Anthony of Padua, Doctor of the Church

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." John Paul II


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Agca and the Pope

Arvizo and Jackson

• 1997 A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
• 2000 Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
• 2005 A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Lance Armstrong

Is Lance Armstrong about to be stripped of all his medals? Watch the ABC News report. How about riding an electric bus in England? Watch the BBC interview. Is cannabis going to be decriminalized in Rhode Island? Watch the CNN report. What's the new frontier for the internet? Listen to the NPR report. Do you know what a black hole hunter is? Watch the Reuters report. Are you ready for the bacon sundae? Read the Time article. What's trending now? Watch the Yahoo report.