By The Associated Press 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

Today is Thursday, July 10, the 192nd day of 2008. There are 174 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

In 1890, Wyoming became the 44th state.

On this date:

In 1850, Vice President Millard Fillmore assumed the presidency, taking the oath of office following the death of President Zachary Taylor.

In 1908, William Jennings Bryan was nominated for president by the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson personally delivered the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate, and urged its ratification.

In 1951, armistice talks aimed at ending the Korean War began at Kaesong.

In 1962, the Telstar communications satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

In 1973, the Bahamas became fully independent after three centuries of British colonial rule.

In 1978, ABC-TV launched its reformatted evening newscast, "World News Tonight," with anchors Frank Reynolds, Peter Jennings and Max Robinson.

In 1985, bowing to pressure from irate customers, the Coca-Cola Co. said it would resume selling old-formula Coke, while continuing to sell New Coke.

In 1991, Boris N. Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic.


Ten years ago: The Diocese of Dallas agreed to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who said they'd been molested by a priest.

Five years ago: During a visit to Botswana, President Bush pledged to the nation with the world's highest AIDS infection rate that it would have a strong partner in his administration in fighting the disease. Spain opened its first mosque in 500 years. Astronomers announced they had found the oldest and most distant planet yet, a huge, gaseous sphere 13 billion years old and 5,600 light years away. Lord Shawcross, Britain's chief prosecutor at the Nazi war crimes trials in Nuremberg, died in Cowbeech, England, at age 101.

One year ago: China executed the former head of its food and drug agency for approving untested medicine in exchange for cash. A judge in Los Angeles sentenced pizza deliveryman Chester Turner to death for murdering 10 women and a fetus during the 1980s and '90s. The American League defeated the National League 5-4 in the All-Star baseball game. Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Doug Marlette, 57, died in an auto accident near Holly Springs, Miss.

Today's Birthdays: Eunice Kennedy Shriver is 87. Former boxer Jake LaMotta is 87. Writer-producer Earl Hamner Jr. is 85. Former New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins is 81. Actor William Smithers is 81. Broadway composer Jerry Herman is 77. Director Ivan Passer is 75. Actor Lawrence Pressman is 69. Singer Mavis Staples is 69. Actor Mills Watson is 68. Actor Robert Pine is 67. Rock musician Jerry Miller (Moby Grape) is 65. Tennis player Virginia Wade is 63. Actor Ron Glass is 63. Actress Sue Lyon is 62. Folk singer Arlo Guthrie is 61. Rock musician Dave Smalley is 59. Country-folk singer-songwriter Cheryl Wheeler is 57. Rock singer Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) is 54. Banjo player Bela Fleck is 50. Country musician Shaw Wilson (BR549) is 48. Country singer-songwriter Ken Mellons is 43. Rock musician Peter DiStefano (Porno for Pyros) is 43. Country singer Gary LeVox (Rascal Flats) is 38. Actress Sofia Vergara is 36. Actor Adrian Grenier is 32. Actor Thomas Ian Nicholas is 28. Singer-actress Jessica Simpson is 28.

Thought for Today: "There are only two distinct classes of people on this earth: those who espouse enthusiasm and those who despise it." — Germaine de Stael, French author (1766-1817).
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By The Associated Press 1 hour, 30 minutes ago

Today is Friday, July 11, the 193rd day of 2008. There are 173 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On July 11, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, N.J.

On this date:
In 1767, John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, was born in Braintree, Mass.

In 1798, the U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established by a congressional act that also created the U.S. Marine Band.

In 1864, Confederate forces led by Gen. Jubal Early began an abortive invasion of Washington, D.C., turning back the next day.

In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first incumbent chief executive to travel through the Panama Canal.

In 1952, the Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower for president and Richard M. Nixon for vice president.

In 1955, the U.S. Air Force Academy swore in its first class of cadets at its temporary quarters, Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado.

In 1978, 216 people were immediately killed when a tanker truck overfilled with propylene gas exploded on a coastal highway south of Tarragona, Spain.

