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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Arianna Huffington
Age: 61
Occupation: Writer and Online Publishing Magnate
Known For: Founding the news website The Huffington Post, which was recently purchased by AOL in a deal for $315 million, making her the president and editor-in-chief of the newly-formed Huffington Post Media Group

Forest Whitaker
Age: 50
Occupation: Actor
Known For: Roles in films such as ‘The Crying Game’ and his Oscar-winning performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film ‘The Last King of Scotland’

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NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Not again? Ok, I thought Brett Favre shouldn't have come back last year, and he did. Just think, if he had quit, he would have left with the best year of his career, almost making it to the Super Bowl, no scandal, and legend intact. Instead, we have sexting scandal, streak ends, and we may have learned what a jerk Brett is.

Some good came out of him coming back. We learned that Joe Webb is actually a really good quarter back and a hidden threat at any position, we learned that if the Vikings want to suck they really can (not that they have NEVER sucked), we wouldn't have an excellent new coaching staff, and we wouldn't have had the new VIKING DOME.....oh wait, that hasn't happened yet.

Who would take Brett Favre if he came back?

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There's nothing I love more than good kid stories. People like to say that the youth of today are corrupt or lazy, they have no values. I tend to differ in that opinion because when I was growing up I knew of only a few trouble makers but I heard that all kids were stupid and weren't behaved like they were when they were young, then came the speech about 5 cent popcorn walking to school uphill both ways in the snow........I believe there are good kids and good people, you just have to find them over the bullies and Charlie Sheens. Here's a perfect example of a kid who split the winnings to a basketball contest.

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We’ve seen some truly horrendous first pitch efforts over the years, from the “what did you expect” dribbler that Mariah Carey uncorked, to the shameful 10-footer that NBA star John Wall recently unleashed.

The crowd at PETCO park in San Diego was treated to the opposite side of that coin Monday, when Cirque du Soleil performer Gabryel Nogueira da Silva was given the task of the ceremonially first pitch.

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“I thought I was going to catch the ball or go over the railing,” said Michael Kacer of the foul ball he caught at Yankee Stadium Friday.

The 29-year old vet had lost his left arm in Afghanistan, so he had nothing to brace himself with when he used his baseball cap as a glove and reached over the railing to snag a ball off of the bat of Curtis Granderson.

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Sean Hayes
Age: 41
Occupation: Actor
Known For: His laugh-out-loud funny role as the flamboyantly gay Jack McFarland on the sitcom ‘Will & Grace’

Derek Jeter
Age: 37
Occupation: Professional Baseball Player
Known For: His prowess as a standout shortstop and power-hitter for the New York Yankees, and his reputation as a playboy (dating stars such as Mariah Carey, Jessica Biel and Minka Kelly)

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Ladies, enough already with the grunting.

So says Ian Ritchie, chief executive of the All England Lawn and Tennis Club where Wimbledon is played.

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She may be 60, but Gloria Linares still likes to be on her feet.

Linares has finally completed her goal of running a marathon in all 50 states.

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Norris Sydnor III needs clean fingers to count all the money he’s hoping to collect.

The Mitchellville, Maryland man is suing a nail salon for $200,000, claiming discrimination because it charges men $1 more than women for a manicure.

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What does the Grinch do when it isn’t the Christmas season? He apparently hits the links.

A county inspector has fined the parents of children selling lemonade near the US Open at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland $500 because they didn’t have a permit.

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Could ‘Moneyball’ be Brad Pitt’s ticket to the Oscars?

On Thursday, Columbia released the trailer for the highly anticipated adaptation of Michael Lewis’ ‘Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game,’ in which Pitt plays Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane, a man who used sabermetric principles to boost his team’s winning record on a tight budget.

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Barry Manilow
Age: 68
Occupation: Singer and Songwriter
Known For: An incredibly prolific pop music career including ‘Copacabana’ and dozens of songs for musicals, films and commercials

Venus Williams
Age: 31
Occupation: Pro Tennis Player
Known For: Winning 21 Grand Slam titles, being ranked a World No. 1 on three separate occasions, and sometimes showing up on the court in rather, uh, questionable outfits

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