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what authorities described as days of torture. (Seven white men and women pleaded guilty in the case, but in a strange twist, Williams recanted her accusations in 2009; however, one of the defendants said, "It did happen.") Top-ranked Justine Henin (EH'-nen) overwhelmed Svetlana Kuznetsova (svet-LAH'-nah kooz-NET'-so-vah) 6-1, 6-3 to win her second U.S. Open women's title and seventh Grand Slam championship.
• One year ago: Addressing a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama challenged a reluctant Congress to urgently pass a larger-than-expected $450 billion jobs plan to "jolt an economy that has stalled." Ten oil workers were forced to abandon a crippled 94-foot research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico and pile into a life raft during Tropical Storm Nate; by the time rescuers arrived three days after, three of the men had died, and a fourth died later at a hospital.
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• Today's Birthdays: Comedian Sid Caesar is 90. Ventriloquist Willie Tyler is 72. Actor Alan Feinstein is 71. Pop singer Sal Valentino (The Beau Brummels) is 70. Author Ann Beattie is 65. Cajun singer Zachary Richard (ree-SHARD') is 62. Musician Will Lee ("Late Show with David Letterman") is 60. Actress Heather Thomas is 55. Singer Aimee Mann is 52. Pop musician David Steele (Fine Young Cannibals) is 52. Actor Thomas Kretschmann is 50. Rhythm-and-blues singer Marc Gordon (Levert) is 48. Gospel singer Darlene Zschech (chehk) is 47. Alternative country singer Neko (NEE'-koh) Case is 42. TV personality Brooke Burke-Charvet is 41. Actor Martin Freeman is 41. Actor Henry Thomas is 41. Actor David Arquette is 41. Rock musician Richard Hughes (Keane) is 37. Actor Larenz Tate is 37. Actor Nathan Corddry is 35. Rhythm-and-blues singer Pink is 33. Actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas is 31.
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• Thought for Today: "Try to learn something about everything and everything about something." -- T.H. Huxley, English biologist and author (1825-1895).
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