Tuesday,  August 21, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 038• 49 of 49 •  Other Editions

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One year ago: Euphoric Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli and took control of the center with little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenses collapsed and his four-decade regime appeared to be crumbling. In a statement from Martha's Vineyard, where he was vacationing with his family, President Barack Obama called on Gadhafi to acknowledge reality and step down.

Today's Birthdays: Former football player Pete Retzlaff is 81. Actor-director Melvin Van Peebles is 80. Playwright Mart Crowley ("The Boys in the Band") is 77. Singer Kenny Rogers is 74. Actor Clarence Williams III is 73. Rock-and-roll musician James Burton is 73. Singer Harold Reid (The Statler Brothers) is 73. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 71. Football Hall of Famer Willie Lanier is 67. Actress Patty McCormack is 67. Pop singer-musician Carl Giammarese (jee-ah mah-REE'-see) is 65. Actress Loretta Devine is 63. NBC newsman Harry Smith is 61. Singer Glenn Hughes is 60. Country musician Nick Kane is 58. Actress Kim Cattrall is 56. College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL quarterback Jim McMahon is 53. Actress Cleo King is 50. MLB All-Star pitcher John Wetteland is 46. Rock singer Serj Tankian (TAN'-kee-ahn) (System of a Down) is 45. Actress Carrie-Anne Moss is 42. MLB player Craig Counsell is 42. Rock musician Liam Howlett (Prodigy) is 41. Actress Alicia Witt is 37. Singer Kelis (kuh-LEES') is 33. TV personality Brody Jenner is 29. Singer Melissa Schuman is 28. Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain (yoo-SAYN') Bolt is 26. Actor Cody Kasch is 25. Actress Hayden Panettiere (pan'-uh-tee-EHR') is 23. Actor RJ Mitte (TV: "Breaking Bad") is 20.

Thought for Today: "Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age." -- Dorothy L. Sayers, English author (1893-1957).

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