Thursday,  May 3, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 294 • 33 of 33 •  Other Editions

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juring six people. (A suspect, Luke Helder, was later found incompetent to stand trial.)
Five years ago: British girl Madeleine McCann vanished during a family vacation in Portugal days before her fourth birthday; her disappearance remains unsolved. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Virginia for the commemoration of Jamestown's 400th anniversary. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem (wah-LEED' moh-AH'-lehm) of U.S. concerns about his country's porous border with Iraq in the two nations' first Cabinet-level talks in years. The Florida Legislature gave its final approval to moving the state's 2008 primary from early March to January 29. Ten Republican presidential candidates held their first debate of the 2008 race at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. Astronaut Wally Schirra died in La Jolla, Calif., at age 84.
One year ago: The White House said that Osama bin Laden was unarmed when Navy SEALs burst into his room at his Pakistan compound and shot him to death, a change in the official account that raised questions about whether the U.S. ever planned to capture the terrorist leader alive. Chicago's Derrick Rose became at age 22 the NBA's youngest MVP. Francisco Liriano pitched the major leagues' first no-hitter of the season, throwing his first career complete game in Minnesota's 1-0 victory over Chicago. Actor-director Jackie Cooper died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 88.

Today's Birthdays: Folk singer Pete Seeger is 93. Actress Ann B. Davis is 86. Actor Alex Cord is 79. Singer Frankie Valli is 78. Sports announcer Greg Gumbel is 66. Pop singer Mary Hopkin is 62. Singer Christopher Cross is 61. Country musician Cactus Moser (Highway 101) is 55. Rock musician David Ball (Soft Cell) is 53. Country singer Shane Minor is 44. Actor Bobby Cannavale (ka-nuh-VAL'-ee) is 42. Music and film producer-actor Damon Dash is 41. Country musician John Hopkins (Zac Brown Band) is 41. Country-rock musician John Neff (Drive-By Truckers) is 41. Country singer Brad Martin is 39. Actor Dule (doo-LAY') Hill is 37. Country singer Eric Church is 35. Dancer Cheryl Burke (TV: "Dancing with the Stars") is 28. Actress Jill Berard is 22.

Thought for Today: "Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness." -- May Sarton, American poet (born this date in 1912, died in 1995).

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