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In 1979, Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government.

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In 1989, Emperor Hirohito of Japan died in Tokyo at age 87; he was

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In 1999, for the second time in history, an impeached American president went on trial before the Senate. President Bill Clinton faced charges of perjury and obstruction of justice; he was acquitted.

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Ten years ago: A military jury at Fort Hood, Texas, acquitted Army Sgt. 1st Class Tracy Perkins of involuntary manslaughter in the alleged drowning of an Iraqi civilian, but convicted him of assault in the Jan. 2004 incident. (Perkins was sentenced to six months in prison.) Rosemary Kennedy, the oldest sister of President John F. Kennedy and the inspiration for the Special Olympics, died at a Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, hospital at age 86. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston announced they were separating after 4 1/2 years of marriage.

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Five years ago: A worker for a transformer-making company in St. Louis showed up at the plant and opened fire, killing three people and wounding five before killing himself. Thousands of Egyptian Christians went on a rampage after six members of their community were gunned down as they left midnight Mass for Coptic Christians in the southern Egyptian town of Nag Hamadi. No. 1 Alabama held on for a 37-21 win over No. 2 Texas in the BCS championship played in Pasadena, California.

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One year ago: Brutal polar air that made the Midwest shiver over the past few days spread to the East and the Deep South, shattering records that in some cases had stood for more than a century. A U.S. Air Force Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in a coastal area of eastern England during a training mission, killing all four crew members aboard.

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Today's Birthdays: Author William Peter Blatty is 87. Magazine publisher Jann Wenner is 69. Singer Kenny Loggins is 67. Singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman is 66. Latin pop singer Juan Gabriel is 65. Actress Erin Gray is 65. Actor Sammo Hung is 63. Actor David Caruso is 59. Talk show host Katie Couric is 58. Country singer David Lee Murphy is 56. Rock musician Kathy Valentine is 56. Actor David Marciano is 55. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., is 54. Actress Hallie Todd is 53. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is 51. Actor Nicolas Cage is 51. Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik (on-DRAH'-sik) (Five for Fighting) is 50. Actor Doug E. Doug is 45. Actor Kevin Rahm is 44. Actor Jeremy Renner is 44. Country singer-musician John Rich is 41. Actor Dustin Diamond is 38. Singer/rapper Aloe Blacc is 36. Actress Lauren Cohan is 33. Actor Brett Dalton (TV: "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.") is 32. Actor Robert Ri'chard is 32. Actress Lyndsy Fonseca is 28. Actor Liam Aiken is 25. Actress Camryn Grimes is 25. Actor Max Morrow is 24. Actor Marcus Scribner (TV: "black-ish") is 15.

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Thought for Today: "Nothing in science has any value to society if it is not communicated, and scientists are beginning to learn their social obligations." — Anne Roe Simpson, American psychologist (1904-1991).

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The Sign
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A psychotherapist was enjoying a growing practice since he graduated
college. So much so that he could now afford to have a proper sign
advertising his services. So he told a kid to paint a signboard for
him & put it above his clinic entrance.

Instead of his business building up, it declined steeply. He had
especially noticed the ladies shying away from his clinic after
reading the sign. So he decided to check it out for himself.
One look and he understood why. The boy only found a small wooden
board to paint the sign on and he had split the word psychotherapist
into the 3 words. His new sign read:
   Psycho-
   the-
   rapist

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

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Morning LSU. 

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Morning LSU.

Good morning Native.

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Morning LSU.

Cold there this morning?

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Morning LSU.

Cold there this morning?

Just 46 now but will not get much warmer. Front with 30 mph winds expected to pass thru this afternoon cooling thing down rapidly.  21 in the morning.  All that after 69 yesterday makes adjustment difficult.

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Morning LSU.

Cold there this morning?

Just 46 now but will not get much warmer. Front with 30 mph winds expected to pass thru this afternoon cooling thing down rapidly.  21 in the morning.  All that after 69 yesterday makes adjustment difficult.

same front for us, we will be in the teens Thursday morning at my house. To cold for me but no ice storms or icy roads like we had last year today.