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Meghan Lu
WEIGHT 8 LBS, 3.6 OZS, LENGTH 21 IN, IN PARK RIDGE, ILLINOIS
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 21, 2002 - A great day to
be born! Astrologers say you are a Virgo: methodical, practical,
intelligent.
You share this birthday with explorer
Louis Joliet, journalist Bill
Kurds,
authors H.G. Wells and Stephen King,
actors Bill Murray, David James Elliot, Altbnso Ribeiro, Joseph Mazzello,
Earry Hagman
and Rob Morrow, basketball's Artis Gilmore
and Sidney Moncrief, baseball's
Cecil Fielder, musicians Liam Gallaghcr and David Silveria,
singer Faith television's Ricki
Lake, and actress-author Fannie
Flagg.
THIS
DAY IN HISTORY - Editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"
appears (1897); Britain abandons gold
standard (1931); Czechs cede Sudetenland
to Hitler, WWII (1938); Category
3 hurricane slams into New England without
warning (1938); North
Korean pilot delivers MIG plane to
U.S. For $100,000 reward, Korean War
(1953); Heavyweight
champ Rockv Marciano KO's Archie Moore for his 49th win
(1955); Pro football players begin
their 1st strike (1982); Colin Powell
becomes chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff (1989).
TOP
NEWS TODAY -
The Bush administration gave in to growing pressure to grant an independent
investigation of last
year's terrorist attacks.
Top economists reported that California has fallen to sixth
place, just behind France, on a list of the
world's largest economies. House Democrats rallying against
military
action said they have been
ignored as the capital debates when, not if, to attack Iraq. Parents
applauded a proposed law that would require public places such as parks,
restaurants and churches to install baby-changing stations.
(Dose this not have anything to do with my birth?!)
WEATHER & BUSINESS
- Unseasonably warm, humid air remained
near the Atlantic Seaboard; scattered
rain fell in the interior East. Hurricane Isidore, with
central winds of over 100 mph,
moved to the northwest off the
western tip of Cuba. This week the Dow closed at 7,986,
up 43.63 points. Gold is $322.00 an
ounce.
SPORTS
- Investigators discovered bloodstains
on a sailboat owned by former NBA player Bison Dele, who is
missing; police suspect Mr. Dele's older
brother is responsible for his alleged death.
In Major League Baseball, the New York Mets'
General Manager, Steve Phillips,
denied rumors of widespread drug use on his team.
TELEVISION
TONIGHT - "Miss America,"
"Big Brother 3,"
"The District," "The Agency," "Cops,"
"America's Most Wanted: America
Fights Back,''
"Meet My Folks," and "L.A.
Law: The Movie."
TOP
BOOKS, MOVIES, SONGS - Books: "The Lovely Bones,"
by
Alice Sebold: "Red Rabbit,"
by Tom Clancy. Movies: "Barbershop," Ice Cube. Cednc
the Entertainer; "My Big Fat
Greek Wedding," Nia Vardalos. Songs: "Dilemma." by Nelly
featuring Kelly Rowland; "Gangsta Lovin'," by Eve featuring Alicia
Keys.
TRENDS OF THE TIMES - The median
family
income is $45,329; average cost of a
new home is $179,526; a new car $16.752; a half-gallon
of milk $1.49; and a loaf of bread $1.05. Federal minimum wage is $5.15
an hour. The U.S. population is 288,059,776.
The most-watched TV program is "NFL
Football." The top video rental
is "Blade II." A first class stamp is 37¢.
Although the jobless rate dropped 0.2 percent
in August, it has
offered little hope that the economy
could soon emerge from its weak state. U.S. military forces and Pakistani
soldiers continue to
battle Al Oaeda
and Taliban fighters
as they search
for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The mosquito-borne
West Nile virus has infected nearly
1,500 Americans this year.
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