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Today In History
Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Events:
1610 - Galileo discovered the moons of Jupiter with his newly invented telescope  - Google It
1785 - The English Channel was crossed by air for the first time by a hot air balloon  - Google It
1927 - A telephone service between London and New York began operating  - Google It
1975 - The oil producing members of OPEC agreed to raise prices by 10%  - Google It
1986 - President Regan broke off all economic links with Libya  - Google It
1987 - Government unemployment figues showed a North-South divide  - Google It
1995 - An eathquake of magnitude 6.9 hit northern Japan & caused major damage to buidings  - Google It

Birthdays:
1768 - Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples  - Google It
1867 - Carl Laemmle, Founder of Universal Pictures  - Google It
1873 - Charles Peguy, French poet  - Google It
1873 - Adolph Zukor, American film producer  - Google It
1925 - Gerald Durrell, British naturalist  - Google It
1951 - Helen Worth, Actress in 'Coronation Street'  - Google It

Top News Stories
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Democratic opposition to seating Burris cracks (AP)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid(R), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi(L) addressing reporters on Capitol Hill on January 5, 2009 in Washington, DC. The new US Congress was convening Tuesday at the dawn of an era of dominance for Barack Obama's Democrats in Washington with lawmakers consumed by the worst economic crisis in generations.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AP - Senate Democrats are looking for ways to defuse the standoff that has denied Roland Burris the vacated Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama of Illinois, but maybe not much longer.



Experts: Crosswinds a factor in Denver air crash (AP)

Workers move the wreckage of Continental Airlines flight 1404 to a site outside a Continental hangar at Denver International Airport in Denver on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009 from the ravine where it crash landed on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008. Aviation safety experts said Tuesday, Jan. 6, strong crosswinds likely were a factor in an accident last month that sent a Continental Airlines jet into a bone-jarring veer off a Denver runway and across open, snowy fields before it came to a halt and caught fire. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - It was very windy when a Continental Airlines jet was destroyed while trying to take off in Denver last month, leading aviation safety experts to cite crosswinds as a likely factor in the accident.



Boy's 1999 disappearance raises questions, regrets (AP)

This age progression image provided by National Center for Missing & Exploited Children shows a simulation of what Adam Herrman might look like at the age of 21. No one claims to know what happened that summer in 1999 when 11-year-old Adam disappeared from the Towanda mobile home park where he lived with his adoptive parents. But the biggest mystery may be why no one reported him missing until nearly a decade later. (AP Photo/The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children via The Wichita Eagle)AP - No one claims to know what happened that summer in 1999 when 11-year-old Adam Herrman disappeared from the mobile home park where he lived with his adoptive parents.



End to Minn. Senate race pushed even further out (AP)

Republican Norm Coleman along with his wife Laurie and several supporters announces he is suing to challenge the results of the U.S. Senate recount during a press conference Tuesday Jan. 6, 2009 at the State Office Building in St. Paul, Minn.  Coleman lost the recount to Democratic  candidate Al Franken by 225 votes. (AP Photo/Dawn VIllella)AP - Minnesota's grueling U.S. Senate race, already dragging on two months past Election Day, has now moved even further from the voters — and into the hands of lawyers.



Engineer: Tenn. ash spill warning signs ignored (AP)
AP - The nation's largest government-run utility ignored two small leaks that could have provided a warning years before a coal ash pond collapsed, flooding a neighborhood with a billion gallons of sludge, a former federal regulator contends.
State unemployment claim systems overwhelmed (AP)

In this Dec. 5, 2008 file photo, Diana Hay of Albany, N.Y., searches for a job at a New York State Department of Labor career center in Albany, N.Y.  New York's unemployment claims systems crashed this week, overwhelmed by tens of thousands of jobless New Yorkers trying to call or log in at once ahead of this week's filing deadline.  (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)AP - Electronic unemployment filing systems have crashed in at least three states in recent days amid an unprecedented crush of thousands of newly jobless Americans seeking benefits, and other states were adjusting their systems to avoid being next.



2 men, teen charged in gang rape of Calif. lesbian (AP)

This undated image provided by the Richmond (Calif.) Police Department shows Humberto Hernandez Salvador. Officers arrested Salvador at his Richmond, Calif., home Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2009. The 31-year-old is being held without bail on gang rape, kidnapping and carjacking charges. (AP Photo/Richmond Police Department)AP - Two men and a teenager were charged Tuesday in the alleged gang rape of a lesbian in the San Francisco Bay area.



