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his retirement after he came under fire for joking about "those damn Catholics" at Notre Dame and poking fun at the academic quality of other schools. France said it had confirmed that nerve gas was used "multiple times in a localized way" in Syria. Joey Covington, 67, a former Jefferson Airplane drummer who co-wrote several of the group's songs, died in a car crash in Palm Springs, California.
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• Today's Birthdays: Sex therapist and media personality Dr. Ruth Westheimer is 86. Actor Bruce Dern is 78. Musician Roger Ball is 70. Actress-singer Michelle Phillips is 70. Jazz musician Anthony Braxton is 69. Rock musician Danny Brown (The Fixx) is 63. Actor Parker Stevenson is 62. Actor Keith David is 58. Blues singer-musician Tinsley Ellis is 57. Actress Julie Gholson is 56. Actor Eddie Velez is 56. Singer-musician El DeBarge is 53. Actress Julie White is 53. Actress Lindsay Frost is 52. Tennis player Andrea Jaeger is 49. Opera singer Cecilia Bartoli is 48. Rhythm-and-blues singer Al B. Sure! is 46. Actor Scott Wolf is 46. Actor-comedian Rob Huebel is 45. Comedian Horatio Sanz is 45. Actor Noah Wyle is 43. Rock musician Stefan Lessard (The Dave Matthews Band) is 40. Actor-comedian Russell Brand is 39. Actress Angelina Jolie is 39. Actor Theo Rossi is 39. Alt-country singer Kasey Chambers is 38. Rock musician JoJo Garza (Los Lonely Boys) is 34. Country musician Dean Berner (Edens Edge) is 33. Model Bar Refaeli (ruh-FEHL'-lee) is 29. Olympic gold medal figure skater Evan Lysacek is 29. Rock musician Zac Farro is 24.
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• Thought for Today: "As people used to be wrong about the motion of the sun, so they are still wrong about the motion of the future. The future stands still; it is we who move in infinite space." - Rainer Maria Rilke (RY'-nur mah-REE'-ah RIHL'-kuh), German poet (1875-1926).
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