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February 14, 2014

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2A Daily News – Friday, February 14, 2014 VOTING IS UNDER WAY! Vote for your favorite Tehama County Businesses before Wednesday, February 26. Online Ballots Only at www.redbluffdailynews.com Five Lucky Voters will be selected at random from all eligible ballots on March 4. Each will receive a $100 Shopping Spree at the Tehama County business of their choice! By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of 2014. There are 320 days left in the year. This is Valen- tine's Day. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 14, 1924, the Com- puting-Tabulating-Recording Co. of New York was formally renamed International Business Machines Corp., or IBM. On this date: In 1014, Henry II was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome by Pope Benedict VIII. In 1778, the American ship Ranger carried the recently adopted Stars and Stripes to a foreign port for the first time as it arrived in France. In 1859, Oregon was admitted to the Union as the 33rd state. In 1929, the ''St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' took place in a Chicago garage as seven rivals of Al Capone's gang were gunned down. In 1989, Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini called on Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of ''The Satanic Verses,'' a novel con- demned as blasphemous. Ten years ago: Guerrillas over- whelmed a police station west of Baghdad, killing 23 people and freeing dozens of prisoners. Five years ago: Savoring his first big victory in Congress, Pres- ident Barack Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address to celebrate the just-passed $787 billion economic stimulus bill as a ''major milestone on our road to recovery.'' Today's Birthdays: TV person- ality Hugh Downs is 93. Actress- singer Florence Henderson is 80. Actor Andrew Prine is 78. Country singer Razzy Bailey is 75. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is 72. Jazz musician Maceo Parker is 71. Movie direc- tor Alan Parker is 70. Journalist Carl Bernstein is 70. Former Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., is 67. TV personality Pat O'Brien is 66. Magician Teller (Penn and Teller) is 66. Cajun singer-musician Michael Doucet (Beausoleil) is 63. Actor Ken Wahl is 57. Opera singer Renee Fleming is 55. Actress Meg Tilly is 54. Pro Foot- ball Hall of Famer Jim Kelly is 54. Singer-producer Dwayne Wiggins is 53. Actor Enrico Colantoni is 51. Actor Zach Galligan is 50. Actor Valente Rodriguez is 50. Rock musician Ricky Wolking (The Nixons) is 48. Tennis player Manuela Maleeva is 47. Actor Simon Pegg is 44. Rock musician Kevin Baldes (Lit) is 42. Rock singer Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty) is 42. Actor Matt Barr is 30. Actor Jake Lacy is 28. Actress Tiffany Thornton is 28. Actor Fred- die Highmore is 22. Thought for Today: ''Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't mat- ter.'' — Jack Benny (born this date in 1894, died in 1974). Today in History

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