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• One year ago: The European Union said 26 of its 27 member countries were open to joining a new treaty tying their finances together to solve the euro crisis; Britain remained opposed. A jury in New Haven, Conn., condemned Joshua Komisarjevsky (koh-mih-sahr-JEHV'-skee) to death for killing a woman and her two daughters during a night of terror in their suburban home. (The other defendant in the case, Steven Hayes, had also been condemned to death.) A fire at a hospital in Kolkata, India, claimed the lives of 93 people.
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• Today's Birthdays: Actor Kirk Douglas is 96. Actor Dick Van Patten is 84. Actor-writer Buck Henry is 82. Actress Dame Judi Dench is 78. Actor Beau Bridges is 71. Jazz singer-musician Dan Hicks is 71. Football Hall-of-Famer Dick Butkus is 70. Author Joe McGinniss is 70. Actor Michael Nouri is 67. Former Sen. Thomas Daschle, D-S.D., is 65. World Golf Hall of Famer Tom Kite is 63. Singer Joan Armatrading is 62. Actor Michael Dorn is 60. Actor John Malkovich is 59. Country singer Sylvia is 56. Singer Donny Osmond is 55. Rock musician Nick Seymour (Crowded House) is 54. Comedian Mario Cantone is 53. Actor David Anthony Higgins is 51. Actor Joe Lando is 51. Actress Felicity Huffman is 50. Crown Princess Masako of Japan is 49. Country musician Jerry Hughes (Yankee Grey) is 47. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is 46. Rock singer-musician Thomas Flowers (Oleander) is 45. Rock musician Brian Bell (Weezer) is 44. Rock singer-musician Jakob Dylan (Wallflowers) is 43. Country musician Brian Hayes (Cole Deggs and the Lonesome) is 43. Actress Allison Smith is 43. Songwriter and former "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi (dee-oh-GWAHR'-dee) is 42. Country singer David Kersh is 42. Rock musician Tre Cool (Green Day) is 40. Rapper Canibus is 38. Rock musician Eric Zamora (Save Ferris) is 36. Rock singer Imogen Heap is 35. Actor Jesse Metcalfe is 34. Actor Simon Helberg is 32. Olympic gold and silver medal gymnast McKayla Maroney is 17.
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• Thought for Today: "Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties." -- John Milton, English poet (1608-1674).
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