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Nine people, including a woman celebrating her 26th birthday and seven children at a family slumber party, died when fire tore through a two-story home in Charleston, W.Va. Former Vice President Dick Cheney, with a long history of cardiovascular problems, underwent a heart transplant at a Virginia hospital.
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• Today's Birthdays: Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti is 94. Fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie is 74. Actor R. Lee Ermey is 69. Movie director Curtis Hanson is 68. Former Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire is 66. Rock musician Lee Oskar is 65. Singer Nick Lowe is 64. Rock musician Dougie Thomson (Supertramp) is 62. Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger is 62. Comedian Louie Anderson is 60. Actress Donna Pescow is 59. Actor Robert Carradine is 59. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is 57. Actress Kelly LeBrock is 53. Rhythm-and-blues DJ Rodney "Kool Kollie" Terry (Ghostown DJs) is 52. TV personality Star Jones is 51. Country-rock musician Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) is 49. Actor Peter Jacobson is 48. Rock singer-musician Sharon Corr (The Corrs) is 43. Actress Lara Flynn Boyle is 43. Rapper Maceo (AKA P.A. Pasemaster Mase) is 43. Actress Megyn Price is 42. Actor Jim Parsons is 40. Actress Alyson Hannigan is 39. NFL quarterback Peyton Manning is 37. Actress Jessica Chastain is 36. Actress Lake Bell is 34. Rock musician Benj Gershman (O.A.R.) is 33. Actress Keisha Castle-Hughes is 23.
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• Thought for Today: "Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals." - Albert Schweitzer, German-born missionary and Nobel laureate (1875-1965).
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