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In 1991, University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments when she worked for him; Thomas denied Hill's allegations.

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In 2004, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney conceded that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction as they tried to shift the Iraq war debate to a new issue, arguing that Saddam was abusing a U.N. oil-for-food program.

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Ten years ago: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Atomic Energy Agency and its chief, Mohamed ElBaradei (ehl-BEHR'-uh-day). Actor-comedian Charles Rocket was found dead in a field near his home in Canterbury, Connecticut, an apparent suicide; he was 56.

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Five years ago: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie canceled construction of a decades-in-the-making train tunnel between New Jersey and Manhattan, citing cost overruns that had ballooned the price tag from $5 billion to $10 billion or more. A toxic red sludge that had burst out of a Hungarian factory's reservoir reached the mighty Danube after wreaking havoc on smaller rivers and creeks.

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One year ago: North Korea publicly acknowledged to the international community the existence of its "reform through labor" camps, a mention that appeared to come in response to a highly critical U.N. human rights report. Two Japanese scientists, Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano, and a naturalized American, Shuji Nakamura, won the Nobel Prize for physics for inventing a new kind of light-emitting diode (LED) that promised to revolutionize the way the world lighted its offices and homes.

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Today's Birthdays: Retired South African Archbishop and Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu is 84. Author Thomas Keneally is 80. Comedian Joy Behar is 73. Former National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Oliver North (ret.) is 72. Rock musician Kevin Godley (10cc) is 70. Actress Jill Larson is 68. Country singer Kieran Kane is 66. Singer John Mellencamp is 64. Rock musician Ricky Phillips is 64. Actress Mary Badham (Film: "To Kill a Mockingbird") is 63. Actress Christopher Norris is 62. Rock musician Tico Torres (Bon Jovi) is 62. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is 60. Gospel singer Michael W. Smith is 58. Olympic gold medal ice dancer Jayne Torvill is 58. Actor Dylan Baker is 57. Recording executive and TV personality Simon Cowell is 56. Rock musician Charlie Marinkovich (Iron Butterfly) is 56. Country singer Dale Watson is 53. Pop singer Ann Curless (Expose) is 52. Rhythm-and-blues singer Toni Braxton is 48. Rock singer-musician Thom Yorke (Radiohead) is 47. Rock musician-dancer Leeroy Thornhill is 46. Actress Nicole Ari Parker is 45. Actress Allison Munn is 41. Rock singer-musician Damian Kulash (KOO'-lahsh) is 40. Singer Taylor Hicks is 39. Actor Omar Benson Miller is 37. Actor Jake McLaughlin (TV: "Quantico") is 33. Electronic musician Flying Lotus (AKA Stephen Ellison) is 32. MLB player Evan Longoria is 30. Actress Holland Roden is 29. Actress Amber Stevens is 29. Actress Lulu Wilson is 10.

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Thought for Today: "Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time." — Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (1919-1990).

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Cats
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"Managing senior programmers is like herding cats." -
-Dave Platt

"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are
subtle and will piss on your computer." --Bruce
Graham

"There is no snooze button on a cat who wants
breakfast." --Unknown

"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as
gods. Cats have never forgotten this." --Anonymous

"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats
to pull a sled through the snow." --Jeff Valdez

"In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats." --
English proverb

"As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat." --
Ellen Perry Berkeley

"One cat just leads to another." --Ernest Hemmingway

"Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message
and get back to you later." --Mary Bly

"Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are
subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of
one who suffered from insomnia." --Joseph Wood Krutch

"People that hate cats, will come back as mice in
their next life." --Faith Resnick

"There are many intelligent species in the universe.
They are all owned by cats." --Anonymous

"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The
wisdom of cats is infinitely superior." --Hippolyte
Taine

"No heaven will not ever Heaven be; Unless my cats
are there to welcome me." --Unknown

"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of
life: music and cats." --Albert Schweitzer

"The cat has too much spirit to have no heart." --
Ernest Menaul

"Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are
God."

"Time spent with cats is never wasted." --Colette

"Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and
cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities
as well." --Missy Dizick

"You will always be lucky if you know how to make
friends with strange cats." --Colonial American
proverb

"Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does
any harm to ask for what you want." --Joseph Wood
Krutch

"I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic"

"My husband said it was either him or the cat ... I
miss him sometimes."

"Dogs have owners....cats have a staff".

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

[LuvTooGolf]

Morning, Chip.

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Sheesh!

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Morning, Chip.

Good morning Dave.

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Morning LSU & Golf.

[South Carolina Redfish]

DaiLy Deals Stink - Again!

[LuvTooGolf]

DaiLy Deals Stink - Again!

I prefer to think of them as money savers, since I won't be buying anything. Morning, Dave.