Originally published Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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Anne Coulter's jaw wired shut after fall
Celebrity gossip, famous birthdays and other tidbits, compiled from Seattle Times news services.
Hard-right firebrand Ann Coulter, who fell a few weeks ago and reportedly broke her jaw, is having her jaw wired shut, according to the New York Post. She will have it unshut in a few weeks to record the audio version of her book "The New Ann Coulter." No word from Coulter.
Critters
Smells great!
The Christmas ornaments for sale at the Miller Park Zoo's gift shop in Bloomington, Ill., are partly manufactured by reindeer. Employees make decorations out of droppings from the zoo's two reindeer, Ealu and Rika. The droppings are dried, clear-coated and either painted or rolled in glitter.
Oops
New bill has wrong bill
Someone put the wrong bird on Bermuda's new $50 bill. Ornithologist David Wingate said the new $50 note features the red-billed tropicbird instead of the local white-tailed tropicbird. Monetary officials apologized for the error but said the red bill of the larger bird looks better against the note's pale-yellow background and won't correct it.
Passages
Patricia Marand, 74, actress nominated for a Tony Award for her role as Lois Lane in the 1966 Broadway musical "It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's Superman," died of brain cancer Thursday in New York City.
Today in History
1947: The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution calling for the partitioning of Palestine between Arabs and Jews.
1998: Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected legalizing heroin and other narcotics.
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Today's Birthdays
Musician John Mayall, 75. Musician Chuck Mangione, 68. Director Joel Coen, 54. Actor Andrew McCarthy, 46. Actor Don Cheadle, 44. Rapper The Game, 29.
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