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to their deaths.
• One year ago: Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, the top American commander in Afghanistan, said international forces had slain the Taliban insurgents responsible for shooting down a U.S. helicopter, killing 30 Americans and seven Afghan commandos. Country singer-musician Billy Grammer, 85, died in Benton, Ill.
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• Today's Birthdays: Actress Rhonda Fleming is 89. Actor-director Tom Laughlin ("Billy Jack") is 81. Singer Ronnie Spector is 69. Actor James Reynolds is 66. Rock singer-musician Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is 65. Country musician Gene Johnson (Diamond Rio) is 63. Singer Patti Austin is 62. Actor Daniel Hugh Kelly is 60. Folk singer-songwriter Sam Baker is 58. Actress Rosanna Arquette is 53. Actor Antonio Banderas is 52. Rock musician Jon Farriss (INXS) is 51. Singer Julia Fordham is 50. Journalist-blogger Andrew Sullivan is 49. Singer Neneh Cherry is 48. Singer

Aaron Hall is 48. Boxer Riddick Bowe is 45. Rhythm-and-blues singer Lorraine Pearson (Five Star) is 45. Singer-producer Michael Bivins is 44. Actor-writer Justin Theroux is 41. Actress Angie Harmon is 40. Country singer Jennifer Hanson is 39. Actress JoAnna Garcia is 33. Rhythm-and-blues singer Nikki Bratcher (Divine) is 32. Actor Ryan Eggold is 28. Actor Lucas Till is 22.
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• Thought for Today: "About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends." -- President Herbert Hoover (1874-1964).
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