Tuesday, July 08, 2014 • Vol. 16--No. 352 • 30 of 30

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Five years ago: Group of Eight leaders, including President Barack Obama, pledged to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 as they met in L'Aquila, Italy. South Korea blamed North Korea for cyberattacks targeting its websites as well as those in the U.S.
One year ago: Breaking their public silence, three women who'd been held captive in a Cleveland home for a decade issued a YouTube video; in it, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight thanked the public for the encouragement and financial support allowing them to restart their lives.

Today's Birthdays: Singer Steve Lawrence is 79. Actor Jeffrey Tambor is 70. Ballerina Cynthia Gregory is 68. Actress Kim Darby is 67. Children's performer Raffi is 66. Actress Anjelica Huston is 63. Writer Anna Quindlen is 62. Actor Kevin Bacon is 56. Actor Robert Knepper is 55. Rock musician Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode) is 53. Country singer Toby Keith is 53. Rock musician Graham Jones (Haircut 100) is 53. Rock singer Joan Osborne is 52. Writer-producer Rob Burnett is 52. Actor Rocky Carroll is 51. Actor Corey Parker is 49. Actor Lee Tergesen is 49. Actor Billy Crudup is 46. Actor Michael Weatherly is 46. Singer Beck is 44. Country singer Drew Womack (Sons of the Desert) is 44. Actress Kathleen Robertson is 41. Christian rock musician Stephen Mason (Jars of Clay) is 39. Actor Milo Ventimiglia (MEE'-loh vehn-tih-MEEL'-yuh) is 37. Rock musician Tavis Werts is 37. Singer Ben Jelen (YEL'-in) is 35. Actor Lance Gross is 33. Actress Sophia Bush is 32. Rock musician Jamie Cook (Arctic Monkeys) is 29. Actor Jake McDorman is 28. Actor Jaden Smith is 16.

Thought for Today: "For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, poet and philosopher (1803-1882).

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