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a grand jury investigation into how some of his political donors had won a lucrative state contract. (Prosecutors later declined to bring charges against Richardson.) A female suicide bomber struck Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, killing 38.
• One year ago: The new Congress passed a $9.7 billion bill to help pay flood insurance claims to homeowners, renters and businesses damaged by Superstorm Sandy. No. 10 Texas A&M beat No. 12 Oklahoma, 41-13, in the Cotton Bowl.
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• Today's Birthdays: Actress Barbara Rush is 87. Football Hall-of-Fame coach Don Shula is 84. Opera singer Grace Bumbry is 77. Actress Dyan Cannon is 75. Author-historian Doris Kearns Goodwin is 71. Country singer Kathy Forester (The Forester Sisters) is 59. Actress Ann Magnuson is 58. Rock musician Bernard Sumner (New Order, Joy Division) is 58. Country singer Patty Loveless is 57. Rock singer Michael Stipe is 54. Actor Patrick Cassidy is 52. Actor Dave Foley is 51. Actress Dot Jones (TV: "Glee") is 50. Actor Rick Hearst is 49. Singer-musician Cait O'Riordan is 49. Actress Julia Ormond is 49. Tennis player Guy Forget (ghee fohr-ZHAY') is 49. Country singer Deana Carter is 48. Rock musician Benjamin Darvill (Crash Test Dummies) is 47. Actor Jeremy Licht is 43. Actress-singer Jill Marie Jones is 39. Alt-country singer Justin Townes Earle is 32. Christian rock singer Spencer Chamberlain (Underoath) is 31. Actress Lenora Crichlow (TV: "Back in the Game" ''Being Human") is 29. Comedian-actress Charlyne Yi is 28. Actress-singer Coco Jones (TV: "So Random" ''Good Luck Charlie") is 16.
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• Thought for Today: "Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste." - Charlotte Bronte, English author (1816-1855).
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