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American earners to help reduce the deficit. A judge announced that former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a New York City hotel maid had signed a settlement of her sexual-assault lawsuit stemming from a May 2011 hotel encounter. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Cuba to undergo his fourth cancer-related operation there.
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• Today's Birthdays: Soap opera creator Agnes Nixon is 86. Former Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter (YEYE'-tur) is 83. Actor Tommy Kirk is 72. Actress Fionnula Flanagan is 72. Pop singer Chad Stuart (Chad and Jeremy) is 72. Actress-singer Gloria Loring is 67. Pop-funk musician Walter "Clyde" Orange (The Commodores) is 67. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ralph Tavares is 65. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jessica Cleaves (Friends of Distinction) is 65. Country singer Johnny Rodriguez is 62. Actress Susan Dey is 61. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is 57. Jazz musician Paul Hardcastle is 56. Actor-director Kenneth Branagh (BRAH'-nah) is 53. Actress Nia Peeples is 52. TV chef Bobby Flay is 49. Rock singer-musician J Mascis is 48. Country singer Kevin Sharp is 43. Rock musician Scot (cq) Alexander (Dishwalla) is 42. Actress-comedian Arden Myrin is 40. Rock musician Meg White (The White Stripes) is 39. Rapper Kuniva (D12) is 38. Actor Gavin Houston is 36. Violinist Sarah Chang is 33. Rock musician Noah Harmon (Airborne Toxic Event) is 32. Actress Raven-Symone is 28.
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• Thought for Today: "To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail." - T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935).
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