Originally published Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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Kidman, Urban welcome Sunday
Celebrity gossip, famous birthdays and other tidbits, compiled from Seattle Times news services.
People
As with most new parents, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban might have difficulty telling what day it is. No matter. From here on out, they'll have a little Sunday every day. The Oscar-winning actress and her country-star husband welcomed a baby girl on Monday, then named her after the day before. "Earlier this morning Nic gave birth to our beautiful baby girl, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban," read the message posted on Urban's Web site. Kidman and Urban married in June 2006. She has two children, Isabella and Connor, from her marriage to Tom Cruise. The couple divorced in 2001 after 10 years of marriage.
Critters
Calling Barney Fife
The goat was arrested, the Mercedes-Benz was assaulted and the dog came along for the ride. It happened Sunday when a woman driving the Mercedes saw a goat and dog playing on U.S. 72 in northern Alabama, Sheriff Mike Blakely said. She stopped, afraid they would get hit, Blakely said. But the goat jumped on the car and wouldn't come down. Fearing scratches and dents in her import's paint job, she called the Limestone County Sheriff's Department. A deputy got the goat down and put it in his patrol car, but then the dog jumped into his back seat, too. The deputy took the dog to a veterinarian and the goat to the home of another deputy. "If anybody is missing a goat and dog, they need to let us know," Blakely said.
In the money
Olympic bank notes
To commemorate the Beijing Olympics, China's central bank is issuing a new 10-yuan note, according to a report Monday by the official Xinhua news agency. The note is worth $1.45, the starting price for a taxi ride in the capital. On one side of the note is a sketch of the new National Stadium — the Bird's Nest — and the emblem of the Beijing Games, according to the report. Both are set against the backdrop of the Temple of Heaven, one of Beijing's well-known sites. The back of the note features a statue of a Greek discus thrower and the year 2008 written in Arabic script. The bank said it will issue 6 million notes beginning today.
On the mend
Sutherland recovering
Opera legend Joan Sutherland, 81, is recovering well in a Swiss hospital after breaking both legs during a fall while gardening at her home last month.
Today in History
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1919: President Wilson received a tumultuous welcome in New York City after his return from the Versailles Peace Conference in France.
2003: President Bush called American slavery one of history's greatest crimes as he stood at the very spot in Senegal where hundreds of thousands of Africans had been bought and sold like cargo.
Today's Birthdays
Actor Mickey Carroll (a "Wizard of Oz" Munchkin), 89. Actor Jeffrey Tambor, 64. Actress Anjelica Huston, 57. Actor Kevin Bacon, 50. Singer Beck, 38. Actress Sophia Bush, 26.
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