Today's Highlights:
Wednesday, January 7, 2004
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Spotlight: Topic of the Day: Angelina Jolie, who shot scenes of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in Angkor, will be funding a program to donate cows to Cambodian farmers to ease poverty and dissuade hunting and logging. (story)
Today's News:
- Mad Cow Disease -- US cases born in Canada (story)
- President Bush -- outlines immigration plan (story)
- McDonald's -- suggest low-fat menu items (story)
Today's History:
- Galileo Galilei -- sighted four of Jupiter's moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto (1610)
- Jean Pierre Blanchard &
John Jeffries -- became the first to successfully cross the English Channel in a gas balloon (1785) - George Washington -- elected in the first U.S. presidential election where Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose the nation's first president (1789)
Today's Birthdays:
- Millard Fillmore -- President of the United States, 1850-53 (1800-1874)
- Katie Couric -- Today Show anchor turns 47
- Nicolas Cage -- star of Matchstick Men turns 40
