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Good morning, it’s Sunday May 4 and it should be partly sunny during the day, but look for a slight chance of showers tonight. It’s the first anniversary of a deadly tornado.
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Good morning, it’s Sunday, May 4, the 125th day of 2008. There are 241 days left in the year. The forecast calls for at least some sun with highs in the upper 70s, but a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms appears in the forecast tonight.

A year ago today, a powerful tornado almost wiped Greensburg, Kan. off the map, killing at least 11. President Bush heads there today from his Central Texas ranch to mark the anniversary.

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This month’s photo:

A bee is hard at work pollinating a flower and taking a berry back to the hive for later. The photo was taken by Fred Daschofsky 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 May 4, 1922, three black men were lynched in Kirven after a 17-year-old girl was murdered.

Today's Highlight in History:
On May 4, 1945, during World War II, German forces in the Netherlands, Denmark and northwestern Germany agreed to surrender.

On This Date:
In 1626, Dutch explorer Peter Minuit landed on present-day Manhattan Island.
In 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago, a labor demonstration for an 8-hour work day turned into a riot when a bomb exploded.
In 1904, the United States took over construction of the Panama Canal.
In 1916, responding to a demand from President Wilson, Germany agreed to limit its submarine warfare, thereby averting a diplomatic break with Washington. (However, Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare the following year.)
In 1932, mobster Al Capone, convicted of income-tax evasion, entered the federal penitentiary in Atlanta. (Capone was later transferred to Alcatraz Island.)
In 1946, a 2-day riot at Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay ended, the violence having claimed five lives.
In 1961, a group of "Freedom Riders" left Washington, D.C., for New Orleans to challenge racial segregation on interstate buses and in bus terminals.
In 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on anti-war protesters at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others.
In 1979, Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first female prime minister as the Tories ousted the incumbent Labour government in parliamentary elections.
In 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley, wife of actor Robert Blake, was shot to death as she sat in a car in Los Angeles. (Blake, accused of the killing, was acquitted in a criminal trial but was found liable by a civil jury and ordered to pay damages.)

Ten years ago:
Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski was given four life sentences plus 30 years by a federal judge in Sacramento, California, under a plea agreement that spared him the death penalty. In Vatican City, the commander of the Swiss Guard, Alois Estermann, and his wife were found shot to death in their apartment; a Vatican inquiry concluded that a corporal, Cedric Tornay, had shot the couple and then turned the gun on himself.

Five years ago:
Tornadoes swept across the Central Plains and Midwest, resulting in 38 deaths and causing a wide swath of destruction. Police in Iraq's capital returned to work in force. Pope John Paul II proclaimed five new saints before a crowd of 1 million people in Madrid. Two American astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut ended up nearly 300 miles off course after returning from the international space station.

One year ago:
A tornado destroyed most of Greensburg, Kansas, killing at least 11 people. A judge sentenced hotel heiress Paris Hilton to 45 days in the Los Angeles County jail for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case by driving with a suspended license. (Hilton ended up serving three weeks.)

Today's Birthdays:
The president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, is 80. Opera singer Roberta Peters is 78. Jazz musician Ron Carter is 71. Rock musician Dick Dale is 71. Singer-songwriter Nick Ashford is 66. Pop singer Peggy Santiglia (The Angels) is 64. Country singer Stella Parton is 59. Actor-turned-clergyman Hilly Hicks is 58. Irish musician Darryl Hunt (The Pogues) is 58. Singer Jackie Jackson (The Jacksons) is 57. Rhythm-and-blues singer Oleta Adams is 55. Country singer Randy Travis is 49. Actress Mary McDonough is 47. Comedian Ana Gasteyer is 41. Actor Will Arnett is 38. Rock musician Mike Dirnt (Green Day) is 36. Contemporary Christian singer Chris Tomlin is 36. Rock musician Jose Castellanos is 31. Singer Lance Bass ('N Sync) is 29. Actor Alexander Gould is 14.

Thought for Today:
"Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope." – Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (1892-1971).

(Source: Associated Press)
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