In 1979, the abandoned U.S. space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.

In 1988, nine people were killed when five Palestinian gunmen attacked hundreds of tourists aboard a Greek cruise ship, the City of Poros, which was steaming toward a marina in suburban Athens.

In 1995, the United States normalized relations with Vietnam.



Ten years ago: Air Force Lt. Michael Blassie, a casualty of the Vietnam War, was laid to rest near his Missouri home, after the positive identification of his remains, which had been enshrined at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington, Va.

Five years ago: President Bush put responsibility squarely on the CIA for his disputed claim that Iraq had tried to acquire nuclear material from Africa, prompting Director George Tenet to publicly accept full blame for the miscue. The World Trade Organization ruled that heavy duties on steel imports imposed by the United States violated global trade rules. Thousands marked the anniversary of the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica in Bosnia, burying 282 newly identified victims.

One year ago: Lady Bird Johnson, the former first lady who'd championed conservation and worked tenaciously for the political career of her husband, former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, died in Austin, Texas, at age 94. Pakistani army commandos captured the Red Mosque from militants following a 35-hour battle.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Tab Hunter is 77. Actress Susan Seaforth Hayes is 65. Singer Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 61. Ventriloquist-actor Jay Johnson is 59. Actor Bruce McGill is 58. Singer Bonnie Pointer is 58. Actor Stephen Lang is 56. Actress Mindy Sterling is 55. Actress Sela Ward is 52. Reggae singer Michael Rose (Black Uhuru) is 51. Singer Peter Murphy is 51. Actor Mark Lester is 50. Jazz musician Kirk Whalum is 50. Singer Suzanne Vega is 49. Rock guitarist Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) is 49. Actress Lisa Rinna is 45. Rock musician Scott Shriner (Weezer) is 43. Actress Debbe Dunning is 42. Actor Greg Grunberg is 42. Wildlife expert Jeff Corwin is 41. Actor Justin Chambers is 38. Actor Michael Rosenbaum is 36. Country singer Scotty Emerick is 35. Rapper Lil' Kim is 33. Rock singer Ben Gibbard is 32. Rapper Lil' Zane is 26. Pop-jazz singer-musician Peter Cincotti is 25. Actor David Henrie is 19.

Thought for Today: "False democracy shouts Every man down to the level of the average. True democracy cries All men up to the height of their fullest capacity for service and achievement." — Nicholas Murray Butler, American educator (1862-1947).
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By The Associated Press 1 hour, 50 minutes ago

Today is Saturday, July 12, the 194th day of 2008. There are 172 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

One hundred years ago, on July 12, 1908, comedian Milton Berle was born Mendel Berlinger in New York City.

On this date:

In 1543, England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.

In 1690, forces led by William of Orange defeated the army of James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.

In 1812, United States forces led by Gen. William Hull entered Canada during the War of 1812 against Britain. (However, Hull retreated shortly thereafter to Detroit.)

In 1817, naturalist-author Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Mass.

In 1862, Congress authorized the Medal of Honor.

In 1948, the Democratic National Convention opened in Philadelphia.

In 1977, President Carter defended Supreme Court decisions limiting government payments for poor women's abortions, saying, "There are many things in life that are not fair."

In 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced he'd chosen U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket.

In 1988, Democratic presidential candidate Michael S. Dukakis tapped Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas as his running mate.

In 1993, some 200 people were killed when an earthquake measuring magnitude 7.8 struck northern Japan and triggered a tsunami.


Ten years ago: In Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, three young brothers who had been asleep in their beds burned to death in a sectarian attack. France beat Brazil 3-0 for its first World Cup soccer championship.

Five years ago: Wrapping up a five-day tour of Africa, President Bush said he would not allow terrorists to use the continent as a base "to threaten the world." The USS Ronald Reagan, the first carrier named for a living president, was commissioned in Norfolk, Va. Jazz great Benny Carter died at age 95.

