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Famous people turning eighty in 2011. Unfortunately, this list is not sorted by either birth date or name. If anyone can figure out how to do that, thank you. :) This is not a comprehensive list, of course. It's just a list from NNDB.

Obama's Eighty Ninth Week in Office"The List" for 10/07/2010 " VIDEO: Obama heckler at Bowie State University- "You're a liar"VIDEO: Obama Implores Supporters, “Don’t Make Me Look Bad” in Midterm Elections Obama Says Chamber of Commerce Using Foreign Funds to Influence US ElectionsCuba, Bahamas push ahead with offshore oil plans, Obama silentObama illegally uses 'Pocket Veto' while the Senate is still in sessionGOP takeover of Congress would mean 'hand-to-hand combat,' Obama warnsA senior diplomatic source in Jerusalem said Thursday that there is “no chance” that Obama would consent to renewed settlement construction in two months' time, even if Israel consents...

  Obama's Eighty Sixth Week in Office"The List" for 9/16/2010 Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Grilled by Senate Banking CommitteeObama Says Moratorium Doesn’t Really Hurt Anybody; Louisiana Seethes With IndignationThe White House Touts Its Stimulating AbilitiesVIDEO: Barack Obama: The Musical VIDEO: Vitter Astonished at Administration's Disregard for Economic Effects of Moratorium (Gulf oil drill ban)The Obama administration is using nearly $200 million in taxpayer money to plaster every possible highway with signs touting how stimulus cash is "Putting America to Work" with infrastructure projects. Obama Wants To Restore Lebanon Aid Congress Feared Would Be Used Against IsraelWestern lumber records worst year in...

  Obama's Eighty Fourth Week in Office"The List" for 9/2/2010 Rahm Emanuel, former Democratic congressman and President Obama's chief of staff, gave the UAW the Gettelfinger during the GM and Chrysler rescue debate, according to former auto czar Steve Rattner's new book.VIDEO: Key Obama, Richard Trumka Ally Works with Socialists for Global Tax, has visited the White House over 30 timesBill Press Asks a Pro-Obama, Anti-Beck Question at White House BriefingThe report from the Labor Department is expected to show the nation’s unemployment rate rising above 9.5 percent.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and...

Obama's Eighty Second Week in Office8/19/2010White House Directive: Erect Signs at All Stimulus Projects as 'Symbol of President Obama's Commitment to American People' The Obama administration, citing evidence of continued troubles inside Iran’s nuclear program, has persuaded Israel that it would take roughly a year — and perhaps longer — for Iran to complete what one senior official called a “dash” for a nuclear weaponVIDEO: Obama says the surge isn't working (Flashback 2008)White House ending the war in IraqA NOAA scientist, Dr. Bill Lehr, yesterday told a group of Congressional staff investigators on a conference call that a controversial National...

Obama's Eighty First Week in OfficeThe List" for 8/12/2010   Obama signs bill that requires Texas to maintain education spending to receive federal fundsObama begins move to the middleObama Administration tries to silence the citizen soldier: Military voting rights still aren't protected. That's the message from former Justice Department official M. Eric Eversole, who argues in a column at the front of this section that his former employer is undermining the new law requiring states to mail ballots to military voters at least 45 days before the November elections.Obamas announce fifth vaction since JulyThe U.S. government's $700-billion Troubled Asset Relief...

The list of famous people who have turned, or God willing, will turn 80 this year includes Neil Armstrong, Clint Eastwood, Thomas Sowell, and a few others I'm sure you'll recognize.

Officials just reaching hardest hit areas in Indonesia. BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (CNN) -- The latest death toll from the Asian tsunami has increased to more than 80,000 as relief workers and supplies begin to reach some of the most devastated areas.The dramatic rise of the number of deaths came Wednesday as officials were finally able to reach remote regions -- like Indonesia's Aceh province, India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Maldives.More than half of those deaths were reported in Indonesia, the nearest land mass to Sunday's undersea earthquake that triggered the deadly waves and flooding in about a dozen...

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