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sanctions to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test; a furious Pyongyang threatened a nuclear strike against the United States. The Senate confirmed John Brennan to be CIA director, 63-34, after the Obama administration bowed to demands from Republicans blocking the nomination and stated explicitly there were limits to the president's power to use drones against U.S. terror suspects on American soil. Sybil Christopher, 83, the wife Richard Burton left in 1963 to marry Elizabeth Taylor, and who became a theater producer and nightclub founder, died in New York.
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• Today's Birthdays: Photographer Lord Snowdon is 84. TV personality Willard Scott is 80. Auto racer Janet Guthrie is 76. Actor Daniel J. Travanti is 74. Entertainment executive Michael Eisner is 72. Rock musician Chris White (The Zombies) is 71. Actor John Heard is 68. Rock singer Peter Wolf is 68. Rock musician Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum) is 68. Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Franco Harris is 64. Pro and College Football Hall-of-Famer Lynn Swann is 62. Rhythm-and-blues singer-musician Ernie Isley (The Isley Brothers) is 62. Actor Bryan Cranston is 58. Actress Donna Murphy is 55. Actor Nick Searcy is 55. Golfer Tom Lehman is 55. International Tennis Hall-of-Famer Ivan Lendl is 54. Actress Mary Beth Evans is 53. Singer-actress Taylor Dayne is 52. Actor Bill Brochtrup is 51. Opera singer Denyce Graves is 50. Comedian Wanda Sykes is 50. Actor Jonathan Del Arco is 48. Rock musician Randy Guss (Toad the Wet Sprocket) is 47. Actor Peter Sarsgaard is 43. Actress Rachel Weisz (wys) is 43. Classical singer Sebastien Izambard (Il Divo) is 41. Rock singer Hugo Ferreira (Tantric) is 40. Actress Jenna Fischer is 40. Actress Sarayu Rao is 39. Actress Audrey Marie Anderson is 39. Actor TJ Thyne is 39. Actress Laura Prepon is 34.
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• Thought for Today: "Caveat actor." (Let the doer beware.) -- Latin proverb.
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