Wednesday,  May 2, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 293 • 50 of 50 •  Other Editions

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privates -- Anthony T. Kaho'ohanohano (KAH'-oh-oh-hahn-oh-HAHN'-oh) of Pukalani, Hawaii, and Henry Svehla (SVAY'-lah) of Belleville, N.J. -- who had given their lives in the Korean War. Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper won a coveted majority government in Canadian elections while the opposition Liberals and Quebec separatists suffered a shattering defeat.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Theodore Bikel is 88. Singer Engelbert Humperdinck is 76. Actress and political activist Bianca Jagger is 67. Country singer R.C. Bannon is 67. Singer Lesley Gore is 66. Actor David Suchet (SOO'-shay) is 66. Singer-songwriter Larry Gatlin is 64. Rock singer Lou Gramm (Foreigner) is 62. Actress Christine Baranski is 60. Singer Angela Bofill is 58. Movie director Stephen Daldry ("The Reader") is 52. Actress Elizabeth Berridge is 50. Country singer Ty Herndon is 50. Rock musician Todd Sucherman (Styx) is 43. Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson is 40. Soccer player David Beckham is 37. Actress Jenna Von Oy is 35. Actress Ellie Kemper is 32. Actor Robert Buckley is 31. Actor Gaius (GY'-ehs) Charles is 29. Pop singer Lily Allen is 27. Olympic gold medal figure skater Sarah Hughes is 27. Rock musician Jim Almgren (Carolina Liar) is 26. Actress Kay Panabaker is 22.

Thought for Today: "What experience and history teach is this: that people and governments have never learned anything from history." -- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (HAY'-guhl), German philosopher (1770-1831).

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