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The US Federal Reserve cut its federal funds rate by half a point to 3%, and left the door open to further cuts. The 1.25 point cut in 8 days was the largest since it began disclosing rate moves two decades ago.
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Democrat John Edwards exited the presidential race, ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward progressive ideals while grappling with family hardship that roused voters' sympathies.
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Following his third place finish in Florida, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Sen. John McCain.
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In Philadelphia Nurse Lee Cruceta (35) admitted he cut body parts from 244 corpses and helped forge paperwork so the parts, some of them diseased, could be used in unsuspecting patients. Cruceta has also pleaded guilty to related charges in New York and negotiated pleas to serve concurrent sentences of 6 1/2 to 20 years.
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Using DNA, the blueprint of life, US researchers said they have made a three-dimensional structure from particles of gold in a development that could lead to a host of custom-designed materials.
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It was reported that bats were dying off by the thousands as they hibernated in caves and mines around New York and Vermont, sending researchers scrambling to find the cause of mysterious condition dubbed "white nose syndrome." Up to 11,000 bats were found dead last winter and many more were showing signs of illness this winter.
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In Afghanistan a suicide bomber in a vehicle tried to attack a NATO convoy in Kandahar province's Zhari district, but instead hit a private car wounding 4 civilians.
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- Current / Future Events
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2005 –
Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah II, of Jordan
1990 –
Eiza Gonzalez, Mexican actress/singer
1990 –
Jake Thomas, American actor
1990 –
Luca Sbisa, Swiss ice hockey player
1989 –
Khleo Thomas, American actor and rapper
1988 –
Heather Baker, American socialite
1988 –
Rob Pinkston, American actor
1987 –
Arda Turan, Turkish footballer
1987 –
Rebecca Knox, Irish professional wrestler
1986 –
Nick Evans, American baseball player
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January, 30
- Births
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2009,
Ingemar Johansson, Swedish heavyweight professional boxing champion of the world (b. 1932)
2008,
Jeremy Beadle, British television host, (b. 1948)
2008,
Roland Selmeczi, Hungarian actor (b. 1969)
2008,
Marcial Maciel, Mexican religious leader (b. 1920)
2007,
Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor and artistic director (b. 1934)
2007,
Sidney Sheldon, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
2006,
Coretta Scott King, American activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1927)
2005,
Martyn Bennet, Canadian musician (b. 1971)
2005,
Wes Wehmiller, American musician (b. 1971)
2001,
Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (b. 1911)
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January, 30
- Deaths
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