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load my guns and blow everybody up."
• "Neil's the kind of guy who had the ability to say the wrong thing at the wrong time and not mean anything by it. So to him, he thinks it's funny," said Wesley Weber, who said his friend, at 6 feet 7 inches, was a "gentle giant" prone to bouts of exaggeration and inappropriate jokes who "talked big but didn't walk the walk."
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Charlie Sheen happy about 'Anger Management,' with FX sitcom poised for renewal

• BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Charlie Sheen says he's not insane anymore.
• Instead, these are good days for the "Anger Management" star, he declares, with his FX sitcom half-way through its initial 10-episode run and poised to get an order for 90 more.

• Sheen told reporters Saturday that the prospect of continuing is as "exciting as hell," and added cheerily, "I don't think 90's gonna be enough."
• With the expected pickup, FX plans to bring aboard Sheen's dad, Martin Sheen, as a recurring cast member. He will play the father of Charlie Goodson, the anger-management therapist played by Charlie Sheen. The veteran movie actor, who also played President Jed Bartlet on the drama series "The West Wing," is guest-starring on an "Anger Management" episode that airs Aug. 16.
• "I think that was the best episode we did," his son said.
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Today in History
The Associated Press

• Today is Sunday, July 29, the 211th day of 2012. There are 155 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On July 29, 1914, transcontinental telephone service in the U.S. began with the first test phone conversation between New York and San Francisco.
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• On this date:
• In 1030, the patron saint of Norway, King Olaf II, was killed in battle.
• In 1588, the English attacked the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines, re

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