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Today is Friday, Aug. 29, the 242nd day of 2008. There are 124 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Aug. 29, 1944, 15,000 American troops marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.

On this date:

In 1533, the last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa, was executed on orders of Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.

In 1632, English philosopher John Locke was born in Somerset.

In 1708, French Canadian and Indian forces attacked the village of Haverhill, Mass., killing 16 settlers.

In 1877, the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Brigham Young, died in Salt Lake City at age 76.

In 1943, responding to a clampdown by Nazi occupiers, Denmark managed
to scuttle most of its naval ships.

In 1957, the Senate gave final congressional approval to a Civil Rights Act after South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond (then a Democrat) ended a filibuster that had lasted 24 hours.

In 1965, Gemini V, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles "Pete" Conrad, splashed down in the Atlantic after eight days in space.

In 1966, the Beatles concluded their fourth American tour with their last public concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

In 1968, Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie was chosen to be the Democratic nominee for vice president at the party's convention in Chicago.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast near Buras, La.; the resulting floods devastated the city of New Orleans. More than 1,800 people in the region died.

Ten years ago: A Cuban airliner crashed during takeoff from Quito's international airport in Ecuador, killing 80 people. Northwest Airlines pilots went on a two-week strike after their union rejected a last-minute company offer.

Five years ago: A bombing at the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, killed at least 85 people, including Shiite leader Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim. Six nations trying to defuse a standoff over North Korea's nuclear program ended their talks in Beijing with an agreement to keep talking. South Dakota congressman Bill Janklow was charged with felony manslaughter in a car accident that claimed the life of motorcyclist Randolph E. Scott. (Janklow was later convicted and served 100 days in jail.)

One year ago: Fellow Republicans called on Idaho Sen. Larry Craig to resign and party leaders pushed him from senior committee posts as fallout continued over his arrest at a Minneapolis airport restroom and guilty plea to disorderly conduct. Prayers, protests and a lingering disgust with the government's response to Hurricane Katrina marked the disaster's second anniversary in New Orleans. Taliban militants in Afghanistan released 12 South Korean captives, part of a deal with Seoul to free all 19 hostages. Richard Jewell, the former security guard who was wrongly linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing, was found dead in his west Georgia home; he was 44.

Today's Birthdays: Actor-director Lord Richard Attenborough is 85. Movie director William Friedkin is 73. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is 72. Actor Elliott Gould is 70. Movie director Joel Schumacher is 69. TV personality Robin Leach is 67. Actor G.W. Bailey is 64. Actor Ray Wise is 61. Actress Deborah Van Valkenburgh is 56. Dancer-choreographer Mark Morris is 52. Country musician Dan Truman (Diamond Rio) is 52. Singer Michael Jackson is 50. Actor-comedian Lenny Henry is 50. Actress Rebecca DeMornay is 46. Singer Me'Shell NdegeOcello is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Carl Martin (Shai) is 38. Actress Carla Gugino is 37. Rock musician Kyle Cook (Matchbox Twenty) is 33. Actor John Hensley is 31. Rock musician David Desrosiers (Simple Plan) is 28. Rapper A+ is 26. Actress Jennifer Landon is 25. Actor Jeffrey Licon is 23.

Thought for Today: "Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising." — Cyril Connolly, British journalist-writer (1903-1974).
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By The Associated Press AP - 1 hour 27 minutes ago

Today is Saturday, Aug. 30, the 243rd day of 2008. There are 123 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Aug. 30, 1983, Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first black American astronaut to travel in space as he blasted off aboard the Challenger.

On this date:

In 1797, the creator of "Frankenstein," Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, was born in London.

In 1861, Union Gen. John C. Fremont instituted martial law in Missouri and declared slaves there to be free. (However, Fremont's order was countermanded days later by President Lincoln).

In 1862, Union forces were defeated by the Confederates at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Va.

In 1905, Ty Cobb made his major-league debut as a player for the Detroit Tigers, hitting a double in his first at-bat in a game against the New York Highlanders. (The Tigers won, 5-3.)

In 1908, actor Fred MacMurray was born in Kankakee, Ill.

In 1945, Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Japan to set up Allied occupation headquarters.

