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Today's Celebrations

Great American Smokeout
Use Less Stuff Day
World Hello Day - just say, “hello” to ten people on this day. Greet them warmly and with a smile. And you can say, “hello” in any language.
World Television Day

Celebrity Birthdays

1933 - Jean Shepard (80) - country singer: Satisfied Mind, Beautiful Lies, Slippin’ Away, Satin Sheets, w/Ferlin Husky: A Dear John Letter

1937 - Marlo (Margaret) Thomas (80) - Emmy Award-winning producer: Marlo Thomas and Friends in Free to Be ... You and Me [1973-74], Free to Be ... A Family [1988-89], actress: Nobody’s Child [1985-86]; That Girl, Tribute to Women in Comedy, The Joey Bishop Show, Held Hostage, In the Spirit, Jenny; wife of Phil Donahue; daughter of Danny Thomas

1940 - Dr. John (‘Mac’ Malcolm John Rebennack) (73) - musician: organ, guitar, singer: Right Place Wrong Time; songwriter: Lights Out, What’s Goin’ On, Lady Luck, Losing Battle

1944 - Harold Ramis (69) - writer: Ghostbusters series, Armed and Dangerous, National Lampoon’s Animal House, Stripes, Meatballs; writer, director: Multiplicity, Groundhog Day, Club Paradise, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Caddyshack, actor: Ghostbusters series, Second City TV, Love Affair, Stealing Home, Baby Boom

1945 - Goldie Hawn (68) (Btudlendgehawn) - Academy Award-winning actress: Cactus Flower [1969]; First Wives Club, Bird on a Wire, Butterflies are Free, Housesitter, Death Becomes Her, Private Benjamin, Shampoo, The Sugarland Express, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, Good Morning, World

1963 - Nicollette Sheridan (50) - actress: Desperate Housewives, Paper Dolls, Knots Landing, Spy Hard, Silver Strand, Noises Off, Deceptions, The Sure Thing

1974 - Kelsi Osborn (39) is born near Magna, Utah. With sisters Kristyn and Kassidy, she forms SHeDAISY, whose 1999 debut album, "The Whole SHeBANG," nets them a trio of hits and a nomination from the Academy of Country Music for Top New Duet or Group

Tabloid News

Boston Cat Must Attend Jury Duty

From NYDailyNews.com -

Boston resident Sal Esposito has been called to jury duty, but there's one thing standing in the way of his ability to serve: He's a cat.

Massachusetts couple Anna and Guy Esposito received a jury duty summons for their feline friend this month, who they had listed as a household resident on the 2010 Census.

"Sal is a member of the family so I listed him on the last Census form under pets but there has clearly been a mix-up,"I read the hole thing and I said, 'Oh my God, how could he go, he's a cat?'"

Anna filed to have her pet disqualified from the service requirement on the grounds he is "unable to speak and understand English." She even included a letter from her vet explaining that Sal is not a human being but a "domestic short-haired neutered feline,".
The court rejected the request, and as things stand, Sal will have to report for duty to Suffolk Superior Crown Court in Boston.