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Mellett, 34, members of Chuck Mangione's band.) Irish playwright Hugh Leonard ("Da") died in Dublin at age 82.
• One year ago: The manhunt for rogue ex-Los Angeles cop Christopher Dorner came to an end with his apparent suicide in a mountain cabin following a gunbattle with law enforcement; authorities blamed Dorner for killing four people, including two officers. President Barack Obama set up high-stakes clashes over guns, immigration, taxes and climate change in his State of the Union address. A bitterly divided Senate Armed Services Committee approved, 14-11, President Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary. Defying U.N. warnings, North Korea conducted its third underground nuclear test. IOC leaders dropped wrestling for the 2020 Games in a surprise decision to scrap one of the oldest sports on the Olympic program.
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• Today's Birthdays: Movie director Franco Zeffirelli is 91. Actor Louis Zorich is 90. Baseball Hall-of-Fame sportscaster Joe Garagiola is 88. Movie director Costa-Gavras is 81. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Bill Russell is 80. Actor Joe Don Baker is 78. Author Judy Blume is 76. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is 72. Country singer Moe Bandy is 70. Actress Maud Adams is 69. Actor Cliff DeYoung is 68. Actor Michael Ironside is 64. Rock musician Steve Hackett is 64. Rock singer Michael McDonald is 62. Actress Joanna Kerns is 61. Actor-talk show host Arsenio Hall is 58. Actor John Michael Higgins is 51. Actor Raphael Sbarge is 50. Actress Christine Elise is 49. Actor Josh Brolin is 46. Singer Chynna Phillips is 46. Rock musician Jim Creeggan (Barenaked Ladies) is 44. Rhythm-and-blues musician Keri Lewis is 43. Actor Jesse Spencer is 35. Actress Sarah Lancaster is 34. Actress Christina Ricci is 34. NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III is 24. Actress Jennifer Stone is 21. Actresses Baylie and Rylie Cregut (TV: "Raising Hope") are four.
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• Thought for Today: "Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason." - Ashley Montagu, English anthropologist (1905-1999).
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