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the $162 billion plan as a rare product of bipartisan cooperation. The United States announced that it was charging Saudi Arabian Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (ahbd al-ruh-HEEM' al-nuh-SHEE'-ree) with "organizing and directing" the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in waters off Yemen, and would seek the death penalty. (Al-Nashiri, who's being held at Guantanamo, has yet to stand trial.)
• One year ago: Islamist Mohammed Morsi became Egypt's first freely elected president as he was sworn in during a pair of ceremonies. An international conference in Geneva accepted a U.N.-brokered peace plan calling for creation of a transitional government in Syria, but at Russia's insistence the compromise left the door open to Syria's president being a part of it. Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir died at age 96. Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan became the first player in a Grand Slam tournament to win every point of a set on her way to beating French Open runner-up Sara Errani 6-0, 6-4 in the third round of Wimbledon.
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• Today's Birthdays: Actress Lea Massari is 80. Actor Tony Musante is 77. Actress Nancy Dussault is 77. Singer Glenn Shorrock is 69. Jazz musician Stanley Clarke is 62. Actor David Garrison is 61. Rock musician Hal Lindes (Dire Straits) is 60. Actor-comedian David Alan Grier is 57. Actor Vincent D'Onofrio is 54. Actress Deirdre Lovejoy is 51. Actor Rupert Graves is 50. Boxer Mike Tyson is 47. Actor Peter Outerbridge is 47. Rock musician Tom Drummond (Better Than Ezra) is 44. Actor Brian Bloom is 43. Actor Brian Vincent is 43. Actress Monica Potter is 42. Actor Rick Gonzalez is 34. Actress Lizzy Caplan is 31. Rhythm-and-blues singer Fantasia ("American Idol") is 29. Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps is 28.
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• Thought for Today: "I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate." -- Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, English dramatist (1855-1934).
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