Wednesday, Dec 10

Good morning!

The two top national headlines this morning -

Political Divide Remains on C.I.A. Torture and
Congressional Leaders Reach Deal on Spending

Today  in History:

1817

Mississippi became the 20th state in the United States.

1869

The territory of Wyoming authorized women to vote and hold office.

1950

Dr. Ralph Bunche became the first black to receive a Nobel Peace Prize.

1964

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., received the Nobel Peace Prize.

2004

A U.S. passenger jet landed in Vietnam, the first one to do so since the Vietnam War ended nearly three decades earlier.