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In 1989, Alexander Dubcek (DOOB'-chek), the former Czechoslovak Communist leader who was deposed in a Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion in 1968, was named president of the country's parliament.

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In 1999, Clayton Moore, television's "Lone Ranger, died in West Hills, California, at age 85.

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Ten years ago: The U.S. Agency for International Development said it was adding $20 million to an initial $15 million contribution for Asian tsunami relief as Secretary of State Colin Powell bristled at a United Nations official's suggestion the United States was being "stingy." Activist and author Susan Sontag died in New York at age 71. Actor Jerry Orbach died in New York at age 69.

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Five years ago: Al-Qaida in Yemen claimed responsibility for a Christmas Day attempt to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner. A bomb blast killed at least 44 people in a Shiite procession in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi. In Argentina, two men turned away from Buenos Aires were wed in Ushuaia (oo-SWY'-ah), the world's southernmost city, in Latin America's first same-sex marriage.

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One year ago: Iraqi troops detained a Sunni lawmaker, Ahmed al-Alwani, a prominent organizer of Sunni protests in Anbar, on terrorism charges for inciting violence against Shiites. Film, television and stage actor Joseph Ruskin, 89, died in Los Angeles.

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Today's Birthdays: Comic book creator Stan Lee is 92. Former United Auto Workers union president Owen Bieber is 85. Actor Martin Milner is 83. Actress Nichelle Nichols is 82. Actress Dame Maggie Smith is 80. Rock singer-musician Charles Neville is 76. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., is 70. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., is 68. Rock singer-musician Edgar Winter is 68. Actor Denzel Washington is 60. Country singer Joe Diffie is 56. Country musician Mike McGuire (Shenandoah) is 56. Actor Chad McQueen is 54. Country singer-musician Marty Roe (Diamond Rio) is 54. Actor Malcolm Gets is 50. Actor Mauricio Mendoza is 45. Comedian Seth Meyers is 41. Actor Brendan Hines is 38. Actor Joe Manganiello is 38. Actress Vanessa Ferlito is 37. Rhythm-and-blues singer John Legend is 36. Actress Sienna Miller is 33. Pop singer Kasey Sheridan (Dream) is 28. Actor Thomas Dekker is 27. Actress Mackenzie Rosman is 25. Pop singer David Archuleta is 24. Actor Miles Brown (TV: "black-ish") is 10.

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Thought for Today: "Let no one underestimate the need of pity. We live in a stony universe whose hard, brilliant forces rage fiercely." — Theodore Dreiser, American author (born 1871, died this date in 1945).

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Bird Tags
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According to the Knight Rider News Service, the inscription on the metal
bands used by the US Department of the Interior to tag migratory birds has
been changed.

The bands used to bear the address of the Washington Biological Survey,
abbreviated as "Wash. Biol. Surv."; until the agency received the
following letter from an Arkansas camper:

   Dear Sirs:

   While camping last week I shot one of your birds.  I think it was a
  crow.  I followed the cooking instructions on the leg tag and want to
  tell you it tasted horrible.

The bands are now marked "Fish & Wildlife Service."

[A Friend of Charlie]

Welcome back, Chip.  You were missed.

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Welcome back, Chip.  You were missed.

Good morning Tony.

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Time to hit the road for work guys, enjoy your day.

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Almost time for a triple sheesh.

[South Carolina Redfish]

Good Morning LSU.

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Somebody mentioned the Cohiba Red Dots this week and Holy Cow here they are .

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This one appears to be weather related.

JAKARTA: The disappearance Sunday of AirAsia Flight 8501 was the third air incident this year involving Malaysia, where budget carrier AirAsia in based.  The latest missing flight went missing with 162 people aboard less than an hour after taking off from Surabaya, Indonesia, for Singapore.