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daughters make no apologies.
• "We get asked this question a lot. Is this not going to tarnish the name and is this not going to be bad for the name?" Swati Dlamini said in an interview with The Associated Press in New York, where she and her sister were promoting the show. "But our grandparents have always said to us, this is our name too, and we can do what we think is best fitting with the name, as long as we treat it with respect and integrity."
• The 13-episode first season follows the two women as they try to carry on the family legacy while juggling motherhood in Johannesburg.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Friday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2013. There are 326 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Feb. 8, 1973, Senate leaders named seven members of a select committee to investigate the Watergate scandal, including its chairman, Sen. Sam J. Ervin, D-N.C.
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• On this date:
• In 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
• In 1693, a charter was granted for the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg in the Virginia Colony.
• In 1862, the Civil War Battle of Roanoke Island, N.C, ended in victory for Union forces led by Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside.
• In 1904, the Russo-Japanese War, a conflict over control of Manchuria and Korea, began as Japanese forces attacked Port Arthur.
• In 1910, the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated.
• In 1922, President Warren G. Harding had a radio installed in the White House.
• In 1942, during World War II, Japanese forces began invading Singapore, which fell a week later.
• In 1963, members of the Baath Socialist Party overthrew Iraqi Prime Minister Abdel-Karim Kassem, who was executed the next day.
• In 1968, three college students were killed in a confrontation with highway patrol (Continued on page 42)
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