true. A Defense Department survey found that nearly one in five female Air Force Academy cadets said they had been sexually assaulted during their time at the academy.

One year ago: A day after reports surfaced of his June arrest at the Minneapolis airport, Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, told a news conference the only thing he had done wrong was to plead guilty after a police complaint of lewd conduct in a men's room; Craig also declared, "I am not gay. I never have been gay." A military court at Fort Meade, Md., acquitted Army Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan of failing to control U.S. soldiers who abused detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, but found him guilty of disobeying an order not to discuss the investigation. (However, that conviction was later thrown out.) Oscar-winning actress Miyoshi Umeki ("Sayonara") died in Licking, Mo., at age 78.

Today's Birthdays: Country singer Billy Grammer is 83. Actor Ben Gazzara is 78. Actor Sonny Shroyer is 73. Actor Ken Jenkins is 68. Former Defense Secretary William S. Cohen is 68. Actor David Soul is 65. Baseball manager Lou Piniella is 65. Actress Alice Playten is 61. Singer Wayne Osmond (The Osmonds) is 57. Actor Daniel Stern is 51. Olympic gold medal figure skater Scott Hamilton is 50. Actor John Allen Nelson is 49. Actress Emma Samms is 48. Country singer Shania Twain is 43. Actor Billy Boyd ("The Lord of the Rings") is 40. Actor Jack Black is 39. Actor Jason Priestley is 39. Olympic gold medal swimmer Janet Evans is 37. Actor J. August Richards is 35. Rock singer-musician Max Collins (Eve 6) is 30. Actress Carly Pope is 28. Country singer LeAnn Rimes is 26. Actor Michael Galeota is 24. Country singer Jake Owen is 24. Actor Kyle Massey is 17.

Thought for Today: "Whom the gods would make bigots, they first deprive of humor." — The Rev. James M. Gillis, Roman Catholic author, editor and broadcaster (1876-1957).
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