UPI Almanac for Friday, Jan. 4, 2008.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Dancer and choreographer Alex Romero has died of natural causes at the Motion Picture and Television Fund home in Los Angeles at age 94.

UPI almanac for Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007.

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2006, with 361 to follow.

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2005, with 361 to follow.

Today is Sunday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2004, with 362 to follow.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- It's too hot to play outside and the children are not ready for their nap? No problem, just pick up a book and entertain as well as enlighten them.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Summer's here and the reading is easy. It's too hot to play outside, and the children are not ready for their nap? No problem, just pick up a book and entertain

PLEASANTON, Calif., June 11 (UPI) -- Safeway Inc., the nation's third-largest supermarket chain, announced sweeping administrative layoffs Wednesday, citing difficult economic times.