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Good morning, it’s Monday March 17 and the forecast calls for clouds and a chance of showers. Remember to wear something green today, and you may want to take an umbrella, too.
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Good morning, it’s Monday, March 17, the 77th day of 2008. There are 289 days left in the year. The forecast calls for clouds, a chance of showers and highs in the mid 70s.

This is St. Patrick's Day.

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This month’s photo:

Blue skies and new flowers signal the beginning of a new season. The photo was taken by Jimmy Wyatt and was selected for the 2008 News 10 Weather Authority Calendar.Click here for information about the 2008 News 10 Weather Authority Calendar.





What’s Going On Today
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Today's Highlight in Local History:
On March 17, 1915, McLennan County recorded its first fatal traffic accident when a car struck the bicycle the superintendent of Waco schools was riding in downtown Waco.
On March 17, 1995, then VA Secretary Jesse Brown announced the merger of the administrations of the Waco, Temple and Marlin VA facilities.

Today's Highlight in History:
Fifty years ago, on March 17, 1958, the U.S. Navy launched the Vanguard 1 satellite.

On This Date:
In A.D. 461 (or A.D. 493, according to other authorities), St. Patrick -- the patron saint of Ireland -- died in Saul.
In 1776, British forces evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War.
In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt first likened crusading journalists to a man with "the muckrake in his hand" in a speech to the Gridiron Club in Washington.
In 1910, the Camp Fire Girls organization was formed. (It was formally presented to the public on this date two years later.)
In 1941, the National Gallery of Art opened in Washington, D.C.
In 1950, scientists at the University of California at Berkeley announced they had created a new radioactive element, "californium."
In 1966, a U.S. midget submarine located a missing hydrogen bomb which had fallen from an American bomber into the Mediterranean off Spain.
In 1968, a peaceful anti-Vietnam War protest in London was followed by a riot outside the U.S. Embassy; more than 80 people were reported injured.
In 1969, Golda Meir became prime minister of Israel.
In 1992, 29 people were killed in the truck bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Ten years ago:
Jeff King battled through blowing snow and poor visibility to earn his third victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Five years ago:
Edging to the brink of war, President Bush gave Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave his country. Iraq rejected Bush's ultimatum, saying that a U.S. attack to force Saddam from power would be "a grave mistake." In Washington, D.C., tobacco farmer Dwight Ware Watson, claiming to be carrying bombs, drove a tractor and trailer into a pond on the National Mall; the threat disrupted traffic for two days until Watson surrendered; there were no bombs.

One year ago:
Denouncing a conflict entering its fifth year, protesters across the country raised their voices against U.S. policy in Iraq and marched by the thousands to the Pentagon. John Backus, the developer of Fortran, a programming language that changed how people interacted with computers, died in Ashland, Oregon, at age 82.

Today's Birthdays:
The former national chairwoman of the NAACP, Myrlie Evers-Williams, is 75. Rock musician Paul Kantner is 67. Singer-songwriter Jim Weatherly is 65. Singer-songwriter John Sebastian (The Lovin' Spoonful) is 64. Rock musician Harold Brown (War; Lowrider Band) is 62. Actor Patrick Duffy is 59. Actor Kurt Russell is 57. Country singer Susie Allanson is 56. Actress Lesley-Anne Down is 54. Country singer Paul Overstreet is 53. Actor Gary Sinise is 53. Actress Vicki Lewis is 48. Actor Casey Siemaszko is 47. Writer-director Rob Sitch is 46. Actor Rob Lowe is 44. Rock singer Billy Corgan is 41. Rock musician Van Conner (Screaming Trees) is 41. Actor Mathew St. Patrick is 40. Actor Yanic Truesdale is 39. Rock musician Melissa Auf der Maur is 36. Rock musician Caroline Corr (The Corrs) is 35. Actress Marisa Coughlan is 34. Rapper Swifty (D12) is 33. Actress Natalie Zea (zee) is 33. Singer Stephen Gately is 32.

Thought for Today:
"It is my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it." -- Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright (1880-1964).

(Source: Associated Press)
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