AP Exclusive: Calendar shows key Ill. gov meetings (AP)
AP - Gov. Rod Blagojevich's official calendar shows he met with a top union official in his Chicago office the day before Barack Obama was elected president — just as federal prosecutors say the governor was scheming to trade Obama's Senate seat, possibly for a cushy union job.
Ala. policeman feared missing arrested in Vegas (AP)

This photograph released by police in Decatur, Ala., shows Sarah Richardson, who is accused of helping police Sgt. Faron White stage his disappearance in a bid to cover up an alleged theft. Police said Richardson, 29, of Decatur was arrested Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, on a charge of hindering prosecution. White was arrested in Las Vegas on a charge of stealing $2,500 from his department. (AP Photo/Decatur Police Department)AP - Sgt. Faron White's job running a squad that targeted drug dealers, gamblers and other organized crime in a northern Alabama city earned him accolades but was filled with pressure.



Gov. Schwarzenegger rejects latest budget proposal (AP)
AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed an $18 billion deficit-cutting package Tuesday that legislative Democrats characterized as the only "game in town."
Blagojevich race card lands softly in Senate fight (AP)

Illinois U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris is welcomed by Senate Sergeant at Arms Terry Gainer as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The first race card of the Obama era is now in play. In an apparent bid to save his political life — or perhaps just irritate and confound his enemies — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is trying to wedge a black man into the all-white Senate. On Tuesday, Blagojevich's choice, Roland Burris, was turned away on Capitol Hill when he tried to take his seat.



Ex-eBay CEO largely unknown amid Calif. gov.'s bid (AP)

In this Sept. 3, 2008 file photo, Meg Whitman, former president and CEO of eBay, speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Whitman plans to run for governor of California, a person with knowledge of her political aspirations said Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, file)AP - Former eBay executive Meg Whitman brings intrigue and a big bank account to California's beleaguered Republican Party.



Death of Travolta's son raises medical questions (AP)

In this image released by Rogers & Cowan public relations, actor John Travolta, second left, poses with his daughter Ella Bleu, left, wife Kelly Preston, right, and son Jett in an undated family photo.  (AP Photo/Rogers & Cowan)AP - Millions of children and adults have seizures in the United States, but dying from one is rare. That only adds to the confusion and mystery surrounding the life and death of Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston.



Obama plays food critic on Chicago public TV (AP)
AP - Barack and Michelle Obama are known for nights out on the town in Chicago, dining at some of its poshest restaurants with the smartest chefs. But who knew the president-elect was a food critic?
LA water cops hunt wasteful faucets, sprinklers (AP)
AP - The green thumbs who keep lawns lush and flora flourishing in the city have found a new foe among the aphids, white flies and other yard pests — the water police.
Prosecutor: Ex-Calif. sheriff cheated to get job (AP)

Former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, who has pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy, three counts of mail fraud and two counts of witness tampering, arrives at Federal Court in Santa Ana, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 6,  2009. Closing arguments are expected to begin Tuesday and jurors could get the case by the end of the day. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - A former Orange County sheriff gave power to a millionaire businessman who laundered money to help him win his first election, then continued accepting bribes and kickbacks in exchange for the influence of his office, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday in closing arguments.



Police arrest parishioners at New Orleans church (AP)
AP - Police on Tuesday cleared out two New Orleans Catholic churches occupied by former parishioners opposed to the archdiocese's decision to close them, breaking down a door at one.
Lawyer: Train engineer regularly used cell phone (AP)
AP - Lawyers for more than a dozen victims in a deadly commuter rail crash accused the engineer's employer of ignoring complaints that he regularly used his cell phone while operating trains.
Ore. woman wakes up wounded by bullet through wall (AP)
AP - It wasn't until the nurse in the emergency room lifted up a phone and said, "We've got a gunshot victim," that Sandra Howell understood why her arm hurt so much.
Ex-refugee now 1st Vietnamese-American congressman (AP)

Rep.-elect Ahn 'Jospeh' Cao, R-La., poses for a photograph in New Orleans, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008. Cao, who will be the first Vietnamese-American to serve in Congress, defeated William Jefferson for the second congressional district seat.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - When Anh "Joseph" Cao was 8 and Saigon was about to fall, his mother asked if he wanted to take a trip to the beach.





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