In 1963, the "Hot Line" communications link between Washington and Moscow went into operation.

In 1967, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 1991, Azerbaijan declared its independence, joining the stampede of republics seeking to secede from the Soviet Union.

In 1997, Americans received word of the car crash in Paris that claimed the lives of Princess Diana, Dodi Fayed and their driver, Henri Paul. (Because of the time difference, it was Aug. 31 where the crash occurred.)

Ten years ago: Members of U S West's largest union ended a 15-day strike after reaching a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract.

Five years ago: A Russian submarine being towed to a scrap yard sank in a gale in the Barents Sea, killing nine of the 10-member crew. The World Trade Organization agreed to let impoverished nations import cheaper copies of patented medicines needed to fight killer diseases. Actor Charles Bronson died in Los Angeles at age 81. Inventor Robert Abplanalp, confidant of President Nixon, died in Bronxville, N.Y., at age 81. Writer Marion Hargrove died in Long Beach, Calif., at age 83.

One year ago: In a serious breach of nuclear security, a B-52 bomber armed with six nuclear warheads flew cross-country unnoticed; the Air Force later punished 70 people. Taliban militants in Afghanistan released the last seven South Korean hostages.

Today's Birthdays: Country singer Kitty Wells is 89. Opera singer Regina Resnik is 86. Actor Bill Daily is 81. Actress Elizabeth Ashley is 69. Actor Ben Jones is 67. Cartoonist R. Crumb is 65. Skier Jean-Claude Killy is 65. Actress Peggy Lipton is 61. Comedian Lewis Black is 60. Actor Timothy Bottoms is 57. Actor David Paymer is 54. Jazz musician Gerald Albright is 51. Actor Michael Chiklis is 45. Music producer Robert Clivilles is 44. Actress Michael Michele is 42. Country musician Geoff Firebaugh is 40. Country singer Sherrie Austin is 37. Actress Cameron Diaz is 36. Rock musician Leon Caffrey (Space) is 35. TV personality Lisa Ling is 35. Rock singer-musician Aaron Barrett (Reel Big Fish) is 34. Singer Rich Cronin (LFO) is 33. Rock musician Matt Taul (Tantric; Days of the New) is 30. Tennis player Andy Roddick is 26. Rock musician Ryan Ross (Panic at the Disco) is 22. Actor Cameron Finley is 21.

Thought for Today: "If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction." _ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian (1906-1945).
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By The Associated Press 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

Today is Sunday, Aug. 31, the 244th day of 2008. There are 122 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Aug. 31, 1886, an earthquake rocked Charleston, S.C., killing 60 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

On this date:

In 1888, Mary Ann Nichols, the apparent first victim of "Jack the Ripper," was found slain in London's East End.

In 1908, American author and playwright William Saroyan was born in Fresno, Calif.

In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act prohibiting the export of U.S. arms to belligerents.

In 1941, the radio program "The Great Gildersleeve" debuted on NBC.

In 1954, Hurricane Carol hit the northeastern Atlantic states. Connecticut, Rhode Island and part of Massachusetts bore the brunt of the storm, which resulted in nearly 70 deaths.

In 1962, the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago became independent of British colonial rule.

In 1980, Poland's Solidarity labor movement was born with an agreement signed in Gdansk that ended a 17-day-old strike.

In 1986, 82 people were killed when an Aeromexico jetliner and a small private plane collided over Cerritos, Calif.

In 1986, the Soviet passenger ship Admiral Nakhimov collided with a merchant vessel in the Black Sea, causing both vessels to sink; up to 448 people reportedly died.

In 1988, 14 people were killed when a Delta Boeing 727 crashed during takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.

Ten years ago: President Clinton left for a summit in Russia, which was in a state of political chaos over lawmakers' rejection of Boris Yeltsin's candidate for prime minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin. The New York Stock Exchange plunged amid news of the Russian crisis as well as North Korea's apparent firing of a missile over part of Japan.

Five years ago: Vowing revenge and beating their chests, more than 300,000 Shiites marched behind the rose-strewn coffin of a beloved cleric, Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, who had been assassinated in a car bombing in Najaf, Iraq.

