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• Five years ago: Gen. David Petraeus stepped aside as Gen. Ray Odierno took over as the top American commander of the Iraq war. President George W. Bush got a firsthand look at the fury that Hurricane Ike had unleashed on the Gulf Coast with stops in Houston and Galveston, Texas, and a helicopter tour. Motown songwriter and producer Norman Whitfield died in Los Angeles at age 67.
• One year ago: In appearances on Sunday news shows, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said there was no evidence that the attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, was premeditated. But Libya's interim president, Mohammed el-Megarif, told CBS he had no doubt attackers spent months planning the assault and purposely chose the date, Sept. 11.
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• Today's Birthdays: Actress Janis Paige is 91. Actress Lauren Bacall is 89. Blues singer B.B. King is 88. Clergyman-author Rev. Robert H. Schuller is 87. Actor George Chakiris is 81. Bluesman Billy Boy Arnold is 78. Movie director Jim McBride is 72. Actress Linda Miller is 71. Rhythm-and-blues singer Betty Kelly (Martha & the Vandellas) is 69. Musician Kenney Jones (Small Faces; Faces; The Who) is 65. Actress Susan Ruttan is 65. Rock musician Ron Blair (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers; Mudcrutch) is 65. Actor Ed Begley Jr. is 64. Country singer David Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) is 63. Country singer-songwriter Phil Lee is 62. Actor-comedian Lenny Clarke is 60. Actor Kurt Fuller is 60. Jazz musician Earl Klugh is 60. Actor Christopher Rich is 60. Singer Frank Reed (The Chi-Lites) is 59. TV personality Mark McEwen is 59. Baseball Hall of Famer Robin Yount is 58. Actor Mickey Rourke is 57. Magician David Copperfield is 57. Country singer-songwriter Terry McBride is 55. Actress Jennifer Tilly is 55. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher Orel Hershiser is 55. Retired MLB All-Star Tim Raines is 54. Actress Jayne Brook is 53. Singer Richard Marx is 50. Comedian Molly Shannon is 49. Singer Marc Anthony is 45. Comedian-actress Amy Poehler is 42. Country singer Matt Stillwell is 38. Singer Musiq (MYOO'-sihk) is 36. Actress Alexis Bledel is 32. Actress Sabrina Bryan is 29. Actress Madeline Zima is 28. Actress Kyla Pratt is 27. Actor Daren Kagasoff is 26. Rock singer Teddy Geiger is 25. Actress-dancer Bailey Buntain (TV: "Bunheads") is 24. Rock singer-musician Nick Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 21.
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• Thought for Today: "Stoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom." - Bergen Evans, American lexicographer (1904-1978).
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