TODAY IN HISTORY-THURSDAY MARCH 24, 2011

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues. Elizabeth Taylor British movie actress (1932 -2011 )

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Today is Thursday, March 24, the 83rd day of 2011. There are 282 days left in the year.

Today in History: AP Highlight in History: On March 24, 1989, the nation's worst oil spill occurred as the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound and began leaking 11 million gallons of crude. AP Photo/John Gaps III
On this date in: 1765 Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers. 1882 German scientist Robert Koch announced in Berlin that he had discovered the bacillus responsible for tuberculosis. 1883 Long-distance telephone service was inaugurated between Chicago and New York City. 1955 "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway. 1958 Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army in Memphis, Tenn. AP Photo 1973 The album "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd was released. 1977 Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, was named archbishop of Munich and Freising in Germany. 1999 NATO launched airstrikes against Yugoslavia - the first time the alliance had attacked a sovereign country. President Bill Clinton announces the strikes in and address to the nation 2001 Apple Computer Inc.'s operating system Mac OS X went on sale. 2002 Halle Berry became the first African-American performer to win a best actress Oscar, for her work in "Monster's Ball." 2005 The U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal from the parents of Terri Schiavo to have a feeding tube reinserted into the severely brain-damaged woman.		Today's Birthdays: Actor Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory") turns 38 years old today. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill Name Profession Age Dario Fo Nobel Prize winning playwright 85 Bob Mackie Fashion designer 72 Christine Gregoire Governor of Washington 64 Lee Oskar Rock musician (War) 63 Nick Lowe Rock singer 62 Louie Anderson Comedian 58 Robert Carradine Actor 57 Donna Pescow Actress 57 Kelly LeBrock Actress 51 Star Jones TV personality 49 Lara Flynn Boyle Actress 41 Alyson Hannigan Actress ("How I Met Your Mother," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") 37 Peyton Manning Football player 35 Chris Bosh Basketball player 27 Keisha Castle-Hughes Actress ("The Whale Rider") 21 Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger turns 60 years old today. AP Photo/Peter Kramer

Thought for Today: "If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience." — William James, American psychologist (1842-1910).

“A Prayer For Spiritual Discernment”

Father, through the apostle’s writings you warned us that “in the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” Some of these scoffers are easily spotted while others have an outward appearance of godliness but teach or endorse a false gospel instead. They bring about confusion and divide the flock as they follow their natural instincts instead of the teachings of the Holy Spirit. They are as useless as rainless clouds or diseased trees. Their doom is certain, but until that hour of expulsion, sharpen our discernment. Let us be careful to follow the teachings of Scripture and test the spirit of the messenger, to see that he or she is of God. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen