Days gone by

By The Associated Press
and Courier Post Reports

Today is Wednesday, May 14, the 135th day of 2008. There are 231 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On May 14, 1948, according to the common-era calendar, the independent state of Israel was proclaimed in Tel Aviv.

Today’s Birthdays: Opera singer Patrice Munsel is 83. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., is 66. Rock singer-musician Jack Bruce (Cream) is 65. Movie producer George Lucas is 64. Actress Meg Foster is 60. Rock singer David Byrne is 56. Movie director Robert Zemeckis is 56. Actor Tim Roth is 47. Rock singer Ian Astbury (The Cult) is 46. Rock musician C.C. (aka Cecil) DeVille is 46. Actor Danny Huston is 46. Rock musician Mike Inez (Alice In Chains) is 42. Fabrice Morvan (ex-Milli Vanilli) is 42.

10 years ago in the C-P: Police officers for the village of Silex were recently presented with a state-of-the-art laptop computer by the Missouri Department of Safety.

Thought for Today: “Ah, les bons vieux temps ou nous etions si malheureux!” (Oh, the good old times when we were so unhappy!) — French saying.