One year ago: President Bush met privately at the Pentagon with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who conveyed their concern about a growing strain on troops and their families from long and repeated combat tours in Iraq. President Bush announced a set of modest proposals to deal with an alarming rise in mortgage defaults. Mike Nifong, the disgraced former district attorney of Durham County, N.C., was sentenced to a day in jail after being held in criminal contempt of court for lying to a judge when pursuing rape charges against three falsely accused Duke University lacrosse players.

Today's Birthdays: Broadcast journalist Daniel Schorr is 92. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Frank Robinson is 73. Actor Warren Berlinger is 71. Rock musician Jerry Allison (Buddy Holly and the Crickets) is 69. Actor Jack Thompson is 68. Violinist Itzhak Perlman is 63. Singer Van Morrison is 63. Rock musician Rudolf Schenker (The Scorpions) is 60. Actor Richard Gere is 59. Rock singer Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze) is 51. Rock musician Gina Schock (The Go-Go's) is 51. Singer Tony DeFranco (The DeFranco Family) is 49. Rhythm-and-blues musician Larry Waddell (Mint Condition) is 45. Actor Jaime P. Gomez is 43. Rock musician Jeff Russo (Tonic) is 39. Singer-composer Deborah Gibson is 38. Rock musician Greg Richling (Wallflowers) is 38. Actor Zack Ward is 38. Actor Chris Tucker is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Tamara (Trina & Tamara) is 31.

Thought for Today: "Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good someone else." — William Saroyan, American author (1908-1981).
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By The Associated Press AP - 1 hour 44 minutes ago

Today is Monday, Sept. 1, the 245th day of 2008. There are 121 days left in the year. This is Labor Day.


Today's Highlight in History:

Today's Highlight in History:
On Sept. 1, 1939, World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland.

On this date:

In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr was found not guilty of treason. (Burr was then tried on a misdemeanor charge, but was again acquitted.)

In 1894, the Great Hinckley Fire destroyed Hinckley, Minn., and five other communities, and killed more than 400 people.

In 1897, the first section of Boston's new subway system was opened.

In 1905, Alberta and Saskatchewan entered Confederation as the eighth and ninth provinces of Canada.

In 1923, the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama were devastated by an earthquake that claimed some 140,000 lives.

In 1932, New York City Mayor James J. "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigned following charges of graft and corruption in his administration.

In 1951, the United States, Australia and New Zealand signed a mutual defense pact, the ANZUS treaty.

In 1961, the Soviet Union ended a moratorium on atomic testing with an aboveground nuclear explosion in central Asia.

In 1972, American Bobby Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, defeating Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.

In 1983, 269 people were killed when a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the airliner entered Soviet airspace.

Ten years ago: During a Kremlin summit overshadowed by Russian economic and political upheaval, President Clinton offered Boris Yeltsin a prescription of tough reforms to lift the country from its crisis. Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 56th and 57th home runs of the season to break a 68-year-old National League record held previously by Hack Wilson.

Five years ago: During a Labor Day trip to Richfield, Ohio, President Bush announced he was creating a high-level government post to nurture the manufacturing sector. Arab TV broadcast an audiotape purportedly from Saddam Hussein denying any involvement in a bombing in Najaf, Iraq, that killed a beloved Shiite cleric. The U.S.-picked Iraqi Governing Council named a new Cabinet. Actor Rand Brooks, who played Scarlett O'Hara's first husband in "Gone With the Wind," died in Santa Ynez, Calif., at age 84.

One year ago: Idaho Sen. Larry Craig announced his resignation, saying he would leave office on Sept. 30, 2007, in the wake of fallout over his arrest and guilty plea in a Minnesota airport gay sex sting. (However, Craig later reversed his decision, saying he would serve out the rest of his term.) Clay Buchholz threw a no-hitter in his second major league start, just hours after being called up by the Boston Red Sox. Buchholz struck out nine, walked three and hit one batter to give the Red Sox a 10-0 victory over Baltimore.