One year ago: A Bush administration assessment said Iraq had achieved only limited military and political progress toward a democratic society; Iraqi leaders responded by insisting they were making progress. The House of Representatives voted to withdraw U.S. troops by spring 2008 despite a veto threat from President Bush. British soccer star David Beckham and his wife, Victoria (of Spice Girls fame), arrived in Los Angeles to begin their new lives in the United States.

Today's Birthdays: Artist Andrew Wyeth is 91. Movie director Monte Hellman is 76. Pianist Van Cliburn is 74. Comedian Bill Cosby is 71. Singer-musician Christine McVie is 65. Actress Denise Nicholas is 64. Singer-songwriter Butch Hancock is 63. Fitness guru Richard Simmons is 60. Actor Jay Thomas is 60. Singer Walter Egan is 60. Writer-producer Brian Grazer is 57. Actress Cheryl Ladd is 57. Country singer Julie Miller is 52. Gospel singer Sandi Patty is 52. Actress Mel Harris is 52. Actor Buddy Foster is 51. Rock guitarist Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum) is 46. Actress Judi Evans is 44. Rock singer Robin Wilson is 43. Actress Lisa Nicole Carson is 39. Olympic gold medal figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi is 37. Country singer Shannon Lawson is 35. Rapper Magoo is 35. Actress Anna Friel is 32. Rhythm-and-blues singer Tracie Spencer is 32. Actor Steve Howey is 31. Actor Topher Grace is 30. Actress Michelle Rodriguez is 30. Actor Erik Per Sullivan is 17.

Thought for Today: "I'd rather be a 'could-be' if I cannot be an 'are'; because a 'could-be' is a 'maybe' who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a 'has-been' than a 'might-have-been,' by far; for a 'might-have-been' has never been, but a 'has' was once an 'are.'" — Milton Berle, American comedian (1908-2002).
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By The Associated Press 2 hours, 27 minutes ago

Today is Sunday, July 13, the 195th day of 2008. There are 171 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On July 13, 1793, French revolutionary writer Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, who was executed four days later.

On this date:

In 1787, Congress enacted an ordinance governing the Northwest Territory.

In 1863, deadly rioting against the Civil War military draft erupted in New York City.

In 1878, the Treaty of Berlin amended the terms of the Treaty of San Stefano, which had ended the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.

In 1886, Father Edward Joseph Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, was born in County Roscommon, Ireland.

In 1960, John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination at his party's convention in Los Angeles.

In 1967, race-related rioting that claimed some two dozen lives broke out in Newark, N.J.

In 1972, George McGovern claimed the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in Miami Beach, Fla.

In 1977, a blackout lasting 25 hours hit the New York City area.

In 1978, Lee Iacocca was fired as president of Ford Motor Co. by chairman Henry Ford II.

In 1985, "Live Aid," an international rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney, Australia, took place to raise money for Africa's starving people.


Ten years ago: A jury in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., ruled that the Rev. Al Sharpton and two others had defamed a former prosecutor by accusing him of raping Tawana Brawley. (Pagones won a $345,000 judgment.) Four young cousins in Gallup, N.M., died after becoming trapped in a car trunk.

Five years ago: With the blessing of U.S. administrators, Iraqis inaugurated a broadly representative governing council. Cuban musician Compay Segundo died in Havana at age 95.

One year ago: Former media mogul Conrad Black was convicted in Chicago of swindling the far-flung Hollinger International newspaper empire he once ran out of millions of dollars. (Black is serving a 6 1/2-year sentence at a federal prison in Florida.) Family prayer services and a huge public outpouring in Austin, Texas, ushered in three days of memorial ceremonies honoring the late Lady Bird Johnson.

Today's Birthdays: Former Housing Secretary Jack Kemp is 73. Actor Patrick Stewart is 68. Actor Robert Forster is 67. Actor Harrison Ford is 66. Singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn (The Byrds) is 66. Actor-comedian Cheech Marin is 62. Actress Daphne Maxwell Reid is 60. Actress Didi Conn is 57. Singer Louise Mandrell is 54. Actor-director Cameron Crowe is 51. Tennis player Anders Jarryd is 47. Rock musician Gonzalo Martinez De La Cotera (Marcy Playground) is 46. Country singer-songwriter Victoria Shaw is 46. Bluegrass singer Rhonda Vincent is 46. Actor Michael Jace is 43. Country singer Neil Thrasher is 43. Singer Deborah Cox is 35. Rock musician Will Champion (Coldplay) is 30.

