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with CIA Director Leon Panetta succeeding Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Gen. David Petraeus replacing Panetta at the CIA. Convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy, pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping a California girl, Jaycee Dugard, who was abducted in 1991 at the age of 11 and rescued 18 years later. (Phillip Garrido was sentenced to 431 years to life in prison; Nancy Garrido was sentenced to 36 years to life in prison.) Canada's Patrick Chan won the world figure skating championships in Moscow.

Today's Birthdays: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee is 86. Former Secretary of State James A. Baker III is 82. Director-actor Richard C. Sarafian is 82. Actress-singer Ann-Margret is 71. Actress Marcia Strassman is 64. Actor Paul Guilfoyle ("CSI") is 63. "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno is 62. Rock musician Chuck Leavell is 60. Actress Mary McDonnell is 59. Rock singer-musician Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) is 59. Rapper Too Short is 46. Actress Simbi Khali is 41. Actress Bridget Moynahan is 41. Actor Chris Young is 41. Rapper Big Gipp is 39. Actor Jorge Garcia is 39. Actress Elisabeth Rohm is 39. Actress Penelope Cruz is 38. Actor Nate Richert is 34. Actress Jessica Alba is 31. Actor Harry Shum Jr. (TV: "Glee") is 30. Actress Jenna Ushkowitz (TV: "Glee") is 26. Actress Aleisha Allen is 21.

Thought for Today: "We have two lives... the one we learn with and the life we live with after that." -- Bernard Malamud, American author (1914-1986).

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