Today's Birthdays: Former Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird is 86. Conductor Seiji Ozawa is 73. Comedian-actress Lily Tomlin is 69. Actor Don Stroud is 65. Singer Archie Bell is 64. Singer Barry Gibb is 62. Rock musician Greg Errico is 60. Talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw is 58. Singer Gloria Estefan is 51. Former White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers is 47. Jazz musician Boney James is 47. Singer-musician Grant Lee Phillips (Grant Lee Buffalo) is 45. Country singer-songwriter Charlie Robison is 44. Rap DJ Spigg Nice (Lost Boyz) is 38. Actor Ricardo Antonio Chavira ("Desperate Housewives") is 37. Rock singer JD Fortune (INXS) is 35. Actor Scott Speedman is 33. Rock musician Joe Trohman is 24.

Thought for Today: "You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room." _ Theodor Geisel, aka "Dr. Seuss," American author-illustrator (1904-1991).
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By The Associated Press AP - 1 hour 44 minutes ago

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 2, the 246th day of 2008. There are 120 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II.

On this date:

In 1666, the Great Fire of London broke out.

In 1789, the United States Treasury Department was established.

In 1807, British forces began bombarding Copenhagen for several days, until the Danes agreed to surrender their naval fleet.

In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman's forces occupied Atlanta.

In 1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt offered the advice, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair.

In 1930, the first nonstop airplane flight from Europe to the U.S. was completed in 37 hours as Captain Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte of France arrived in Valley Stream, N.Y., aboard their Breguet 19 biplane, which bore a large question mark, instead of a name, on each side.

In 1935, a hurricane slammed into the Florida Keys, claiming more than 400 lives.

In 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam an independent republic.

In 1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Defense Education Act, which provided aid to public and private education to promote learning in such fields as math and science.

In 1969, North Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh died.

Ten years ago: A Swissair MD-11 jetliner crashed off Nova Scotia, killing all 229 people aboard. Pilots for Air Canada began a two-week strike, the first in the carrier's history. President Clinton concluded his Moscow summit with Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

Five years ago: A court in Jakarta, Indonesia, sentenced Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to four years in prison for sedition. (His conviction was later overturned after he'd spent more than two years behind bars.) A federal appeals court in San Francisco threw out more than 100 death sentences in Arizona, Montana and Idaho because the inmates had been sent to death row by judges instead of juries.

One year ago: Following two days of talks in Geneva, the chief U.S. envoy said North Korea had agreed to account for and disable its atomic programs by the end of the year; the head of the North Korean delegation said his country's willingness to cooperate was clear, but he did not cite any dates. Hurricane Felix strengthened into a dangerous Category 4 storm as it toppled trees and flooded homes on a cluster of Dutch islands before churning its way into the open waters of the Caribbean.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Meinhardt Raabe (the Munchkin coroner in "The Wizard of Oz") is 93. Dancer-actress Marge Champion is 89. Jazz musician Horace Silver is 80. Former Sen. Alan K. Simpson, R-Wyo., is 77. U.S. Olympic Committee Chairman Peter Ueberroth is 71. Rhythm-and-blues singer Sam Gooden (The Impressions) is 69. Singer Jimmy Clanton is 68. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rosalind Ashford (Martha & the Vandellas) is 65. Singer Joe Simon is 65. Football Hall-of-Famer Terry Bradshaw is 60. Actor Mark Harmon is 57. Tennis Hall-of-Famer Jimmy Connors is 56. Actress Linda Purl is 53. Rock musician Jerry Augustyniak (10,000 Maniacs) is 50. Country musician Paul Deakin (The Mavericks) is 49. Actor Keanu Reeves is 44. Actress Salma Hayek is 42. Actress Kristen Cloke is 40. Actress Cynthia Watros is 40. Rhythm-and-blues singer K-Ci is 39. Actor-comedian Katt Williams is 35. Actor Michael Lombardi is 34. Rock musician Sam Rivers (Limp Bizkit) is 31. Rock musician Spencer Smith (Panic at the Disco) is 21.

Thought for Today: "Integrity needs no rules." — Albert Camus, French author and philosopher (1913-1960).
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By The Associated Press AP - 1 hour 39 minutes ago

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 3, the 247th day of 2008. There are 119 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Sept. 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris between the United States and Great Britain officially ended the Revolutionary War.