Thought for Today: "If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never." — Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813-1855).
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By The Associated Press 2 hours, 47 minutes ago

Today is Monday, July 14, the 196th day of 2008. There are 170 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On July 14, 1789, during the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.

On this date:

In 1798, Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the United States government.

In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry relayed to Japanese officials a letter from President Fillmore, requesting trade relations. (Fillmore's term of office had already expired by the time the letter was delivered.)

In 1858, British suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst was born in Manchester, England.

In 1881, outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias "Billy the Kid," was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, N.M.

In 1908, the short film "The Adventures of Dollie," the first movie directed by D.W. Griffith, opened in New York.

In 1913, Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., the 38th president of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. in Omaha, Neb.

In 1933, all German political parties, except the Nazi Party, were outlawed.

In 1958, the army of Iraq overthrew the monarchy.

In 1966, eight student nurses were murdered by Richard Speck in a Chicago dormitory.

In 1978, Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky was convicted of treasonous espionage and anti-Soviet agitation, and sentenced to 13 years at hard labor. (Sharansky was released in 1986.)



Ten years ago: Northern Ireland said a tear-filled farewell to Richard, Mark and Jason Quinn, three young brothers burned to death in a sectarian attack in Ballymoney that came as they slept.

Five years ago: Iraq's new governing council, in its first full day on the job, voted to send a delegation to the U.N. Security Council and assert its right to represent Baghdad on the world stage. President Bush, facing questions about his credibility, said the United States was working overtime to prove Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction before the United States invaded Iraq.

One year ago: North Korea told the United States it had shut down its nuclear reactor, hours after a ship cruised into port loaded with oil promised in return for the country's pledge to disarm. Former presidents, fellow first ladies and about 1,800 other people attended a private funeral in Austin, Texas, for Lady Bird Johnson, the widow of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Today's Birthdays: Playwright Arthur Laurents is 91. Actor Dale Robertson is 85. Actor Harry Dean Stanton is 82. Actress Nancy Olson is 80. Actress Polly Bergen is 78. Former football player Rosey Grier is 76. Actor Vincent Pastore is 62. Former music company executive Tommy Mottola is 59. Actor Jerry Houser is 56. Actor-director Eric Laneuville is 56. Actor Stan Shaw is 56. Movie producer Scott Rudin is 50. Singer-guitarist Kyle Gass is 48. Country musician Ray Herndon (McBride and the Ride) is 48. Actor Jackie Earle Haley is 47. Actor Matthew Fox is 42. Rock musician Ellen Reid (Crash Test Dummies) is 42. Rock singer-musician Tonya Donelly is 42. Actress Missy Gold is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Tameka Cottle (Xscape) is 33. Hip-hop musician taboo (Black Eyed Peas) is 33. Actor Scott Porter is 29.

Thought for Today: "Jealousy is no more than feeling alone among smiling enemies." — Elizabeth Bowen, Irish novelist (1899-1973).
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By The Associated Press AP - 1 hour 26 minutes ago

Today is Tuesday, July 15, the 197th day of 2008. There are 169 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:
On July 15, 1971, President Nixon startled the country by announcing he would visit the People's Republic of China.

On this date:

In 1606, Dutch painter Rembrandt was born in Leiden, Netherlands.

In 1870, Georgia became the last Confederate state readmitted to the Union.

In 1870, Manitoba entered confederation as the 5th Canadian province.

In 1918, the Second Battle of the Marne, resulting in an Allied victory, began during World War I.

In 1948, President Truman was nominated for another term of office by the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

In 1958, President Eisenhower ordered U.S. Marines to Lebanon, at the request of that country's president, Camille Chamoun, in the face of a perceived threat by Muslim rebels.

In 1964, Sen. Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona was nominated for president by the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.

