Search Results

Federal prosecutors are opposing John Hinckley Jr.'s bid next week to have four-day unsupervised visits at his parents' home, the Washington Post said Tuesday. Hinckley, 49, has been confined to St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington since being found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1981 shootings of President Ronald Reagan and three others.

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 7, the 251st day of 2004 with 115 to follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mercury, Venus and Saturn. The evening stars are Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Mars and Pluto.

Today is Monday, Sept. 6, the 250th day of 2004 with 116 to follow. This is Labor Day. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mercury, Venus and Saturn. The evening stars are Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Mars and Pluto. Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. They include the Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolutionary War, in 1757; pioneer social worker Jane Addams in 1860; financier-diplomat Joseph P. Kennedy in 1888; theatrical producer Billy Rose in 1899; comedienne Joanne Worley ("Laugh-In") in 1937 (age 67); actresses Swoozie Kurtz in 1944 (age 60) and Jane Curtin in 1947 (age 57); comedian Jeff Foxworthy ("You Know You're a Redneck...") in 1958 (age 46); and actors Rosie Perez in 1964 (age 40) and Justin Whalin in 1974 (age 30).

Today is Monday, June 21, the 173rd day of 2004 with 193 to follow. Summer begins at 8:57 p.m. EDT, in the Northern Hemisphere. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Uranus and Neptune. The evening stars are Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and Pluto.

Today is Monday, June 21, the 173rd day of 2004 with 193 to follow. Summer begins at 8:57 p.m. EDT, in the Northern Hemisphere. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Uranus and Neptune. The evening stars are Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and Pluto. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include the first First Lady, Martha Washington, in 1731; philosopher and author Jean-Paul Sartre in 1905; actors Jane Russell in 1921 (age 83), Maureen Stapleton in 1925 (age 79), Bernie Kopell ("The Love Boat") in 1933 (age 71), Monty Markham in 1938 (age 66), and Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter , both in 1947 (age 57); actress/TV host Mariette Hartley and comic actor Joe Flaherty, both in 1940 (age 64); former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 1953 (age 51); actor Robert Pastorelli in 1954; actress Juliette Lewis in 1973 (age 31); and Britain's Prince William in 1982 (age 22).

Reagan, Gorbachev make giant strides By HELEN THOMAS, UPI White House Reporter WASHINGTON, June 4, 1988 (UPI) -- President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev took a giant step toward ending the Cold War at their just-ended fourth summit meeting. In that respect, Reagan's journey to Moscow did open a new chapter in U.S.-Soviet relations. But, much as Gorbachev would have liked Reagan to declare the decades-old standoff over -- repealing the famous 1946 assertion of Winston Churchill that "an iron curtain has descended on Europe" -- the president did not do that. But he did say in his concluding speech in the medieval setting of Guild Hall in London Friday: "Quite possibly, we are beginning to take down the barriers of the post-war era; quite possibly we are entering a new era in history, a time of lasting change in the Soviet Union. We will have to see."

It has taken Stephen Sondheim's macabre musical "Assassins" 13 years and a great deal of reworking to travel 13 blocks from an off-Broadway stage to Broadway's Studio 54, but the trip was worth the wait. The new Roundabout Theater Company version of the negatively received original 1991 production is a more polished theater piece, though still a questionable offering in view of the current "war on terror," and it is getting the splendid staging it deserves. Sondheim is to be congratulated for sticking with his most controversial work until he got it just right. "Assassins" deals with the sentimentalized histories of the seven men and two women who either assassinated or attempted to assassinate presidents of the United States. After its unfortunate 71-performance off-Broadway premiere right in the middle of the Gulf War, when patriotism was running high, it had a more successful London production to which a crucial song was added.

Today is Tuesday, March 30, the 90th day of 2004 with 276 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Neptune, Uranus and Pluto. The evening stars are Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. They include Spanish painter Francisco Jose de Goya in 1746; English author Anna Sewell ("Black Beauty") in 1820; English social reformer Charles Booth in 1840; Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh in 1853; Irish dramatist Sean O'Casey in 1880; former CIA Director Richard Helms in 1913; singer Frankie Laine also in 1913 (age 91); TV host Peter Marshall in 1927 (age 77); actors Richard Dysart in 1929 (age 75), John Astin in 1930 (age 74) and Warren Beatty in 1937 (age 67); British blues/rock guitarist Eric Clapton in 1945 (age 59); actor Paul Reiser in 1957 (age 47); and singers Hammer in 1963 (age 41), Tracy Chapman in 1964 (age 40) and Celine Dion in 1968 (age 36).

Today is Monday, March 29, the 89th day of 2004 with 277 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Neptune, Uranus and Pluto. The evening stars are Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. They include John Tyler, 10th president of the United States, in 1790; baseball pitching legend Cy Young in 1867; Eugene McCarthy, the Minnesota Democrat whose 1968 presidential campaign focused U.S. opposition to the Vietnam War, in 1916 (age 88); actress/singer Pearl Bailey, and Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, both in 1918; former British Prime Minister John Major and actor Eric Idle, both in 1943 (age 61); former pro basketball player Walt Frazier in 1945 (age 59); Karen Ann Quinlan, who became the focus of arguments over the "right to die" when she fell into an irreversible coma, in 1954; gymnast Kurt Thomas in 1956 (age 48); actors Christopher Lambert in 1957 (age 47) and Lucy Lawless in 1968 (age 36); and tennis player Jennifer Capriati in 1976 (age 28).

Would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. will be allowed unsupervised visits with his parents, a federal judge in Washington ruled Wednesday. The visits are subject to a number of conditions: They are to be allowed in the daytime only, Hinckley must remain on his medication, and his parents are to be held responsible for his behavior.