On this date:

In 1189, England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

In 1658, Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector of England, died in London.

In 1939, Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declared war on Germany, two days after the Nazi invasion of Poland.

In 1943, the British Eighth Army invaded Italy during World War II, the same day Italy signed a secret armistice with the Allies.

In 1951, the television soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" made its debut on CBS. (It ran on CBS until 1982, when it moved to NBC until its final episode, which aired in December 1986.)

In 1967, Nguyen Van Thieu was elected president of South Vietnam under a new constitution.

In 1967, motorists in Sweden began driving on the right-hand side of the road instead of the left.

In 1976, the unmanned U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars to take the first close-up, color photographs of the planet's surface.

In 1978, Pope John Paul I was installed as the 264th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.

In 2004, the three-day hostage siege at a school in Beslan, Russia, ended in bloody chaos after Chechen militants set off bombs as Russian commandos stormed the building; more than 330 people, mostly children, were killed.


Ten years ago: President Clinton visited Omagh, Northern Ireland, where he walked down the street where a car bombing had claimed 29 lives, and offered his condolences to the families of the victims. Authorities continued to recover remains from Swissair Flight 111, which had crashed off Nova Scotia the night before with 229 people aboard.

Five years ago: Paul Hill, a former minister who said he murdered an abortion doctor and his bodyguard to save the lives of unborn babies, was executed in Florida by injection, becoming the first person put to death in the United States for anti-abortion violence. President Bush signed legislation to begin free trade with Singapore and Chile.

One year ago: Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, 63, vanished after taking off in a single-engine plane in western Nevada. President Bush, accompanied by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, paid a surprise visit to Iraq, where he was briefed by U.S. military commanders and Iraqi leaders. Panama blasted away part of a hillside next to the canal, marking the start of the waterway's biggest expansion since it opened in 1914. Jerry Lewis raised nearly $64 million during his annual Labor Day Telethon.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Helen Wagner ("As the World Turns") is 90. "Beetle Bailey" cartoonist Mort Walker is 85. Actress Anne Jackson is 82. Actress Eileen Brennan is 76. Country singer Tompall Glaser is 75. Actress Pauline Collins is 68. Rock singer-musician Al Jardine is 66. Actress Valerie Perrine is 65. Rock musician Donald Brewer (Grand Funk Railroad) is 60. Rock guitarist Steve Jones (The Sex Pistols) is 53. Rock singer-musician Todd Lewis is 43. Actor Costas Mandylor is 43. Actor Charlie Sheen is 43. Singer Jennifer Paige is 35. Actor Nick Wechsler is 30.

Thought for Today: "Any doctrine that will not bear investigation is not a fit tenant for the mind of an honest man." _ Robert G. Ingersoll, American lawyer and politician (1833-1899).
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By The Associated Press Thu Sep 4, 12: 01 AM ET

Today is Thursday, Sept. 4, the 248th day of 2008. There are 118 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Sept. 4, 1781, Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers.

On this date:

In 1888, George Eastman received a patent for his roll-film box camera, and registered his trademark: "Kodak."

In 1893, English author Beatrix Potter first told the story of Peter Rabbit in the form of a "picture letter" to Noel Moore, the son of Potter's former governess.

In 1908, American author Richard Wright was born near Natchez, Miss.

In 1917, the American Expeditionary Forces in France suffered their first fatalities during World War I when a German plane attacked a British-run base hospital.

In 1948, Queen Wilhelmina abdicated the Dutch throne for health reasons.

In 1951, President Truman addressed the nation from the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco in the first live, coast-to-coast television broadcast.

In 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus used Arkansas National Guardsmen to prevent nine black students from entering all-white Central High School in Little Rock.

In 1957, Ford Motor Co. began selling its ill-fated Edsel.

In 1967, Detroit TV station WKBD aired an interview with Michigan Gov. George Romney in which the Republican presidential hopeful attributed his previous support for the war in Vietnam to a "brainwashing" he'd received from U.S. officials during a 1965 visit — a comment that apparently damaged his White House bid.

In 1971, an Alaska Airlines jet crashed near Juneau, killing all 111 people on board.


