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military or diplomatic responses, despite earlier assertions that use of such weapons would be a "game-changer." The FDA lowered to 15 the age at which girls and women could buy the Plan B emergency contraceptive without a prescription, and said it no longer had to be kept behind pharmacy counters. Willem-Alexander became the first Dutch king in more than a century as his mother, Beatrix, abdicated after 33 years as queen.
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• Today's Birthdays: Actress Cloris Leachman is 88. Singer Willie Nelson is 81. Actor Burt Young is 74. Singer Bobby Vee is 71. Movie director Allan Arkush is 66. Actor Perry King is 66. Singer Merrill Osmond is 61. Movie director Jane Campion is 60. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is 55. Actor Paul Gross is 55. Basketball Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas is 53. Country musician Robert Reynolds (The Mavericks) is 52. Actor Adrian Pasdar is 49. Rock singer J.R. Richards (Dishwalla) is 47. Rapper Turbo B (Snap) is 47. Rock musician Clark Vogeler is 45. Rhythm-and-blues singer Chris "Choc" Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is 43. Rock musician Chris Henderson (3 Doors Down) is 43. Country singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson is 43. Actress Lisa Dean Ryan is 42. Rhythm-and-blues singer Akon is 41. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jeff Timmons (98 Degrees) is 41. Actor Johnny Galecki is 39. Singer-musician Cole Deggs (Cole Deggs and the Lonesome) is 38. Actor Kunal Nayyar is 33. Rapper Lloyd Banks is 32. Actress Kirsten Dunst is 32. Country singer Tyler Wilkinson (The Wilkinsons) is 30. Actress Dianna Agron is 28.
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• Thought for Today: "In America, getting on in the world means getting out of the world we have known before." - Ellery Sedgwick, American editor (1872-1960).
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