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despite a series of airstrikes and "in a place where you can't get to and kill me." Sen. George Mitchell announced his resignation as the Obama administration's special envoy to the Mideast.
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• Today's Birthdays: Actor Buck Taylor is 74. Actor Harvey Keitel is 73. Author Charles Baxter is 65. Actor Franklyn Ajaye is 63. Actress Zoe Wanamaker is 63. Singer Stevie Wonder is 62. Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman is 51. Actor-comedian Stephen Colbert (kohl-BEHR') is 48. Rock musician John Richardson (The Gin Blossoms) is 48. Actor Tom Verica is 48. Country singer Lari White is 47. Singer Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) is 46. Actress Susan Floyd is 44. Contemporary Christian musician Andy Williams (Casting Crowns) is 40. Actress Samantha Morton is 35. Rock musician Mickey Madden (Maroon 5) is 33. Actress-writer-director Lena Dunham is 26. Actor Robert Pattinson is 26. Actress Candice Accola is 25. Actor Hunter Parrish is 25.
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• Thought for Today: "A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by a common hatred of its neighbours." -- William Ralph Inge, English religious leader and author (1860-1954).
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