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Systems stock in 2001, just before the stock price plunged.)
• Five years ago: Barack Obama, having clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, picked Caroline Kennedy to help him choose a running mate. Police in Hartford, Conn., released a surveillance video showing a 78-year-old man being struck by a hit-and-run driver on a busy city street and being ignored by most passersby. (The victim, Angel Acre Torres, was removed from life support in May 2009.) Travis Alexander was stabbed to death at his suburban Phoenix home by his girlfriend, Jodi Arias, who later claimed self-defense but was convicted of first-degree murder. The Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in 11 seasons with a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6 of the finals.
• One year ago: With President Barack Obama standing by his side, former President Bill Clinton warned during a speech in New York that a Mitt Romney presidency would be "calamitous" for the nation and the world. Al-Qaida's second-in-command, Abu Yahya al-Libi (ah-BOO' yah-HEE'-ah ahl LIH'-bee), was killed in a U.S. drone strike in North Waziristan, Pakistan.
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• Today's Birthdays: Actor Bruce Dern is 77. Musician Roger Ball is 69. Actress-singer Michelle Phillips is 69. Jazz musician Anthony Braxton is 68. Rock musician Danny Brown (The Fixx) is 62. Actor Parker Stevenson is 61. Actor Keith David is 57. Actress Julie Gholson is 55. Actor Eddie Velez is 55. Singer-musician El DeBarge is 52. Actress Julie White is 52. Actress Lindsay Frost is 51. Tennis player Andrea Jaeger is 48. Rhythm-and-blues singer Al B. Sure! is 45. Actor Scott Wolf is 45. Actor-comedian Rob Huebel is 44. Comedian Horatio Sanz is 44. Actor Noah Wyle is 42. Rock musician Stefan Lessard (The Dave Matthews Band) is 39. Actor-comedian Russell Brand is 38. Actress Angelina Jolie is 38. Actor Theo Rossi is 38. Alt-country singer Kasey Chambers is 37. Rock musician JoJo Garza (Los Lonely Boys) is 33. Country musician Dean Berner (Edens Edge) is 32. Model Bar Refaeli (reh-FEHL'-ee) is 28. Rock musician Zac Farro is 23.
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• Thought for Today: "Reputation is a bubble which a man bursts when he tries to blow it for himself." - Emma Carleton, American journalist (1850-1925).
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