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cas gave final approval to a framework for the world's largest free trade bloc as police clashed with hundreds of demonstrators.
• Five years ago: Sen. Ted Stevens, the chamber's longest-serving Republican, delivered his swan song address following his failed re-election bid; he was saluted by his colleagues as a staunch friend and teacher. The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to impose new sanctions aimed at reducing the arms flowing into Somalia and the lawlessness and piracy that were flourishing there. Betty James, co-founder of the company that made the Slinky, died in Philadelphia at age 90.
• One year ago: Former boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho was shot while sitting in a car in his hometown of Bayamon, Puerto Rico. (Camacho died three days later after doctors removed him from life support.) Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash resigned from "Sesame Street" amid allegations he sexually abused underage boys. Jack Taylor, a guard for the Grinnell College basketball team, shattered the NCAA scoring record with a 138-point performance as the Division III school beat Faith Baptist Bible, 179-104.
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• Today's Birthdays: Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer is 90. Actress-comedian Kaye Ballard is 88. Actress Estelle Parsons is 86. Comedian Dick Smothers is 75. Singer Norman Greenbaum is 71. Vice President Joe Biden is 71. Actress Veronica Hamel is 70. Broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff is 67. Actor Samuel E. Wright is 67. Singer Joe Walsh is 66. Actor Richard Masur is 65. Opera singer Barbara Hendricks is 65. Actress Bo Derek is 57. Former NFL player Mark Gastineau is 57. Reggae musician Jim Brown (UB40) is 56. Actress Sean Young is 54. Pianist Jim Brickman is 52. Rock musician Todd Nance (Widespread Panic) is 51. Actress Ming-Na is 50. Actor Ned Vaughn is 49. Rapper Mike D (The Beastie Boys) is 48. Rapper Sen Dog (Cypress Hill) is 48. Actress Callie Thorne is 44. Actress Sabrina Lloyd is 43. Actor Joel McHale is 42. Actress Marisa Ryan is 39. Country singer Dierks (duhkrs) Bentley is 38. Actor Joshua Gomez is 38. Actress Laura Harris is 37. Olympic gold medal gymnast Dominique Dawes is 37. Country singer Josh Turner is 36. Actress Nadine Velazquez is 35. Actress Andrea Riseborough is 32. Actor Dan Byrd is 28. Actress Ashley Fink (TV: "Glee") is 27. Rock musician Jared Followill (Kings of Leon) is 27. Actor Cody Linley is 24.
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• Thought for Today: "Make haste slowly." - Caesar Augustus, Roman emperor (63 B.C.-A.D. 14).
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