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Five News Stories of the Day
Are We About to Get Macaroni-and-Cheese on Tap? (Story)
How Early Is Too Early to Start Drinking on Weekends? (Story)
The Kentucky Derby Will Happen . . . With Fans (Story)
A Rundown of How to Plan a Safe Summer Vacation . . . Including Road Trips, Flying, and Staying in Hotels (Story)
A Group Is Busted with a Truckload of Illegal Fireworks, and Three Dead Alligators (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The full version of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is a feminist song about a woman who wants to go on a date to a baseball game.
2. When JFK was single in 1941, he dated a journalist named Inga Arvad, who was one of Hitler's personal guests at the 1936 Olympics.
3. "Led Zeppelin 4" is the fifth-best selling album in U.S. history, with 23 million copies sold but it was never number one on the Billboard charts. It peaked at number two.
4. The longest golf hole in the world is a 1,100-yard hole in South Korea. It's a par seven . . . and if you managed to get a hole-in-one, that would be called a phoenix. If you did it in two shots, that would be called an ostrich.
5. The U.S.A. Patriot Act is actually an acronym and a clunky and forced one at that. It stands for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act."
Celebrity Birthdays
Ariana Grande is 27.
Jennette McCurdy is 28. Sam on "iCarly". She also did a Netflix series called "Between", about a town that's quarantined because there's a mysterious disease killing everyone over the age of 21...
Aubrey Plaza is 36.
Jason Schwartzman is 40. Max Fischer in "Rushmore". He's Talia Shire's son, Francis Ford Coppola's nephew, Nicolas Cage's cousin.
Michael Vick is 40 today.
Derek Jeter is 46.
Gretchen Wilson is 47. Country star famous for singing "Redneck Woman".
Chris O'Donnell is 50. G. Callen on "NCIS: Los Angeles". Before that he was Robin the Boy Wonder in two of those '90s "Batman" movies; D'Artagnan in "The Three Musketeers"; AND Charlie Simms in "Scent of a Woman".
Nick Offerman is 50. Ron Swanson on "Parks and Recreation". He's Megan Mullally's husband.
Sean Hayes is 50. Jack on "Will & Grace" and Larry in the "Three Stooges".
Irv Gotti is 50. Murder Inc. anyone?
Colin Greenwood is 51. Radiohead bassist. "Creep"
Harriet Wheeler is 57. Singer in The Sundays.
Terri Nunn is 59. Lead singer for Berlin.
Mark McKinney is 61. "SNL" alumni who also played Father Williams in "Night at the Roxbury" and Father Tylenol Ritley in "Superstar".
Patty Smyth is 63. Pronounced "Sm-EYE-th". '80s rock star formerly in Scandal. "The Warrior" and "Goodbye to You".
Chris Isaak is 64. "Wicked Game"
Mick Jones is 65. Clash guitarist.
Gedde Watanabe is 65. Long Duk Dong in "Sixteen Candles", Kaz in "Gung Ho", At Toon in "Volunteers",and Nurse Yosh Takata on "ER"from 1997 to 2003.
Billy Davis Junior is 82. Singer in The Fifth Dimension
Five News Stories of the Day
Are We About to Get Macaroni-and-Cheese on Tap? (Story)
How Early Is Too Early to Start Drinking on Weekends? (Story)
The Kentucky Derby Will Happen . . . With Fans (Story)
A Rundown of How to Plan a Safe Summer Vacation . . . Including Road Trips, Flying, and Staying in Hotels (Story)
A Group Is Busted with a Truckload of Illegal Fireworks, and Three Dead Alligators (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The full version of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is a feminist song about a woman who wants to go on a date to a baseball game.
2. When JFK was single in 1941, he dated a journalist named Inga Arvad, who was one of Hitler's personal guests at the 1936 Olympics.
3. "Led Zeppelin 4" is the fifth-best selling album in U.S. history, with 23 million copies sold but it was never number one on the Billboard charts. It peaked at number two.
4. The longest golf hole in the world is a 1,100-yard hole in South Korea. It's a par seven . . . and if you managed to get a hole-in-one, that would be called a phoenix. If you did it in two shots, that would be called an ostrich.
5. The U.S.A. Patriot Act is actually an acronym and a clunky and forced one at that. It stands for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act."
Celebrity Birthdays
Ariana Grande is 27.
Jennette McCurdy is 28. Sam on "iCarly". She also did a Netflix series called "Between", about a town that's quarantined because there's a mysterious disease killing everyone over the age of 21...
Aubrey Plaza is 36.
Jason Schwartzman is 40. Max Fischer in "Rushmore". He's Talia Shire's son, Francis Ford Coppola's nephew, Nicolas Cage's cousin.
Michael Vick is 40 today.
Derek Jeter is 46.
Gretchen Wilson is 47. Country star famous for singing "Redneck Woman".
Chris O'Donnell is 50. G. Callen on "NCIS: Los Angeles". Before that he was Robin the Boy Wonder in two of those '90s "Batman" movies; D'Artagnan in "The Three Musketeers"; AND Charlie Simms in "Scent of a Woman".
Nick Offerman is 50. Ron Swanson on "Parks and Recreation". He's Megan Mullally's husband.
Sean Hayes is 50. Jack on "Will & Grace" and Larry in the "Three Stooges".
Irv Gotti is 50. Murder Inc. anyone?
Colin Greenwood is 51. Radiohead bassist. "Creep"
Harriet Wheeler is 57. Singer in The Sundays.
Terri Nunn is 59. Lead singer for Berlin.
Mark McKinney is 61. "SNL" alumni who also played Father Williams in "Night at the Roxbury" and Father Tylenol Ritley in "Superstar".
Patty Smyth is 63. Pronounced "Sm-EYE-th". '80s rock star formerly in Scandal. "The Warrior" and "Goodbye to You".
Chris Isaak is 64. "Wicked Game"
Mick Jones is 65. Clash guitarist.
Gedde Watanabe is 65. Long Duk Dong in "Sixteen Candles", Kaz in "Gung Ho", At Toon in "Volunteers",and Nurse Yosh Takata on "ER"from 1997 to 2003.
Billy Davis Junior is 82. Singer in The Fifth Dimension
