UPI Almanac for Friday, Dec. 7, 2007.

ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Four Turks were acquitted of insulting "Turkishness" Wednesday in their translation of a book by prominent U.S. linguist and media critic Noam Chomsky.

UPI almanac for Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Writer Noam Chomsky has Venezuela President Hugo Chavez to thank for a sudden surge in sales of his 2003 book on the U.S. effort to dominate the world.

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 2005 with 24 to follow.

BOULDER, Colo., May 18 (UPI) -- Humans have long assumed one of the things that separates us from the lower animals is the quality of our minds.

Today is Tuesday, Dec. 7, the 342nd day of 2004 with 24 to follow.

WASHINGTON, March 30 (UPI) -- A newly formed group wants the Bush campaign to pull or change an ad it deems racially offensive.

Today is Sunday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 2003 with 24 to follow.