Ten years ago: During a visit to Ireland, President Clinton said the words "I'm sorry" for the first time about his affair with Monica Lewinsky, describing his behavior as indefensible.

Five years ago: Miguel Estrada, whose nomination became a flash point for Democratic opposition to President Bush's judicial choices, withdrew from consideration for an appeals court seat after Republicans failed in seven attempts to break a Senate filibuster. Verizon Communications and two unions, the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, reached a tentative, five-year contract after four months of talks.

One year ago: Teams searched a broad swath of rugged terrain in western Nevada for millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who disappeared after taking off in a single-engine plane the day before. Hurricane Felix slammed into Nicaragua's coast, the first time on record that two Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes hit land in the same year. Toy maker Mattel Inc. recalled 800,000 lead-tainted, Chinese-made toys worldwide, a third major recall in just over a month.

Today's Birthdays: ABC Radio commentator Paul Harvey is 90. Actress Mitzi Gaynor is 77. Singer Merald "Bubba" Knight (Gladys Knight & The Pips) is 66. Actress Jennifer Salt is 64. World Golf Hall of Famer Tom Watson is 59. Rhythm-and-blues musician Ronald LaPread is 58. Actress Judith Ivey is 57. Rock musician Martin Chambers (The Pretenders) is 57. Actress Khandi Alexander is 51. Actor-comedian Damon Wayans is 48. Rock musician Kim Thayil is 48. Actor Noah Taylor is 39. Actress Ione Skye is 37. Rhythm-and-blues singer Richard Wingo (Jagged Edge) is 33. Actor Wes Bentley is 30. Singer Dan Miller ("Making the Band") is 28. Singer Beyonce Knowles is 27. Actor Trevor Gagnon is 13.

Thought for Today: "Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread." — Richard Wright, American author (1908-1960).
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By The Associated Press 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

Today is Friday, Sept. 5, the 249th day of 2008. There are 117 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Sept. 5, 1972, Arab guerrilla members of Black September attacked the Israeli delegation at the Munich Olympic games; 11 Israelis, five guerrillas and a police officer were killed in the siege.

On this date:

In 1774, the first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia.

In 1793, the Reign of Terror began during the French Revolution as the National Convention instituted harsh measures to repress counterrevolutionary activities.

In 1836, Sam Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas.

In 1914, the 1st Battle of the Marne, resulting in a French-British victory over Germany, began during World War I.

In 1958, the novel "Doctor Zhivago" by Russian author Boris Pasternak was published in the United States for the first time.

In 1975, President Ford escaped an attempt on his life by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a disciple of Charles Manson, in Sacramento, Calif.

In 1977, West German industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer was kidnapped in Cologne by the Baader-Meinhof gang. (Schleyer was later killed by his captors.)

In 1977, the U.S. launched the Voyager 1 spacecraft two weeks after launching its twin, Voyager 2.

In 1997, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II broke the royal reticence over Princess Diana's death, delivering a televised address in which she called her former daughter-in-law "a remarkable person."

In 1997, Mother Teresa died in Calcutta, India, at age 87; conductor Sir Georg Solti died in France at age 84.


Ten years ago: Relatives of the 229 people who died in the crash of Swissair Flight 111 sent wreaths into the sea off Nova Scotia. President Clinton appealed to the people of Ireland never to allow "the enemies of peace to break your will" as he wrapped up a three-day visit. The Million Youth March in New York City ended with a clash between police and the crowd.

Five years ago: Israeli commandos killed a Hamas bombmaker in a firefight and pulverized the West Bank apartment building in which he had been hiding. Hurricane Fabian slammed into Bermuda, killing four people. Singer-actress Gisele MacKenzie died in Burbank, Calif., at age 76.

One year ago: German officials announced that three militants from an Islamic group linked to al-Qaida were planning "imminent" bomb attacks against Americans in Germany when an elite anti-terrorist unit raided their small-town hideout. Fred Thompson announced on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" that he was running for the Republican presidential nomination; his candidacy lasted less than five months. Alicia Sacramone's floor routine rallied the United States to the world women's gymnastics title in Stuttgart, Germany.