Would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. will be allowed unsupervised visits with his parents, a federal judge in Washington ruled Wednesday. The ruling brought an immediate reaction from former first lady Nancy Reagan. Hinckley wounded then-President Ronald Reagan, presidential spokesman James Brady and others in front of the Washington Hilton in March 1981.

Giving presidential shooter John Hinckley unchaperoned visits with his family would create fear for James Brady, one of his victims, Brady's wife says. Sarah Brady gave her and her husband's views in response to Hinckley's request to leave a Washington mental hospital for brief, unchaperoned visits with his family, according to a letter to the court released Wednesday, the Washington Post said.

Neil Patrick Harris is set to star in the Broadway premiere of Stephen Sondheim's musical, "Assassins." Co-written by John Weidman and directed by Joe Mantello with music direction by Paul Gemignani, the show will begin previews on March 19.

John Hinkley's 78-year-old mother told a federal judge she thinks her son has recovered from the psychotic delusions that drove him to shoot Ronald Reagan. "We feel like John is well," Jo Ann Hinckley, said of her 48-year-old son.

Lawyers for the man who shot President Reagan in 1981 will be in federal court Monday seeking more freedom for their client. John Hinckley Jr. wants to take unsupervised day trips to his parents' house in Williamsburg, Va., and stay overnight with them, CNN reported Sunday.

Today is Sunday, Sept. 7, the 250th day of 2003 with 115 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Mars, Pluto, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Neptune.

An attorney for presidential assailant John Hinckley says the man is not a risk to himself or others, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Attorney Barry Levine represented Hinckley, who lives on a secured ward of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, before U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman to let him make a series of 10 unsupervised visits to his family's home in Virginia.

British embassy attacked in Tehran TEHRAN, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Britain closed its embassy in Tehran temporarily Wednesday after five shots were fired at the building, a foreign ministry spokesman said. Unknown gunmen opened fire at the embassy building in Tehran Wednesday midday. No one was injured but no other details were given about the incident. The spokesman told UPI British-Iranian relations were "still normal" and contacts were uninterrupted. He refused to comment on Iran's decision to summon its ambassador in London to protest against the detention of a senior Iranian diplomat.

A federaljudge has postponed a hearing on whether John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Reagan in 1981, may have unsupervised visits with his parents.

Today is Monday, Sept. 1, the 244th day of 2003 with 121 to follow. This is Labor Day. The moon is waxing, moving toward its first quarter. The morning stars are Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Those born on this day are under the sign of Leo. They include German composer Engelbert Humperdinck in 1854; "Tarzan" author Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1875; dancer/singer Marilyn Miller in 1898; actress Yvonne De Carlo ("The Munsters") in 1922 (age 81); boxing champ Rocky Marciano in 1923; country music singer Conway Twitty in 1933; symphony conductor Seiji Ozawa in 1935 (age 68); attorney Alan Dershowitz in 1938 (age 65); comedian/actress Lily Tomlin in 1939 (age 64); Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees pop music group in 1946 (age 57); and singer Gloria Estefan in 1957 (age 46).

Today is Saturday, June 21, the 172nd day of 2003 with 193 to follow. Summer begins at 3:10 p.m. EDT, in the Northern Hemisphere. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Uranus and Neptune. The evening stars are Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto.

Today is Monday, June 16, the 167th day of 2003 with 198 to follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Uranus and Neptune. The evening stars are Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto. Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include film comedian Stan Laurel in 1890; publisher Katharine Graham in 1917; authors Erich Segal in 1937 (age 66) and Joyce Carol Oates in 1938 (age 65); actress Joan Van Ark in 1946 (age 57); boxer Roberto Duran in 1951 (age 52); and actress Laurie Metcalf ("Roseanne") in 1955 (age 48).

Today is Sunday, March 30, the 89th day of 2003 with 276 to follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The evening stars are Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. They include Spanish painter Francisco Jose de Goya in 1746; English author Anna Sewell ("Black Beauty") in 1820; English social reformer Charles Booth in 1840; Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh in 1853; Irish dramatist Sean O'Casey in 1880; former CIA Director Richard Helms and singer Frankie Laine, both in 1913 (age 90); TV host Peter Marshall in 1927 (age 76); actors Richard Dysart in 1929 (age 74), John Astin in 1930 (age 73) and Warren Beatty in 1937 (age 66); British blues/rock guitarist Eric Clapton in 1945 (age 58); actor Paul Reiser in 1957 (age 46); and singers Hammer in 1963 (age 40), Tracy Chapman in 1964 (age 39) and Celine Dion in 1968 (age 35).

Today is March 30. HEADER:An attempt on the life of President Reagan took place on this date in 1981. The president was shot and seriously wounded by John Hinckley Jr. outside a Washington hotel.

As the war against Iraq commenced, religious groups and leaders around the world were unanimous in expressing sadness and appealing for prayers and reconciliation. A roundup: -- From the Rev. Dr. Konrad Raiser, general secretary of the World Council of Churches: "At this time of repentance, the World Council of Churches prays for all the people who will suffer in this war, as well as the soldiers and their families. Although this is a day when diplomacy was rejected by some, our call for peace remains. Any war comes at a high price of death of soldiers and civilians, destruction of property and the environment, as well as division of people, governments and cultures. This war is no exception. ..." -- Pope John Paul II, in comments Wednesday marking that day as the feast day of St. Joseph: "As a man of peace, we pray to St. Joseph for those threatened by war and we invoke the precious gift of harmony upon the whole human family."