In 1976, a 36-hour kidnap ordeal began for 26 schoolchildren and their bus driver as they were abducted near Chowchilla, Calif., by three gunmen and imprisoned in an underground cell. (The captives escaped unharmed.)

In 1978, President Carter, in West Germany for an economic summit, presided over a "town meeting" during which he fielded questions from about 1,000 Berliners.

In 1997, fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot dead outside his Miami home; suspected gunman Andrew Phillip Cunanan was found dead eight days later.



Ten years ago: Three days of ceremonies to bury Russia's last czar and his family, who were killed by the Bolsheviks, began in the city of Yekaterinburg. The Congressional Budget Office estimated federal surpluses of $1.55 trillion over the next decade.

Five years ago: The Bush administration dramatically raised its budget deficit projections to $455 billion for the current fiscal year and $475 billion for the next, record levels fed by the limp economy, tax cuts and the battle against terrorism. Scott McClellan assumed his duties as White House press secretary. Philadelphia's archbishop, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, retired. Tex Schramm, who turned the Dallas Cowboys into "America's Team," died in Dallas at age 83. American-born singer Elisabeth Welch died in London at age 99. The American League beat the National League in the All-Star baseball game 7-6.

One year ago: The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles announced it was settling clergy sex-abuse cases for $660 million. The Philadelphia Phillies lost their 10,000th game, 10-2, to the visiting St. Louis Cardinals.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Philip Carey is 83. Author Clive Cussler is 77. Actor Alex Karras is 73. Actor Ken Kercheval is 73. Sen. George V. Voinovich, R-Ohio, is 72. Actor Patrick Wayne is 69. Actor Jan-Michael Vincent is 64. Rhythm-and-blues singer Millie Jackson is 64. Rock singer-musician Peter Lewis (Moby Grape) is 63. Singer Linda Ronstadt is 62. Rock musician Artimus Pyle is 60. Actor Terry O'Quinn is 56. Rock musician Marky Ramone is 52. Rock musician Joe Satriani is 52. Country singer-songwriter Mac McAnally is 51. Model Kim Alexis is 48. Actor Willie Aames is 48. Actor-director Forest Whitaker is 47. Actress Lolita Davidovich is 47. Actress Brigitte Nielsen is 45. Rock musician Jason Bonham is 42. Actor Kristoff St. John is 42. Rock musician Phillip Fisher is 41. Rhythm-and-blues singer Stokey (Mint Condition) is 41. Actor-comedian Eddie Griffin is 40. Actor Stan Kirsch is 40. Actor Reggie Hayes is 39. Rock musician John Dolmayan is 36. Actor Scott Foley is 36. Actor Brian Austin Green is 35. Rapper Jim Jones is 32. Actress Lana Parrilla is 31. Rock musician Ray Toro (My Chemical Romance) is 31. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kia Thornton (Divine) is 27.

Thought for Today: "It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods." _ Margaret Fuller, American journalist and social critic (1810-1850)
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By The Associated Press Wed Jul 16, 121 AM ET

Today is Wednesday, July 16, the 198th day of 2008. There are 168 days left in the year


Today's Highlight in History:

On July 16, 1945, the United States exploded its first experimental atomic bomb, in the desert of Alamogordo, N.M.

On this date:

In 1790, the District of Columbia was established as the seat of the United States government.

In 1862, David G. Farragut became the first rear admiral in the United States Navy.

In 1935, the first parking meters were installed, in Oklahoma City.

In 1957, Marine Maj. John Glenn set a transcontinental speed record by flying a jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds.

In 1958, the science-fiction film "The Fly" opened in San Francisco.

In 1964, in accepting the Republican presidential nomination in San Francisco, Barry M. Goldwater said "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" and that "moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."

In 1969, Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Fla., on the first manned mission to the surface of the moon.

In 1973, during the Senate Watergate hearings, former White House aide Alexander P. Butterfield publicly revealed the existence of President Nixon's secret taping system.

In 1979, Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq.

In 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, died when their single-engine plane, piloted by Kennedy, plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Martha's Vineyard, Mass.


