LOCAL HEADLINES
- Obama Ahead in Regional Funding (Inquirer)
- Entrepreneur Hosts Book Bag Giveaway (Tribune)
- Second Suspect Arrested in Armed Robbery of Popular Main Line Restaurant (CBS3)
- Getting hotter
- HIGHS: 85°
- WIND: W 4 mph
TODAY IN HISTORY
- 1989 – As punishment for betting on baseball, Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose accepts a settlement that includes a lifetime ban from the game.
- 1939 – Germany and the Soviet Union signs a non-aggression pact, stunning the world, given their diametrically opposed ideologies.
- 1904 – Harold D. Weed of New York is issued a patent for a non-skid tire chain to be used on automobiles in order to increase traction on roads slick with mud, snow or ice.
- 1926 – The death of silent-screen idol Rudolph Valentino at the age of 31 sends his fans into a hysterical state of mass mourning.
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