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dered the Food and Drug Administration to lift age restrictions on the sale of emergency contraception, ending a requirement that buyers show proof they were 17 or older if they wanted to buy it without a prescription. (After months of back-and-forth legal battles, the Obama administration agreed to lift the age limits.)

Today's Birthdays: Movie producer Roger Corman is 88. Former U.S. Secretary of State and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell is 77. Country singer Tommy Cash is 74. Actor Michael Moriarty is 73. Pop singer Allan Clarke (The Hollies) is 72. Writer-director Peter Greenaway is 72. Actor Max Gail is 71. Actress Jane Asher is 68. Singer Agnetha (ag-NEE'-tah) Faltskog (ABBA) is 64. Actor Mitch Pileggi is 62. Singer-songwriter Peter Case is 60. Rock musician Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) is 48. Country singer Troy Gentry is 47. Singer Paula Cole is 46. Actress Krista Allen is 43. Country singer Pat Green is 42. Rapper-producer Pharrell (fa-REHL') Williams is 41. Rapper/producer Juicy J is 39.

Thought for Today: "A man is only as good as what he loves." - Saul Bellow, Canadian-born American author (1915-2005).

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