Today's Birthdays: Former Federal Reserve Board chairman Paul A. Volcker is 81. Comedian-actor Bob Newhart is 79. Actress-singer Carol Lawrence is 76. Actor William Devane is 69. Actor George Lazenby is 69. Actress Raquel Welch is 68. Movie director Werner Herzog is 66. Singer Al Stewart is 63. Actor-director Dennis Dugan is 62. Singer Loudon Wainwright III is 62. "Cathy" cartoonist Cathy Guisewite is 58. Actor Michael Keaton is 57. Country musician Jamie Oldaker (The Tractors) is 57. Actress Debbie Turner-Larson (Film: Marta in "The Sound of Music") is 52. Rhythm-and-blues singer Terry Ellis is 42. Rock musician Brad Wilk is 40. TV personality Dweezil Zappa is 39. Actress Rose McGowan is 34. Actor Andrew Ducote is 22. Actor Skandar Keynes is 17.

Thought for Today: "Ideas are one thing, and what happens is another." — John Cage, American composer and author (1912-1992).
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By The Associated Press 2 hours, 8 minutes ago

Today is Saturday, Sept. 6, the 250th day of 2008. There are 116 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Sept. 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. McKinley died eight days later; he was succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. (Czolgosz was executed in October 1901.)

On this date:

In 1757, the Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolution, was born in Auvergne, France.

In 1837, the Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio went co-educational.

In 1909, American explorer Robert Peary sent word that he had reached the North Pole five months earlier.

In 1939, the Union of South Africa declared war on Germany.

In 1944, during World War II, the British government relaxed blackout restrictions and suspended compulsory training for the Home Guard.

In 1948, former Princess Juliana of the Netherlands was inaugurated as queen, two days after the abdication of her mother, Queen Wilhelmina.

In 1958, Miss Mississippi Mary Ann Mobley was crowned Miss America 1959 in Atlantic City, N.J.

In 1966, South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd was stabbed to death by an apparently deranged page during a parliamentary session in Cape Town.

In 1970, Palestinian guerrillas seized control of three jetliners which were later blown up on the ground in Jordan after the passengers and crews were evacuated.

In 1978, James Wickwire of Seattle and Louis Reichardt of San Francisco became the first Americans to reach the summit of Pakistan's K2, the world's second-highest mountain (after Mount Everest).


Ten years ago: Divers working off Nova Scotia found the flight data recorder from Swissair Flight 111, which had crashed, killing all 229 people on board. (However, it turned out the recorder had stopped working several minutes before the crash.) Japanese movie director Akira Kurosawa died in Tokyo at age 88.

Five years ago: Mahmoud Abbas resigned as Palestinian prime minister. In the U.S. Open, Justine Henin-Hardenne won the all-Belgian women's singles final, beating fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters, 7-5, 6-1.

One year ago: Death claimed opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti in Modena, Italy, at age 71 and author Madeleine L'Engle ("A Wrinkle in Time") in Litchfield, Conn., at age 88. President Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao, in Sydney, Australia, for an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, called for greater international cooperation in tackling climate change without stifling economic growth.

Today's Birthdays: Comedian JoAnne Worley is 71. Country singer David Allan Coe is 69. Country singer Mel McDaniel is 66. Rock singer-musician Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) is 65. Actress Swoosie Kurtz is 64. Comedian-actress Jane Curtin is 61. Country singer-songwriter Buddy Miller is 56. Country musician Joe Smyth (Sawyer Brown) is 51. Actor-comedian Jeff Foxworthy is 50. Actor-comedian Michael Winslow is 50. Rock musician Perry Bamonte is 48. Actor Steven Eckholdt is 47. Rock musician Scott Travis (Judas Priest) is 47. Pop musician Pal Waaktaar (a-ha) is 47. Rock musician Kevin Miller is 46. ABC News correspondent Elizabeth Vargas is 46. Country singer Mark Chesnutt is 45. Actress Rosie Perez is 44. Singer CeCe Peniston is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Darryl Anthony (Az Yet) is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Macy Gray is 38. Rock singer Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries) is 37. Actor Dylan Bruno (TV: "Numb3ers") is 36. Actor Idris Elba (TV: "The Wire") is 36. Actress Anika Noni Rose is 36. Rock singer Nina Persson (The Cardigans) is 34. Actor Justin Whalin is 34. Actress Naomie Harris is 32. Rapper Noreaga is 31. Rapper Foxy Brown is 29.