Ten years ago: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia refused to block Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr from calling President Clinton's Secret Service protectors before a grand jury.

Five years ago: The Environmental Protection Agency announced it was starting big-money, long-term cleanups at 10 Superfund toxic waste sites and putting 10 other sites aside for later. A car driven by 87-year-old George Russell Weller plowed through a farmer's market in Santa Monica, Calif., killing 10 people and injuring more than 70. (Weller was convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to five years of probation.) Cuban-born "Queen of Salsa" Celia Cruz died in Fort Lee, N.J., at age 77.

One year ago: Declaring a "moment of choice" in the Middle East, President Bush said he would call Israel, the Palestinians and others in the region to a peace conference. A man carrying a gun and declaring "I am the emperor" was shot and killed by security outside the offices of Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter. A 6.8-magnitude earthquake on Japan's northwest coast killed 11 people and caused radioactive leaks at the world's most powerful nuclear power plant.

Today's Birthdays: Former Attorney General Dick Thornburgh is 76. Soul singer William Bell is 69. Actor Corin Redgrave is 69. Former tennis player Margaret Court is 66. Violinist Pinchas Zukerman is 60. Actor-singer Ruben Blades is 60. Rock composer-musician Stewart Copeland is 56. Dancer Michael Flatley is 50. Actress Phoebe Cates is 45. Country singer Craig Morgan is 44. Actor-comedian Will Ferrell is 41. Actress Rain Pryor is 39. Actor Corey Feldman is 37. Rock musician Ed Kowalczyk (Live) is 37. Rock singer Ryan McCombs (Drowning Pool) is 34. Actress AnnaLynne McCord is 21. Actor Mark Indelicato ("Ugly Betty") is 14.

Thought for Today: "The fear of becoming a 'has been' keeps some people from becoming anything." — Eric Hoffer, American author-philosopher (1902-1983)
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By The Associated Press AP - 1 hour 10 minutes ago

Today is Thursday, July 17, the 199th day of 2008. There are 167 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800, a Paris-bound Boeing 747, exploded and crashed off Long Island, N.Y., shortly after leaving John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 230 people aboard.

On this date:

In 1821, Spain ceded Florida to the United States.

In 1841, the British humor magazine Punch was first published.

In 1918, Russia's Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.

In 1938, aviator Douglas Corrigan took off from New York, saying he was headed for California; he ended up in Ireland, supposedly by accident, earning the nickname "Wrong Way Corrigan."

In 1944, 322 people were killed when a pair of ammunition ships exploded in Port Chicago, Calif.

In 1948, Southern Democrats opposed to the nomination of President Truman met in Birmingham, Ala., to endorse South Carolina Gov. Strom Thurmond.

In 1955, Disneyland opened to the public in Anaheim, Calif.

In 1968, a coup in Iraq returned the Baath Party to power, five years after it was ousted.

In 1975, an Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit in the first superpower linkup of its kind.

In 1981, 114 people were killed when a pair of walkways above the lobby of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed during a "tea dance."


Ten years ago: Prosecutors in the Monica Lewinsky case questioned President Clinton's Secret Service protectors before a grand jury. Nicholas II, last of the Romanov czars, was buried in Russia 80 years after he and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks. A 23-foot-high tsunami hit the northern coast of Papua New Guinea, killing more than 2,000 people. In Rome, delegates from more than 100 countries overwhelmingly approved a historic treaty creating the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal _ ignoring strenuous U.S. objections over certain provisions.

Five years ago: President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair forcefully defended their decision to topple Saddam Hussein during a joint White House news conference. In a speech to the U.S. Congress, Blair said even if they were proven wrong about Iraq's weapons capabilities, "We will have destroyed a threat that at its least is responsible for inhuman carnage and suffering." Democrats Joe Lieberman, Dick Gephardt and Dennis Kucinich apologized to the NAACP for bypassing a presidential forum.

