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lah-HOOD') left office without a successor after announcing he was handing over security powers to the army. A Canadian cruise ship, the MS Explorer, struck submerged ice off Antarctica and began taking on water, but all 154 passengers and crew took to lifeboats and were plucked to safety by a passing cruise ship.
• One year ago: Yemen's authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh (AH'-lee ahb-DUH'-luh sah-LEH') agreed to step down amid a fierce uprising to oust him after 33 years in power.
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• Today's Birthdays: Former Labor Secretary William E. Brock is 82. Actress Elmarie Wendel is 80. Actor Franco Nero is 71. Actress Susan Anspach is 70. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is 68. Actor-comedy writer Bruce Vilanch is 65. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is 62. Singer Bruce Hornsby is 58. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is 57. Actor Maxwell Caulfield is 53. Actor John Henton is 52. TV personality Robin Roberts ("Good Morning America") is 52. Rock singer-musician Ken Block (Sister Hazel) is 46. Rock musician Charlie Grover is 46. Actress Salli Richardson-Whitfield is 45. Actor Oded Fehr (OH'-dehd fayr) is 42. Rapper-actor Kurupt (Tha Dogg Pound) is 40. Actor Page Kennedy is 36. Actress Kelly Brook is 33. Actor Lucas Grabeel (GRAY'-beel) is 28. Actress-singer Miley Cyrus is 20. Actor Austin Majors is 17.
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• Thought for Today: "I'm a realist and so I think regretting is a useless occupation. You help no one with it. But you can't live without illusions even if you must fight for them, such as 'love conquers all.' It isn't true, but I would like it to be." -- Marlene Dietrich, German-born actress (1901-1992).
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