Joe Hyer

The NFL and and the NFL Referees Association have agreed to a contract that will send referees back to the field this weekend, according to NFL.com.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement that the the refs will be back on the field starting with Thursday night’s game between the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens. The referees w

Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Bill Murray
Age: 62
Occupation: Actor and Screenwriter
Known For: Being part of the original cast of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ starring in numerous comedy classics like ‘Caddyshack,’ ‘Ghostbusters,’ and ‘Stripes,’ and garnering an Oscar nomination for his dramatic role in ‘Lost in Translation’

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Tyler Perry
Age: 43
Occupation: Actor and Comedian
Known For: His TV shows ‘Tyler Perry’s House of Payne’ ‘Meet the Browns’ and ‘Tyler Perry’s for Better or Worse’ on TBS, and for playing the role of Madea in several movies.

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1901 – US President William McKinley dies after a September 6 assassination attempt and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt (More info)

1927 – Modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan is killed in a bizarre accident when the enormous silk scarf around her neck gets tangled in the rear hubcaps of her moving car (More info)

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1979 – The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, better known as ESPN, makes its debut (More info)

1813 – The United States federal government gets its nickname, Uncle Sam (More info)

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Gloria Gaynor
Age: 63
Occupation: Singer
Known For: Hits such as ‘Never Can Say Goodbye,’ ‘I Am What I Am,’ and the perennial favorite of drag queens the world over, ‘I Will Survive’

Chrissie Hynde
Age: 61
Occupation: Singer, Songwriter, and Musician
Known For: Her trailblazing work as lead vocalist for the rock group The Pretenders, songs such as ‘Brass in Pocket,’ ‘My City Was Gone,’ and ‘Middle of the Road,’ and having children with Ray Davies of the Kinks and Jim Kerr of Simple Minds

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1522 – The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition, returns to Spain, thus becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the globe (More info)

1901 – Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York (More info)

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Roger Waters
Age: 69
Occupation: Singer, Songwriter, and Musician
Known For: Co-founding the legendary band Pink Floyd, selling 200 million albums worldwide, and songs such as ‘Wish You Were Here,’ ‘Comfortably Numb,’ ‘Another Brick in the Wall (Part II),’ and ‘Money’

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Despite recently weakening to a tropical storm, the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Isaac continue through Wednesday afternoon. The storm has dumped more than ten inches of rain across the area and left at least 725,000 homes without power.