One year ago: Senate Democrats launched an all-night debate on the Iraq war. VA Secretary Jim Nicholson abruptly resigned in the wake of charges of shoddy health care for veterans injured in the Iraq war. A Brazilian passenger jet crashed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, killing all 187 people aboard and 12 on the ground. Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was indicted by a federal grand jury in Richmond, Va., on charges related to competitive dogfighting. (Vick later admitted bankrolling the dogfighting operation and helping to kill six to eight dogs; he was sentenced to 23 months in prison.) The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 14,000 for the first time before ending the day at 13,918.22.

Today's Birthdays: TV personality Art Linkletter is 96. Comedian Phyllis Diller is 91. The former president of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, is 88. Jazz singer Jimmy Scott is 83. Actor Donald Sutherland is 73. Actress-singer Diahann Carroll is 73. Rock musician Spencer Davis is 66. Rock musician Terry "Geezer" Butler (Black Sabbath) is 59. Actress Lucie Arnaz is 57. Actor David Hasselhoff is 56. Rock musician Fran Smith Jr. (The Hooters) is 56. Singer Phoebe Snow is 56. Television producer Mark Burnett ("Survivor," "The Apprentice") is 48. Actress Nancy Giles is 48. Singer Regina Belle is 45. Rock musician Lou Barlow is 42. Hip-hop singer Guru (Gang Starr) is 42. Contemporary Christian singer Susan Ashton is 41. Actor Andre Royo is 40. Actress Bitty Schram is 40. Actor Jason Clarke is 39. Singer JC (PM Dawn) is 37. Rapper Sole' is 35. Country singer Luke Bryan is 32. Actor Eric Winter is 32.

Thought for Today: "Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities." _ Bernard Berenson, Lithuanian-American art critic and author (1865-1959).
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By The Associated Press 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

Today is Friday, July 18, the 200th day of 2008. There are 166 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On July 18, 1947, President Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act, which placed the speaker of the House and the Senate president pro tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president.

On this date:

In A.D. 64, the Great Fire of Rome began.

In 1792, American naval hero John Paul Jones died in Paris at age 45.

In 1918, during World War I, American and French forces launched a counteroffensive against the Germans during the Second Battle of the Marne.

In 1932, the United States and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.

In 1936, the Spanish Civil War began.

In 1940, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago nominated President Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term in office.

In 1969, a car driven by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard; passenger Mary Jo Kopechne died.

In 1984, a gunman opened fire at a McDonald's fast food restaurant in San Ysidro, Calif., killing 21 people before being shot dead by police.

In 1984, Walter F. Mondale won the Democratic presidential nomination in San Francisco.

In 1988, Texas Treasurer Ann Richards delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, skewering presumed Republican nominee George H.W. Bush as having been "born with a silver foot in his mouth."


Ten years ago: South African President Nelson Mandela capped his 80th birthday by marrying Graca Machel, the widow of a Mozambican president and black liberation leader.

Five years ago: Basketball star Kobe Bryant was charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman at a Colorado spa; Bryant denied the charge, saying he was guilty only of adultery. (Prosecutors later dropped the case.) The body of British scientist David Kelly, a weapons expert at the center of a storm over British intelligence on Iraq, was found a day after he'd committed suicide.

One year ago: Senate Republicans torpedoed legislation to force the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq. An underground steam pipe exploded on a New York City street, swallowing a tow truck and claiming the life of a woman who suffered a heart attack. Armed men kidnapped two Germans and five Afghans working on a dam project in central Afghanistan. (One of the Germans, Ruediger Diedrich, was found shot dead three days later; the others were later released.) Opera tenor Jerry Hadley, 55, died at a hospital in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., a week after he'd shot himself with an air rifle.