Thought for Today: "Laziness is often mistaken for patience." — French proverb.
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By The Associated Press 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

Today is Sunday, Sept. 7, the 251st day of 2008. There are 115 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Sept. 7, 1907, the British liner RMS Lusitania set out from Liverpool, England, on its maiden voyage, arriving six days later in New York. (Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine in 1915.)

On this date:

In 1807, Denmark surrendered to British forces that had bombarded Copenhagen for four days.

In 1825, the Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolution, bade farewell to President John Quincy Adams at the White House.

In 1908, pioneering heart surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey was born in Lake Charles, La.

In 1927, American television pioneer Philo T. Farnsworth, 21, succeeded in transmitting the image of a line through purely electronic means with a device called an "image dissector."

In 1940, Nazi Germany began its initial blitz on London during World War II.

In 1968, feminists protesting outside the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J., tossed articles including cosmetics, girdles and bras into a trash can ostensibly for burning, although nothing was actually set on fire. (The winner of the pageant was Miss Illinois Judith Ford.)

In 1977, the Panama Canal treaties, calling for the U.S. to eventually turn over control of the waterway to Panama, were signed in Washington by President Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos.

In 1978, Bulgarian defector Georgi Markov, living in London, was stabbed in the leg by a man carrying an umbrella; Markov died four days later, an apparent victim of the Bulgarian secret police.

In 1987, Erich Honecker became the first East German head of state to visit West Germany as he arrived for a five-day visit.

In 1996, rapper Tupac Shakur was shot and mortally wounded on the Las Vegas Strip; he died six days later.


Ten years ago: Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire equaled Roger Maris' single-season home run record as he hit number 61 during a game against the Chicago Cubs. Russian lawmakers rejected Boris Yeltsin's candidate for prime minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin, for a second time, throwing the country into even deeper political turmoil.

Five years ago: In a speech to the nation on Iraq, President Bush said he was asking Congress for $87 billion to fight terrorism, and cautioned Americans that the struggle would "take time and require sacrifice." Yasser Arafat tapped the Palestinian parliament speaker, Ahmed Qureia, to take over as prime minister following the resignation of Mahmoud Abbas. In the men's singles final at the U.S. Open, Andy Roddick beat Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3. Britain-Ireland rallied to win the Walker Cup for an unprecedented third straight time. Singer-songwriter Warren Zevon died in Los Angeles at age 56.

One year ago: Osama bin Laden appeared in a video for the first time in three years, telling Americans they should convert to Islam if they wanted the war in Iraq to end. A federal judge ruled that Iran had to pay $2.65 billion to the families of the 241 U.S. service members killed in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut. A jury in St. Francisville, La., acquitted Sal and Mabel Mangano, the owners of a nursing home where 35 patients died after Hurricane Katrina, of negligent homicide and cruelty charges. Shawn Johnson won the women's all-around title at the world gymnastics championships in Stuttgart, Germany; among the men, China's Yang Wei won his second straight title.

Today's Birthdays: Pianist Arthur Ferrante is 87. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, is 84. Jazz musician Sonny Rollins is 78. Singer Alfa Anderson (Chic) is 62. Singer Gloria Gaynor is 59. Rock singer Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) is 57. Actress Julie Kavner is 57. Rock musician Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is 55. Actor Corbin Bernsen is 54. Actor Michael Emerson (TV: "Lost") is 54. Pianist Michael Feinstein is 52. Singer Margot Chapman is 51. Actor W. Earl Brown is 45. Actor Toby Jones is 42. Model-actress Angie Everhart is 39. Actor Tom Everett Scott is 38. Rock musician Chad Sexton (311) is 38. Actress Diane Farr is 37. Actress Shannon Elizabeth is 35. Actor Oliver Hudson is 32. Actor Devon Sawa is 30. Singer-musician Wes Willis (Rush of Fools) is 22. Actress Evan Rachel Wood is 21.

Thought for Today: "My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done." — Charles F. Kettering, American inventor (1876-1958).
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