Friday,  June 8, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 330 • 33 of 33 •  Other Editions

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12 in jail and the rest in a mental health facility). Paris Hilton was sent screaming and crying back to jail after a judge in Los Angeles ruled she had to serve out her sentence for a probation violation behind bars rather than under house arrest. The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off on a mission to the international space station.
One year ago: Rep. Allyson Schwartz of Pennsylvania became the first Democratic House colleague to call for Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York to resign after he admitted sending a lewd photo of himself to a woman via Twitter and lying about it. OPEC unexpectedly left its production levels unchanged, causing oil prices to jump as senior officials reported their meeting in Vienna had ended in disarray. Meredith Vieira ended her five-year run as co-anchor of NBC's "Today" show, telling viewers her decision to go was "right, but it's hard."

Today's Birthdays: Former first lady Barbara Bush is 87. Actor-comedian Jerry Stiller is 85. Comedian Joan Rivers is 79. Actress Millicent Martin is 78. Actor James Darren is 76. Actor Bernie Casey is 73. Singer Nancy Sinatra is 72. Singer Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) is 70. Musician Boz Scaggs is 68. Actor Don Grady is 68. Rock musician Mick Box (Uriah Heep) is 65. Author Sara Paretsky is 65. Actress Sonia Braga is 62. Actress Kathy Baker is 62. Country musician Tony Rice is 61. Actor Griffin Dunne is 57. "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams is 55. Actor-director Keenen Ivory Wayans is 54. Singer Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) is 52. Musician Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) is 50. Rhythm-and-blues singer Doris Pearson (Five Star) is 46. Actress Julianna Margulies is 45. Actor Dan Futterman is 45. Actor David Sutcliffe is 43. Actor Kent Faulcon is 42. Rhythm-and-blues singer Nicci Gilbert is 42. Actress Kelli Williams is 42. Actor Mark Feuerstein is 41. Contemporary Christian musician Mike Scheuchzer (MercyMe) is 37. Actor Eion Bailey is 36. Rapper Kanye (KAHN'-yay) West is 35. Blues-rock musician Derek Trucks (The Derek Trucks Band) is 33. Folk-bluegrass singer-musician Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek) is 31. Actress Torrey DeVitto is 28.

Thought for Today: "Love hath no physic for a grief too deep." -- Robert Nathan, American author and poet (1894-1985).

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