Today's Birthdays: Former South African President Nelson Mandela is 90. Former Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, is 87. Skating champion and commentator Dick Button is 79. Movie director Paul Verhoeven is 70. Singer Brian Auger is 69. Singer Dion DiMucci is 69. Actor James Brolin is 68. Singer Martha Reeves is 67. Blues guitarist Lonnie Mack is 67. Pop-rock musician Wally Bryson (The Raspberries) is 59. Country-rock singer Craig Fuller (Pure Prairie League) is 59. Actress Margo Martindale is 57. Singer Ricky Skaggs is 54. Rock musician Nigel Twist (The Alarm) is 50. Actress Anne-Marie Johnson is 48. Actress Elizabeth McGovern is 47. Rock musician John Hermann (Widespread Panic) is 46. Rock musician Jack Irons is 46. Actor Vin Diesel is 41. Rock musician Daron Malakian (System of a Down; Scars on Broadway) is 33. Rock musician Tony Fagenson (Eve 6) is 30. Movie director Jared Hess is 29. Actor Jason Weaver is 29. Actress Kristen Bell is 28. Rock singer Ryan Cabrera is 26. Actor Chace Crawford is 23.

Thought for Today: "While we read history we make history." — George William Curtis, American author-editor (1824-1892).
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By The Associated Press 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

Today is Saturday, July 19, the 201st day of 2008. There are 165 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On July 19, 1848, a pioneer women's rights convention convened in Seneca Falls, N.Y.

On this date:

In 1553, 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey was deposed as Queen of England after claiming the crown for nine days. King Henry VIII's daughter Mary was proclaimed Queen.

In 1870, the Franco-Prussian war began.

In 1943, allied air forces raided Rome during World War II.

In 1944, the Democratic National Convention convened in Chicago with the renomination of President Franklin D. Roosevelt considered a foregone certainty.

In 1969, Apollo 11 and its astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins, went into orbit around the moon.

In 1975, the Apollo and Soyuz space capsules that were linked in orbit for two days separated.

In 1979, the Nicaraguan capital of Managua fell to Sandinista guerrillas, two days after President Anastasio Somoza had fled the country.

In 1984, U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro, D-N.Y., won the Democratic nomination for vice president by acclamation at the party's convention in San Francisco.

In 1989, 111 people were killed when a United Air Lines DC-10 crashed while making an emergency landing at Sioux City, Iowa; 185 other people survived.

In 1993, President Clinton announced a policy allowing homosexuals to serve in the military under a compromise dubbed "don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue."


Ten years ago: Seeking to break a 16-month deadlock, Israel and the Palestinians held their first high-level talks in months. Hundreds of Serb police battled secessionist guerrillas for control of the central Kosovo town of Orahovac.

Five years ago: A chartered aircraft carrying three families to a game reserve plowed into Mount Kenya, killing all 12 American tourists and the two South African pilots on board.

One year ago: A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by former CIA operative Valerie Plame, who was demanding money from Bush administration officials she blamed for leaking her agency identity. Taliban gunmen abducted 23 South Koreans who worked at an aid organization in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (Two hostages were fatally shot; the rest were later freed.)

Today's Birthdays: Former Sen. George McGovern is 86. Actor Pat Hingle is 84. Actress Helen Gallagher is 82. Country singer Sue Thompson is 82. Country singer George Hamilton IV is 71. Actor Dennis Cole is 68. Singer Vikki Carr is 67. Country singer-musician Commander Cody is 64. Actor George Dzundza is 63. Rock singer-musician Alan Gorrie (Average White Band) is 62. Rock musician Brian May is 61. Rock musician Bernie Leadon is 61. Actress Beverly Archer is 60. Movie director Abel Ferrara is 57. Actor Peter Barton is 52. Rock musician Kevin Haskins (Love and Rockets; Bauhaus) is 48. Movie director Atom Egoyan is 48. Actor Campbell Scott is 47. Actor Anthony Edwards is 46. Country singer Kelly Shiver is 45. Actress Clea Lewis is 43. Country musician Jeremy Patterson (Flynnville Train) is 38. Classical singer Urs Buhler (Il Divo) is 37. Actor Andrew Kavovit is 37. Rock musician Jason McGerr (Death Cab for Cutie) is 34. Actress Rachel Miner is 28. Actor Jared Padalecki is 26. Actor Steven Anthony Lawrence is 18.

Thought for Today: "I always turn to the sports page first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's failure." — Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States (1891-1974).
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