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July 13 in history

  • The Associated Press
  • Updated

Today is Sunday, July 13, the 194th day of 2014. There are 171 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 13, 1939, Frank Sinatra made his first commercial recording, “From the Bottom of My Heart” and “Melancholy Mood,” with Harry James and his Orchestra for the Brunswick label.

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Don't hide those papers

  • White Salmon Enterprise

With a recently signed executive order, George W. Bush has the power to keep from the public the presidential papers of Ronald Reagan as well at the vice presidential documents of his own father, George H.W. Bush. Signed quietly and with little advance warning, the order is a victory for self-interest and governmental secrecy and a defeat for greater understanding of the American presidency.