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Today's Celebrations

Girl Scout Birthday Day - the Girl Scouts of the USA was founded on this day in 1912
Registered Dietitian Day

Celebrity Birthdays

1922 - Jack Kerouac - author: On the Road, The Town and the City, The Dharma Bums, The Subterraneans, Doctor Sax, Maggie Cassidy, Lonesome Traveler, Big Sur, Desolation Angels, Visions of Cody; died Oct 21, 1969

1938 - Lew Dewitt - singer: group: The Statler Brothers: Flowers on the Wall, Bed of Roses; died Aug 15, 1990

1938 - Johnny Rutherford [76] - auto racer: Indianapolis 500 winner: [1974, 1976, 1980]

1946 - Liza Minnelli [68] - Academy Award-winning actress: Cabaret [1972]; The Sterile Cuckoo, Arthur, Liza with a ‘Z’!; daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli

1948 - Mark Moseley [66] - football: NFL record for scoring 161 points [1983]: kicking 62 extra points and 33 field goals for Washington Redskins; fifth all-time scorer

1948 - James Taylor [66] - singer: You’ve Got a Friend, Handy Man, Fire & Rain, How Sweet It Is [To Be Loved By You]; formerly married to Carly Simon

1957 - Marlon Jackson [57] - singer: group: The Jackson Five; Michael’s brother

1981 – Holly Williams [33] - American singer-songwriter. She is the granddaughter of Hank Williams, Sr., the daughter of Hank Williams, Jr. and half-sister of country singer Hank Williams III.

Tabloid News

22 Pound House Cat Holds Family Hostage

From gma.yahoo.com -

A Portland family was forced to hide in a bedroom and call 911 after they say they were terrorized by their 22-pound pet cat.
"I have a kind of particular emergency here Lee Palmer can be heard telling a 911 dispatcher during the 911 call.
"I kicked the cat in the rear and it has went off over the edge and we aren't safe around the cat," Palmer said. "We're trapped in our bedroom and he won't let us out of our door."
The cat, a black-and-white Himalayan named Lux, reportedly attacked a 7-month-old baby in the home.
The cat turned violent after their son, Jesse, pulled its tail on Sunday.
Palmer told the 911 dispatcher that the cat, who could be heard hissing in the background, was charging the bedroom door.
Police were able to capture the cat with a snare and then put him in a crate.